Scholarships
Mayflower Society Scholarship Information
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) offers five scholarships ($6000, $5000, $4000, $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.
Expired Deadline: March 1, 2025.
2025 GSMD scholarship winners:
Noah Kerr, Lindsey Sobon, Kendall Chappell, Kelsey Clayton.
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, 2025
2025 California Scholarship Recipients
Elliott Stephen Hopkins
Zoey
William Brewster
Jessa
Priscilla Mullins
Nora Stephen Hopkins
Winning essays: CA Quarterly, Summer 2025, p12–19
*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.