McConnell Foundation Scholars Program 2024

The McConnell Foundation Scholars Program is to identify and support students qualified to bring about positive change in their communities.

Recipients are provided with a $30,000 scholarship, mentoring, and programs for personal and professional growth. Ideal candidates have significant financial need, are among the first generation in their family to pursue higher education, are committed to college as their pathway to success, and have already demonstrated the values of giving back and caring for others. Special consideration is given for those who have overcome significant challenges such as homelessness, participation in the foster-care system, or multi-generational poverty.

The McConnell Foundation invests in students not just to help them as individuals, but also to help those individuals make things better for their families, their communities, and the greater society.

The most important personal characteristic we look for is concern for the well-being of others. Academic achievement and success are important, but it takes more than those. To be a McConnell Scholar is to use your academic and professional success to help make things better for others as well as for yourself.

Scholarship Summary

Residents of the following states: California
Type of institution award is open: two-year college
Type of institution award is open: four-year college
Award is available: U.S. citizens
Award is available to citizens of countries other than the U.S. and Canada.

Eligibility Criteria for McConnell Foundation Scholars Program

Residency in our service area
- You live or attend high school in our service area of Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, or Trinity County, or
- you attend Big Valley High School in Lassen County or Hoopa Valley High School in Humboldt County, which serve students in our service area, or
- You live in our service area and will transfer from Shasta College or College of the Siskiyous in the coming fall
You will start at a college or university in the fall term of the upcoming academic year
- You may not apply if you currently attend college. Concurrent enrollment in high school and college courses is fine.
- Students who are currently attending Shasta College or College of the Siskiyous may apply before March 5^th of the same year they transfer to a qualified four-year university for the following fall term.
- You may not already have a bachelor’s degree.
You will enter a qualified college or university
- The following colleges and universities qualify for McConnell scholarship funds:
  - All public community colleges such as Shasta College, College of the Siskiyous, Klamath College, etc.
  - All California State Universities such as CSU Chico, Humboldt State University, Sonoma State University, etc.
  - All University of California campuses such as UC Davis, UC Berkeley, etc.
  - All public universities within the United States.
  - Many private universities also qualify. For a detailed explanation and partial list, please see below.
Financial need
- Your Expected Family Contribution (EFC) from your Free Application for Federal Student Aid or California Dream Act Application is $5,711 or less.