Chick-fil-A has established a scholarship program to assist students who plan to continue their education in college, vocational, or graduate school programs.
The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarship, tuition assistance, and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor, and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team. Awards for this scholarship are granted to eligible recipients without regard to creed, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or national origin.
Applicants to the Chick-fil-A Community Scholars Program must:
Chick-fil-A Team Members are not eligible to apply.
If selected as a Chick-fil-A Community Scholar, the student will be granted up to a $25,000 award. Twelve (12) awards will be granted. Amounts of the final awards will be determined by Chick-fil-A, Inc. Unawarded or refunded scholarship moneys will be applied towards the next semester or academic year.
Awards are for undergraduate or graduate study at any accredited college or university, or vocational-technical school.
The award payments will be issued in U.S. dollars (USD).
Awards may be used for all education-related expenses.
Recipients will also be invited to participate in Chick-fil-A’s Scholars Program, a one-year experience of mentoring, activities and professional development.
All applicants will be notified in Spring 2023.
Scholarship America will disburse payments on behalf of Chick-fil-A, Inc., up to $25,000 to each selected recipient. The award may be disbursed in more than one payment and may be disbursed over multiple academic years.
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
Financial need will be considered. Finalists must demonstrate need.
Academic evaluation will include a review of the grade/mark average based on the grading system used in the applicant’s country and a review of the results of academic examinations.
Scholarship America will select up to 60 finalists and Chick-fil-A, Inc. will select the final recipients to receive the Chick-fil-A Community Scholars award. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than November 7, 2022 3:00 pm Central Time. Up to three letters of recommendation will be accepted. If you are a previous Team Member, please list your most recent Operator as one of your recommenders.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.