Dell Scholars Program Grant

The Dell Scholars Program, established by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, provides scholarships and support to empower students in their journey towards college graduation. It offers flexible funding for tuition, housing, and essential expenses, ensuring students can focus on their education. Alongside financial aid, scholars receive academic coaching, career guidance, and mental health resources, fostering resilience and success.

What is the Dell Scholars Program?
The Dell Scholars program is a scholarship and college completion program that nurtures and empowers students on their path to a college degree. Since starting the program in 2004, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation has supported 6,000 scholars, including more than 4,500 college graduates.
Our scholarship is designed to be flexible so that scholars can use award money for the many costs that arise during their college career. In addition to funding tuition, fees, and full cost of attendance for undergraduate study, scholarship awards may be used towards graduate school, loan repayment, study abroad, and internship stipends.
The Dell Scholars program gives students the tools and resources they need to graduate from college and build successful careers. It's more than a scholarship—our support includes:
Academic - Consistent check-ins, personalized coaching, and tailored academic planning.Financial - Flexible support for tuition, housing, and other essentials—so you can focus on learning, not expenses.Professional - Career guidance, networks, and hands-on experience to build skills for life after college.Wellness - Mental health resources to build resilience, motivation, and balance in school and life.

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must:
Be a high school senior participating in an approved college readiness programPlan to enroll full-time at an accredited four-year college or university right after high schoolBe Pell Grant eligibleHave at least a 2.4 GPA