Featured byWorcester Polytechnic Institute
Overview
Scholarship type
Need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
100% tuition fee waiver
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
WPI believes strongly in facilitating access to its educational offerings and in fostering a diverse and inclusive community.
The Great Minds Scholars program is designed to accomplish these goals by reducing barriers for students from low-income backgrounds to receive an education at one of the nation’s premier technological universities.
Benefits
The Great Minds Scholars program is a WPI initiative designed to meet the full demonstrated financial need, up to the cost of tuition and fees, of selected Pell-eligible students enrolled in the Worcester Public Schools who are interested in attending WPI.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for the Great Minds Scholarship, students must:
- Be Pell-eligible seniors attending a Worcester Public High School, applying as first-year candidates.
Eligible high schools include:
- Claremont Academy.
- Burncoat High School.
- Doherty Memorial High School.
- North High School.
- South High Community School.
- University Park Campus School.
- Worcester Technical High School.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United States
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
15 Feb 2026
There is no separate application for the Great Minds Scholars Program required.
Fill out the FAFSA and CSS PROFILE (Profile) financial aid forms by Feb. 15.
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