When the co-founder of BURGER KING, James W. McLamore got sick, his family member, Burger king corporation, and Burger king franchisees all together created BURGER KING McLamore Foundation Scholars Program.
BURGER KING McLamore Foundation Scholars Program was launched in 2005 as the charitable arm of Burger King. It aims to promote academic success in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico and to financially support their employees, employees’ spouses or domestic partners, employees’ children, and high school seniors. The program offers outstanding students scholarships that will help them pursue their undergraduate studies.
Every year the foundation offers about $3.7 million scholarships to more than 3,000 candidates. So far, the program has awarded more than $44 million in scholarships to more than 33,000 deserving students.
Integrity, entrepreneurial spirit, good citizenship, high standards, and education are the values that represent the core of the foundation and are the same values that defined the co-founder of Burger king James W. McLamore, and now the Foundation will continue to build on his legacy and commitment to education.
Application Deadline:
The application deadline December 15, 2020, but application submissions will be capped at 50,000. Which means if the cap is reached before the deadline, the application will no longer be available, applicants need to apply as soon as they can.
Eligibility Criteria:
BURGER KING® General Track: This track is available to all high school seniors who meet the following criteria:
- Living in Canada, the United States, or Puerto Rico.
- Graduating from grade 12 (Canada), graduating high school seniors (the U.S. and Puerto Rico) or graduating from home school education in the U.S., Canada, or Puerto Rico.
- Have a minimum cumulative high school GPA of 2.5 or the equivalent.
- Plan to enroll full-time, for the entire 2021-2022 academic year at an accredited twoor four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school in the U.S., Canada, or Puerto Rico.
BURGER KING® Employee-Based Track: This track has two components:
Employees, spouses or domestic partners of employees, and dependent children of employees pursuing post-secondary studies.
- Living in Canada, the United States, or Puerto Rico.
- An employee of Burger King Corporation or a participating BURGER KING® franchisee or be a spouse (unless legally separated) or domestic partner of an employee of Burger King Corporation or Franchisees.
OR
- A dependent child of an employee.
- Graduating from grade 12 (Canada), graduating high school seniors (the U.S. and Puerto Rico) or have attained a GED, graduating from home school education in the U.S., Puerto Rico or Canada or current college undergraduates or graduate-level students in the U.S., Puerto Rico or Canada.
- Have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a scale of 4.0 or higher, or the equivalent.
- Plan to enroll for the 2021-2022 academic year at an accredited two or four-year university, college, or vocational-technical school in the U.S., Canada, or Puerto Rico.
Employees and spouses or partners of employees pursuing an enrichment
program:
- Living in Canada, the United States, or Puerto Rico.
- Working at Burger King Corporation or a participating BURGER KING® franchisee (Franchisees).
OR
- A spouse (unless legally separated) or a domestic partner of an employee of Burger King Corporation or Franchisee.
AND
- Plan to enroll less than part-time or on an intermittent basis in GED, certification, certification, or other courses that enhance learning at an accredited institution in the U.S., Canada, or Puerto Rico.).
How To Apply:
Applicants will need to start by creating an account by clicking on the create an account link available at the scholarship official website and provide profile information. Applicants have to use a valid email address.
After creating a student’s account, applicants will have the access to the application, during the process they can leave the site by clicking on the Log Out or Save and Log Out links located on the site.
For applying, they will need to upload complete high school or college transcript of grades. Online or unofficial transcripts must contain the student’s name, school’s name, grades, and credit hours for each course and term the course was taken. Applicants need to carefully review their application before submission.
