Scholarships
Mayflower Society Scholarship Information
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) offers four scholarships ($6000, $5000, $4000, $2400) to graduating high school seniors who are Mayflower descendants and 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
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
2023 California Scholarship Recipients
Landon
William Bradford
Jordan
John Alden
Colin
John Howland
Mason
John Alden
Winning essays: CA Quarterly, Summer 2023, p13–20
*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.