Featured byGeorgia Institute of Technology
Overview
Scholarship type
Need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
100% tuition fee waiver
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The G. Wayne Clough Georgia Tech Promise Program is the first of its kind offered by a public university in Georgia. It provides a debt-free degree to qualifying students from low-income Georgia families, filling a gap in the financial aid support system by picking up where other scholarships and financial aid options leave off, covering a student’s full cost of attendance.
Benefits
The funding students receive as a Tech Promise Scholar will meet 100% of financial need, assisting with costs associated with housing, a food service plan, books, supplies, personal expenses, and, of course, tuition and fees.
Eligibility
Potential applicants are selected and reviewed by the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid. A comprehensive evaluation including, but not limited to, the factors below are completed for each applicant:
- Legal resident of the state of Georgia.
- Graduate from an accredited Georgia high school.
- Enter as a first time, first-year student.
- Submit a complete financial aid application each academic year by the required deadline.
- Meet citizenship requirements and other eligibility standards for Federal financial aid programs.
- Enter with documented eligibility for either the Georgia HOPE or Zell Miller scholarship.
Dependent students whose parents:
- Are both classified as legal residents of Georgia and filed Georgia tax returns for the FAFSA base year and, if requested, for the most recent and all subsequent years.
- Have less than $33,300 in total combined annual income, assets, financial resources, and monetary/financial/in-kind support.
- Filed a U.S. tax return for the FAFSA base year and, if requested, for the most recent and all subsequent years (all schedules and attachments associated with each year’s tax return are also required).
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United States
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
31 Jan 2027
The Tech Promise Scholarship is offered to admitted first-year students who qualify through their financial aid applications. Students are selected for Tech Promise in advance of their first semester as an entering first-year student.
Students must complete the standard financial aid application process by the deadline of January 31 (preceding the start of the student's first year) to be considered for Tech Promise. No separate applications are required. Late applications are not reviewed.
Upon selection, Tech Promise candidates may be asked to provide additional verification of family financial information.