Google has established a scholarship program to assist students who plan to continue their education in college pursuing a computer science, computer engineering, or closely related technical field.
The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships 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.
To be eligible to apply, applicants must:
Children of Google employees are ineligible.
Recipients attending college in Canada will receive awards of $5,000.00 CAD (or the USD equivalent) and recipients attending college in the United States will receive awards of $10,000.00 USD.
Up to 55 awards will be granted. The award payments will be issued in U.S. dollars (USD).
Awards are one-time only. Past recipients of the following scholarships: Generation Google Scholarship, Generation Google Scholarship: for women in gaming, Generation Google Scholarship: for supply chain and fulfillment, Google Lime Scholarship, Google Student Veterans of America Scholarship, Women Techmakers Scholarship for Computer Science, Women Techmakers Scholarship for Gaming, Google Europe Students with Disabilities Scholarship, Generation Google Scholarship: for women in computer science in Ireland, or Venkat Panchapakesan Scholarships India are not eligible to reapply.
The Generation Google Scholarship award can be used for any education-related expenses.
Awards are for undergraduate study only.
All applicants will be notified in July.
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Google. Payment are made in August.
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
Financial need will be considered.
Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Google play a part in the selection. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
*Essay Topics
The essays are 2,000 characters or approximately 500 words in length each.
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
If you are unable to provide either of the financial documents above, please contact generation-google@scholarshipamerica.org.
One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than May 24, 2023 3:00 pm Central Time.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.