Application Window Now Open for The Sallie Mae Fund’s Bridging the Dream Scholarship Program for Graduate Students

The Sallie Mae Fund, the charitable arm of Sallie Mae, today announced it will again offer $100,000 in scholarships to students pursuing graduate degrees as part of the Bridging the Dream Scholarship for Graduate Students. In partnership with Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the Bridging the Dream Scholarship for Graduate Students helps minority students and those from historically underserved communities attend graduate school.

The application window for The Sallie Mae Fund’s Bridging the Dream Scholarship for Graduate Students opens today and will remain open until 11:59 a.m. ET on October 1, 2022. Ten current graduate students will be selected to receive a scholarship up to $10,000 for academic year 2022-2023. Successful applicants must be enrolled in a graduate program at an accredited post-secondary institution during the 2022-2023 school year, have a cumulative grade point average at or above 3.0, and must be able to demonstrate leadership abilities.

“The Bridging the Dream Scholarship Program for Graduate Students will help students – particularly those from underserved and marginalized communities – create a better world through higher education,” said Dr. Harry L. Williams, president and CEO, Thurgood Marshall College Fund. “The Sallie Mae Fund understands how higher education can advance a more just society and we’re proud to continue this important partnership.”

Last year, The Sallie Mae Fund awarded $100,000 in Bridging the Dream Grad scholarships to ten outstanding graduate students nationwide. In total, The Fund will award 30 scholarships totaling up to $300,000 through academic year 2023-2024.

The following students received Bridging the Dream for Graduate Students scholarships in academic year 2021-2022:

Gabrielle Agnew University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Abyssinia Makeda Lissanu Yale Law School
Vanessa Agudelo Harvard Law	Whitley Parker Southern University Law Center
Jennifer Louisa Carner Christian Theological Seminary