Eligibility

To apply for a HAMP Foundation scholarship, applicants MUST satisfy the following eligibility criteria:

1. Applicants must be students currently enrolled in Milwaukee County (Wisconsin) high schools and expect to graduate at the end of the 2025-2026 academic year.  G.E.D. recipients are not eligible. 

2. Applicants must rank in the top 20% of their academic class at the end of their junior year.  IMPORTANT:  If your school does not provide class rank, then in order for your application to be considered, your SCHOOL COUNSELOR must send an email from his/her school email account to the HAMP foundation at hampscholarship@gmail.com explaining where you would rank.  The deadline for your counselor to send this email is 5:00 pm on Friday, January 16, 2026.  

3. Applicants must have taken or be currently enrolled in at least 2 advanced placement (AP) classes OR international Baccalaureate (IB) classes OR a college course for credit.

4. Applicants must have applied as full-time (12 credit/semester) students at either the University of Wisconsin-Madison or the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities for the 2026-2027 academic year.

5. Applicants must be eligible for in-state tuition/tuition reciprocity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison or the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, as applicable. 

Additional Award Criteria:

Please note that awardees will need to meet the following three additional criteria prior to release of funds:

• Awardees must be accepted and enrolled as full-time (12 credits/semester) students at either the University of Wisconsin-Madison or the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities for any semester for which reimbursement is requested.

• Awardees must agree to live in university housing during their first three years of college, to the extent that university housing is available.

• Awardees must not take any other scholarship money if they accept the HAMP Foundation scholarship.