New Leader Scholarship

The following New Leader Scholarship is administered by 10,000 Degrees but requires an additional scholarship application – see below.

Award: Up to $8,000

  • Enrollment in one of the following Bay Area public universities: California State University, East Bay Campus; San Francisco State University; San Jose State University; Sonoma State University; or University of California at Berkeley
  • Upper division student who has attended the school for one academic year or more, with 60 units or more, 24 of which were attained at the present university.
  • Studying the social sciences, human services, public interest law, health-related fields, or public service
  • A minimum 3.5 GPA either at the current school or at a combination of the current school plus all schools previously attended. Consideration will be given to students with a GPA of 3.2 – 3.49.
  • Must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 units each in the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 semester.

Applications will reopen January, 2014. For more information visit http://www.newleaderscholarship.org.