Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Scholarship Programs

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s scholarships are designed to encourage and support outstanding students from 7th grade through graduate school who have a breadth of interests, work hard, demonstrate a strong will to succeed, and have financial need.

Our Scholars

Our Scholars come from 48 states, plus the District of Columbia, and 38 countries.

Young Scholars Program

This program seeks high-achieving, low to moderate-income 7th grade students and cultivates their talents and abilities throughout high school by providing the personalized advising and financial support needed to secure challenging academic opportunities.

College Scholarship Program

This program rewards excellence by supporting high-achieving high school seniors with financial need who seek to attend the nation's best 4-year colleges and universities.

Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship

This scholarship honors excellence by supporting outstanding community college students with financial need to transfer to and complete their bachelor's degrees at the nation's top four-year colleges and universities.

Graduate Arts Award

This award enables students or recent alumni with exceptional artistic or creative promise and financial need to pursue up to three years of study at an accredited graduate institution in the U.S. or abroad.

Dissertation Fellowship Award

This award supports advanced doctoral students who are completing dissertations that further the understanding of the educational pathways and experiences of high-achieving, low-income students.

Grant Programs

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation partners with educational organizations and institutions that share our commitment to enabling exceptionally promising lower-income students to reach their full potential.

Resources for Transfer Students

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation encourages high-achieving community college students to transfer to selective four-year institutions and provides them with the resources to inform them of the application and transfer process.