The Gates Scholarship 2025 – Fully Funded Scholarship

The Gates Scholarship (TGS) is a highly selective, last-dollar, full-ride scholarship created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It supports exceptional high school seniors from low-income minority backgrounds across the United States, helping them fully cover the cost of attending a four-year college or university. The program provides coverage for the full cost of attendance, additional funds for personal, study-abroad, and emergency expenses, and access to mentoring, leadership development, and a national scholar community.

Full cost of attendance coverage, additional funds for personal and study-abroad expenses, mentoring, leadership development, and a national scholar community

U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents who are high school seniors with Pell Grant eligibility, have a minimum GPA of 3.3, belong to underrepresented ethnic groups, and plan to enroll full-time at an accredited, nonprofit U.S. undergraduate institution.

Application window is from mid-July to September 15, 2025.