GovernmentGrants

The Gates Scholarship (TGS) is a highly selective, last-dollar scholarship for outstanding, minority, high school seniors from low-income households. Founded in 1994, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested billions of dollars in scholarships for underserved and minority students. In 2017, they unveiled a new grant, viz. The Gates Scholarships . Each year, Gates Scholarship is awarded to exceptional student leaders, with the intent of helping them realize their maximum potential. Scholars receive funding for the full cost of attendance that is not covered by other financial aid, and the expected family contributions, as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFA), or the methodology used by the scholar’s college or university. Gates scholarship funds the full cost of attendance that is not already covered by federal aid such as Pell Grants. The scholarship aims to enable highly promising low-income students to attend college and focus on their studies, ...

Arkansas scholarship lottery is designed to create winning people and winning futures. This statewide system of games of chance, implemented in 2008, was the result of an amendment to the state constitution as a means to generate revenue and fund scholarships for qualified high school graduates to attend college in Arkansas post-secondary institutions. More than 720,000 college scholarships have been awarded to Arkansans through the lottery system so far. The Department of Finance and Administration Office of the Arkansas Lottery oversees the operation of the lottery, whose net proceeds provide scholarships and grants to Arkansas citizens for in-state colleges and universities. Arkansas scholarship lottery provides continuing entertainment to the public, maximizes the revenue generated, and preserves the integrity and dignity of the process. The first scholarship funded by the Arkansas scholarship lottery was called the Academic Challenge Scholarship. This was a scholarship for A...