Baxter Global Scholarship Program

The program will be available again in January 2024. Please return then to view the updated Eligibility and Awards for the 2025-26 academic year!

If you are an applicant who would like to discover more scholarship opportunities you might qualify for, please continue to the Scholarship America Hub and sign up!

Live application window: January 25, 2024 6:00 am Central Time through March 14, 2024 3:00 pm Central Time

Translated Program Guidelines:

Translated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The Baxter International Foundation has established a competitive, merit-based scholarship program to assist children of eligible Baxter employees who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.

Children of employees assigned to Kidney Co. are eligible to apply to the 2024 Scholarship Program. If awarded, they can renew their scholarship another three times or until they graduate, whichever comes first, assuming they continue to meet all eligibility criteria.

The scholarship award amount is $3,000 USD.

This 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. Awards are granted without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability, financial need or national origin.

Eligibility

Awards

Required Documents

Eligibility
Applicants to the Baxter Global Scholarship Program must:

Be dependent,* unmarried, natural or legally adopted children, legal wards, or qualifying stepchildren of a current, active employee of Baxter International Inc. as determined by Baxter. The employee must be employed in the United States or one of Baxter’s international subsidiaries or must be a United States citizen assigned to a Baxter subsidiary facility abroad. The employee must have completed at least two (2) full years of full-time or regular part-time service as determined by Baxter, as of the application deadline. Children of retired employees are not eligible.
*Dependent children are defined as natural, legally adopted, or legal wards of an employee; stepchild of an employee whose spouse has legal custody or provides primary financial support; or a child of a domestic partner who has legal custody or provides primary financial support.
Be a high school senior/student in their final year of upper secondary school, high school/upper secondary school graduate, or undergraduate who will be enrolled, or is planning to enroll, in a full time* undergraduate course of study at an accredited college, university, or vocational technical/polytechnic institution during the academic year for which the scholarship is given.
*Full-time study is defined as full-time enrollment for the entire upcoming academic year.
Be 24 years of age or less at the time of application. Students from Israel can apply up to the age of 28.

Children of Vice Presidents and above and children of retired employees are not eligible.

Awards
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $3,000 USD award. This program is highly competitive, and only the top 25% of eligible applicants will be chosen to receive an award. Provided qualified applications are received, awards will be granted in proportion to the number of applications received per country.

Awards may be renewed for up to three additional years or until a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) is earned, whichever occurs first. Renewal is contingent upon meeting eligibility requirements, satisfactory academic performance in a full-time course of study and continuation of the program by Baxter International Foundation.

Recipients who attend a United States Military Academy will be eligible for a one-time only award of $3,000 USD.

Non-recipients may reapply each year they meet eligibility requirements.

Awards are for undergraduate study and can be used for qualified education-related expenses (tuition, fees, books, and required supplies) only.

Notification
All applicants will be notified via email in June. Recipients are required to accept the award and verify their enrollment.

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

Academic record
Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
Honors
Statement of educational and career goals and objectives
Unusual personal or family circumstances

Financial need is not considered.Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Baxter International Foundation or Baxter International Inc. play a part in the selection process. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

Payment of Scholarships
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Baxter International Foundation. Payment is made in one installment. Scholarship America disburses awards payable to the school for U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico scholarship recipients. Awards are wired to all other non-U.S. scholarship recipients once proof of enrollment and wire form has been received.

As part of your application, you must upload the following documents:

A current, complete transcript of grades, grade transcripts, GCSE and/or A-level results, etc. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display student name, school name, grades and 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 an official copy of those test scores separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.
Non-U.S. Students: Due to differences in educational systems, applicants from countries other than the U.S. and Canada must provide the following materials:
- English translations for all non-English documents
- Legible photocopies of the following educational documents from the past four years:
  - Academic record (transcript of grades)
  - Secondary school credential/diploma/certificate, if earned, and
  - Results of academic examinations

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

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