BURGER KING Scholars: Employee-Based Track Grant

The BURGER KING Scholars: Employee-Based Track provides scholarships for employees and their families pursuing undergraduate, graduate, or enrichment programs at accredited institutions. With nearly $64 million awarded to over 55,000 students, this initiative aims to support academic success and empower individuals through education. Eligible applicants include employees, spouses, partners, and dependent children, with awards of up to $1,000 based on financial need and academic performance. This program reflects the Burger King Foundation's commitment to education and community support.

Note:  Application submissions will be capped at 30,000. If the cap is reached prior to the deadline (shown above), the application will no longer be available.
The Burger King Foundation is a U.S. based 501(c)(3) public nonprofit that believes without education you limit your potential to be your own way. Inspired by Burger King Restaurants co-founder, Jim McLamore, The Burger King Foundation believes in empowerment through education and lending a helping hand, when needed, thus allowing you to live life your way.
Through the BK℠ Scholars program, we’ve awarded nearly $64 million to over 55,000 deserving students across North America. Our goal is to grant one scholarship for every BK® restaurant — that’s more than $7 million each year!
The 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.
The Employee-Based Track scholarships are for undergraduate study, graduate study and nontraditional courses at accredited institutions.
Note: The Employee-Based Track will have two components as follows:
BURGER KING® Employee-Based Track for children of employees, spouse/domestic partner of employees, and employees pursuing a traditional postsecondary education: Consideration will be given to each applicant’s academic record (33%), participation in school/community activities and work experience (33%) and financial need (33%)
BURGER KING® Employee-Based Track for employees or spouse/domestic partner of employees pursuing an enrichment program: Consideration will be given to each applicant’s participation in school and community activities (33%), and the employee’s length of service with Designated Employer (33%) and financial need (33%)
Following the application submission deadline date, Scholarship America will review applications for eligibility. Scholarship America will make the following award selections:
Employee-Based Track – Designation will be by Franchisee group. Awards of up to $1,000 each will be designated to employees who have aligned themselves to a participating Franchisee or Burger King Company LLC. (To the extent possible, the number of awards granted to each pool of applicants – children of employees, employees, employee’s spouse or domestic partner of the employee pursuing a traditional postsecondary education and employees, employee’s spouse or domestic partner of the employee pursuing an enrichment program – will be in proportion to the number of applicants received from each pool.) The award amount for part-time enrolled or enrichment program employees may not exceed the cost of the educational program. The number of awards available to each Franchisee and Burger King Company LLC will be based on fundraising contributions as of the current calendar year. The maximum percentage of awards that can be designated to the Employee-Based Track within each Franchise group is 75%

Eligibility

Who is eligible to apply?
All Company and participating Franchise restaurant, corporate and field employees, spouses or domestic partners of employees, and dependent children of employees are eligible. All high school seniors, regardless of whether or not they or their parent/guardian is employed at BURGER KING®, previous recipients of a BURGER KING scholarship are are also eligible to apply.
Employees, spouses or domestic partners of employees, and dependent children of employees pursuing a traditional postsecondary education. Applicants must:Be living in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam or CanadaBe an employee of Burger King Company LLC or a participating BURGER KING® franchisee (Franchisees), OR Be a spouse (unless legally separated) or domestic partner of an employee of Burger King Company LLC or Franchisees, OR Be a dependent child of an employee of Burger King Company LLC or Franchisees (Designated Employer), AND Be graduating high school seniors (U.S., Puerto Rico and Guam) or have attained a GED, graduating from grade 12 (Canada), graduating from home school education in the U.S., Puerto Rico or Canada or current college undergraduates or graduate level students in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam or CanadaHave a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale or the equivalentPlan to enroll part-time or full-time, without interruption for the 2026-27 academic year at an accredited two or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school or CEGEP or equivalent in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada
Employees and spouses or domestic partners of employees pursuing an enrichment program (Enrichment programs include, but are not limited to, language, computer and accounting courses.) Applicants must: Be living in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam or CanadaBe an employee of Burger King Company LLC or a participating BURGER KING® franchisee (Franchisees), OR Be a spouse (unless legally separated) or domestic partner of an employee of Burger King Company LLC or Franchisee (Designated Employer), AND Plan to enroll less than part-time or on an intermittent basis in GED, enrichment, certification or other course that enhances learning during the 2026-27 academic year (Note: Program or course must be taken at an accredited institution in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada.)