{"id":4619,"date":"2026-06-23T09:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/financial-aid\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2026-06-23T09:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:15:20","slug":"apply-now-the-sallie-mae-fund-is-offering-scholarships-for-grad-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/financial-aid\/2026\/06\/23\/apply-now-the-sallie-mae-fund-is-offering-scholarships-for-grad-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply now: The Sallie Mae Fund is offering scholarships for grad students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sallie Mae Fund is now accepting applications for the 2026-27 <a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salliemae.com%2Flanding%2Fbridging-the-dream-for-graduates%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cnick.anderson%40mitchellhamline.edu%7Cd5d90164c5a945b9848308ded12f73a8%7Cc78e5de1c8804d42ad2777da50fda66a%7C0%7C0%7C639178198900152117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6aGnQ9qaKEvIQc3RuqG5c0U7m219WCYy1TOuHB6TjAY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Bridging the Dream Scholarship for Graduate Students<\/a>, administered by Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). This year, the program has expanded to 20 scholarships of up to $10,000 each to help students complete their advanced degrees &#8211; including high-demand fields such as medical, dental, law, nursing, health professions, and education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility at a Glance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><strong>Graduate students enrolled at least half-time in an accredited program<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Current cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Demonstrates financial need and strong character<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Application deadline is <strong>July 17, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET<\/strong>. Please share this opportunity with students and encourage them to apply today at: <a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salliemae.com%2Flanding%2Fbridging-the-dream-for-graduates%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cnick.anderson%40mitchellhamline.edu%7Cd5d90164c5a945b9848308ded12f73a8%7Cc78e5de1c8804d42ad2777da50fda66a%7C0%7C0%7C639178198900192502%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=SUiTJ27DNuVqmd6HJAK9Z6CAIcvblmmrNX1gSNCyaSU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Scholarships for Graduate School | The Sallie Mae Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Sallie Mae offers more free tools and resources to help families plan and pay for college, including <a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sallie.com%2Fscholarships%2Fscholly&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cnick.anderson%40mitchellhamline.edu%7Cd5d90164c5a945b9848308ded12f73a8%7Cc78e5de1c8804d42ad2777da50fda66a%7C0%7C0%7C639178198900216552%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ZW2EM6lFYsETrS2lCSS0BaJHcol7pZymxxGSVPq0I8g%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Scholly Scholarship Search<\/a>, which provides access to\u00a0nearly 2,000\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sallie.com%2Fscholarships%2Fscholly%3Flevel_of_study%3DGraduate%2BStudent&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cnick.anderson%40mitchellhamline.edu%7Cd5d90164c5a945b9848308ded12f73a8%7Cc78e5de1c8804d42ad2777da50fda66a%7C0%7C0%7C639178198900236447%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jcJMbEl3ajtcLg4hf%2FtawERlMnOdlqFLGijsFIaVtMo%3D&amp;reserved=0\">scholarships for graduate students<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sallie Mae Fund is now accepting applications for the 2026-27 Bridging the Dream Scholarship for Graduate Students, administered by Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). This year, the program has expanded to 20 scholarships of up to $10,000 each to help students complete their advanced degrees &#8211; including high-demand fields such as medical, dental, law, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/financial-aid\/2026\/06\/23\/apply-now-the-sallie-mae-fund-is-offering-scholarships-for-grad-students\/\" class=\"more-link\">Apply now: The Sallie Mae Fund is offering scholarships for grad students<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4620,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions\/4620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}