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Danone U.S. Children of Employees Scholarship Program
Deadline to apply: April 24, 2025 3:00 pm CT

child blowing dandelion flowerDanone is delivering on our mission of bringing health through food to as many people as possible. We do this in part by supporting our communities through our employees and their families.

We each believe that our actions matter and we can make a difference every day.

Danone U.S. has established a scholarship program to assist employees’ children who plan to continue their education beyond high school in college or vocational school programs. Scholarships are offered each year for full-time study at an accredited institution of the student’s choice.

This scholarship program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other educational 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.

Applicants to the Danone U.S. Children of Employees Scholarship Program must be:

  • Dependent children (defined as natural and legally adopted children or stepchildren), age 25 and under, of regular full-time Danone U.S. employees in good standing who have a minimum of one year of employment with the company as of the application deadline date.
  • High school seniors or graduates who plan to enroll or students who are already enrolled in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.

Children of Executive Committee Members are not eligible to apply to the program.

Award Amounts
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $1,500 award. Awards are not renewable, but students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.

Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Notification
Applicants will be notified in mid-June. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. Students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.

Payment of Scholarships
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Danone U.S. Payments are made in one installment in early August.

Selection of Recipients
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

  • Academic record
  • Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
  • Work experience
  • A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
  • Unusual personal or family circumstances
  • An online recommendation

Financial need is not considered.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Danone U.S. play a part in the selection. All applicants agree to accept the decision of Scholarship America as final.

As part of your application, you must upload:

  • A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
  • Student name
  • School name
  • Grades
  • Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.

NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.

One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than April 29, 2025 3:00 pm Central Time.

Your application is not considered complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically.

You will also need to provide the following information on the scholarship application:

  • Danone employee parent/guardian Employee ID#
  • Company hire date

Danone U.S. has partnered with Scholarship America. Selecting the button below will redirect you to the Scholarship America Student Hub!

Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address provided below in the footer as safe senders in your email contact list.