Burger King
Burger King offers two three types of scholarships. Please note that submissions will be capped at 50,000. Access to the application will no longer be available once this number is reached.
Following the application submission deadline date, Scholarship America will review applications for eligibility. Scholarship America will make the following award selections:
Up to 3 James W. McLamore WHOPPER® scholarships of $60,000 granted to the most highly qualified students demonstrating leadership, substantial work experience and financial need
Up to twelve (12) Regional awards of $5,000 (2 awards per region) granted to the most qualified employees in each of six (6) regions from the pool of submitted and eligible applicants
Up to six (6) King Awards at $10,000 granted to the top employees (1 award per region)
There are a number of special-named awards for various franchisees which are determined annually based on funds raised
Applications open October 16th, 2023.
BURGER KING® General High School Senior Track - Available to all high school seniors who meet the criteria below.
Applicants must-
Be living in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada
Be graduating high school seniors (U.S., Puerto Rico and Guam), graduating from grade 12 (Canada) or graduating from home school education in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada
Have a cumulative high school grade point average of 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, or the equivalent
Plan to enroll full-time, without interruption, for the entire 2024-25 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
BURGER KING® Employee-Based Track
1) 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 Canada
Be an employee* of Burger King Corporation or a participating BURGER KING® franchisee (Franchisees)
ORBe a spouse (unless legally separated) or domestic partner** of an employee* of Burger King Corporation or Franchisees
ORBe a dependent child*** of an employee* of Burger King Corporation or Franchisees (Designated Employer)
ANDBe 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 Canada
Have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent
Plan to enroll**** for the 2024-25 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
James W. McLamore WHOPPER® Scholarship
Recipients will be chosen from the both BURGER KING® General High School Senior Track and BURGER KING® Employee-Based Track applicants based upon the following criteria. Recipients must be:
Citizens of the United States or Canada
Students who who are seniors at a high school or home school in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada
Students who are applying as a full time freshman to a four-year accredited, college or university that is located in the United States or Canada
Students who have a cumulative unweighted grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent
Students who demonstrate an active leadership role in community service, athletics, and/or similar co-curricular activity (such as student government, team sports, fraternal life, etc); and
Students who demonstrate substantial work experience and financial need
HOW TO APPLY
Start by clicking on the Create an Account link at the bottom of this page. You will need to create a username and password to register for a student account. You will be notified through an email validation process before an account is created for you. You must use a valid email address. The final step in creating your account is to complete the information requested in the student profile.
After your student account is created and you have provided profile information, you will have access to the application. During the application process, you will be able to leave the site by clicking on the Log Out or Save and Log Out links located on the site. In order to log in, you must enter your username and password as provided when registering for a student account.
You may wish to gather the following information that will be needed for the application process:
A list of your work experiences and involvement in school and community activities
A current (official or unofficial) transcript of grades
BURGER KING® employee information if your application is to be affiliated with an employee
Carefully review your application before submission. We recommend that you print a hard copy of your application to retain for your records. Printed copies of the online application should not be sent to Scholarship America or BURGER KING® Foundation.
All application pages with required fields must be completed in the format described in order to submit the application. Standard capitalization (Jill Smith, 101 Main Street, New York, NY) must be used when entering data. Once the application is submitted, no further revisions can be made.
To Do list:
Create an account through this website: Burger King Scholarships.
You will need a transcript of your current grades and a list of community activities you've been involved in.
This is a self-directed scholarship. You got this!