Taste of Tomorrow Scholarship Powered by the Pepsico Foundation

SUMMARY:
The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.

AWARD:
$12,500

DEADLINES:
December 2, 2024
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Be current sophomores or junior undergraduates attending one of the following HBCUs and plan to be enrolled full-time during the 2025 – 2026 academic year;
Benedict College, Columbia, SC
Bethune Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
Hampton University, Hampton, VA
Howard University, Washington, DC
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX
Be pursuing a degree in the STEM field (science, technology, engineering or mathematics)
Have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent)
Children of PepsiCo, Inc. or Sponsor employees are ineligible

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
As part of your application, you must upload the following:

A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
Student name
School name
Grades
Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.
Copy of the first two pages of the most recently filed IRS Form 1040 used for the Financial Information section of the application. Please black out all social security numbers and bank account information.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.