Scholarships
Mayflower Society Scholarship Information
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) offers five scholarships ($6000, $5000, $4000, $2600, $2400) to graduating high school seniors who will be attending a four-year college or two-year community college. Applicant, parent, grandparent, or great grandparent must be an active GSMD member. Special consideration will be given to applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to bettering themselves.
Application
Instructions
Academic Recommendation
Character Reference
Expired Deadline: March 1, 2024. 2025 scholarship program will begin in January 2025.
2024 GSMD scholarship winners: Liam Brennan, Connor Curtis, Maddox Lingo, Nathan Potter, and Owen Bell.
California Mayflower Society Scholarship Information
Qualified* high school seniors can compete for four awards each year ($5500, $3500, $2500, and $1000) by following the instructions.
- Application Form (Download)
- Letter to Mayflower Ancestor
- Personal Essay
- High School Transcript
- Character Reference Letter
- Academic Recommendation Letter
Expired Deadline: March 1, 2024
2024 California Scholarship Recipients
Chloe
Priscilla Mullins
Bryce
Richard Warren
Judah
Priscilla Mullins
Simon
Edward Doty
Winning essays: CA Quarterly, Summer 2024, p9–16
*Junior members, or children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, great grandnieces and great grandnephews of current California Mayflower Society members are eligible to receive scholarships, regardless of their state of residence.