Applicants must meet the following criteria:
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
2023-24 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
Note: The Employee-Based Track will have two components as
follows.
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)
OR
- Be a spouse (unless legally separated) or domestic partner** of
an employee* of Burger King Corporation or Franchisees
OR
- Be a dependent child*** of an employee* of Burger King
Corporation 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 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 2023-24 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 must be active on Designated Employer's payroll for
at least 3 months as of the application deadline date and employed
at the time awards are verified.
** Domestic partner is defined as (i) Employee's sole Domestic
Partner and intend to remain so indefinitely; (ii) Employee and
Domestic Partner reside together in the same principal residence
and intend to reside together indefinitely; (iii) Employee and
Domestic Partner are both at least eighteen (18) years old and
mentally competent to consent to a contract; (iv) Employee and
Domestic Partner are not related by blood in a close enough manner
that would bar marriage under applicable law in effect where they
reside; and (v) Employee and Domestic Partner are not legally
married to anyone else and are not involved in any other Domestic
Partnership.
*** Dependent children are defined as biological, step- or
legally adopted children living in the employee's household or
primarily supported by the employee.
**** Employees and their spouse/domestic partner may be enrolled
part-time or full-time. Children of employees must be enrolled
full-time, without interruption, for the entire academic year.
2) 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
Canada
- Be an employee* of Burger King Corporation or a participating
BURGER KING® franchisee (Franchisees)
OR
- Be a spouse (unless legally separated) or domestic partner** of
an employee* of Burger King Corporation 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 2023-24 academic year (Note: Program or course
must be taken at an accredited institution in the U.S., Puerto
Rico, Guam or Canada.)
* Employees must be active on Designated Employer's payroll for
at least 3 months as of the application deadline date and employed
at the time awards are first announced.
** Domestic partner is defined as (i) Employee's sole Domestic
Partner and intend to remain so indefinitely; (ii) Employee and
Domestic Partner reside together in the same principal residence
and intend to reside together indefinitely; (iii) Employee and
Domestic Partner are both at least eighteen (18) years old and
mentally competent to consent to a contract; (iv) Employee and
Domestic Partner are not related by blood in a close enough manner
that would bar marriage under applicable law in effect where they
reside; and (v) Employee and Domestic Partner are not legally
married to anyone else and are not involved in any other Domestic
Partnership.
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
Applicable to all tracks:
Applicant submissions will be capped at 50,000. Access to the
application will no longer be available once this number is
reached.
Officers, directors and spouses/domestic partners and children
of officers and directors of the BURGER KING® Foundation
are ineligible to apply for a scholarship.
All applicants will be required to complete the application in
English, Spanish or French. Incomplete/non-submitted applications
will not be processed.
Applicants will be separated into the following pools.
Evaluation and selection of recipients for each pool of applicants
is provided below.
- BURGER KING® General Track: consideration will be
given to each applicant's academic record (40%), participation in
school/community activities and work experience (40%) and financial
need (20%)
- 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 (40%), participation
in school/community activities and work experience (40%) and
financial need (20%)
- 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 (40%), and the
employee’s length of service with Designated Employer (40%) and
financial need (20%)
- James W. McLamore WHOPPER® Scholarship:
consideration will be given to each applicant's academic record
(40%), participation in school/community activities and work
experience (40%) and financial need (20%). Financial need will be
considered
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
$50,000 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
Franchisees of the BURGER KING® system and BURGER
KING® Foundation will designate preference for
recipients of $1,000 awards by:
- General High School Track - Awards of $1,000 will be
designated to students by high school zip code, county and/or state
(U.S., Puerto Rico and Guam) of city and/or province (Canada) of
participating restaurant locations. The number of awards available
to each Franchisee and Burger King Corporation will be based on
fundraising contributions as of the current calendar year
- 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 BKC.
(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
BKC 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 is 75%
The authorized distribution for new awards is determined
annually based on the amount of funds raised by participating
Franchisees.
All award checks will be issued in USD for recipients in the
U.S. and CAD for recipients in Canada. Checks to recipients will be
mailed in early August to the student’s home address and made
payable to the school for the student. Checks to recipients
pursuing an enrichment program will be processed as requested by
the student based on their enrollment.
Awards are not renewable and cannot be deferred. However, the
$1,000 Employee-Based Track recipients may reapply to the program
each year they meet eligibility requirements and receive up to a
maximum of four awards (up to $4,000). Regional and special-named
award recipients may reapply and be considered for the $1,000
general awards (up to $4,000).
The Employee-Based Track scholarships are for undergraduate
study, graduate study and nontraditional courses at accredited
institutions.
For the General High School Senior Track, scholarships are for
undergraduate study only. Awards to General High School Senior
Track recipients are one-time only; past recipients may not reapply
for additional awards.
Applicants will be notified of their status in May 2023. Not all
applicants will receive scholarships.
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.
Yes! A current, complete high school or college transcript of
grades must be uploaded with your application. Grade reports are
not accepted. Unofficial or online transcripts must display student
name, school name, grades and credit hours for each course and term
the course was taken.
Your application is not complete unless submitted
electronically on or before December 15, 2022. If 50,000
applications are received prior to December 15, the application
will no longer be available.
Applicants are solely responsible for gathering and submitting
all information necessary to the application process. Scholarship
America will email acknowledgment of receipt of all submitted
applications. Applications found to be incomplete as of the
application deadline or upon receipt of 50,000 submissions will not
be processed. All information submitted is reviewed only by
Scholarship America. Limited recipient information will be shared
with representatives of Burger King Corporation and/or BURGER
KING® Foundation and respective donors/franchisees or
other designees.
All applicants will be notified by email in May. If selected as
a potential recipient you will be required to submit additional
information to Scholarship America. Recipients failing to provide
additional information will be ineligible.
Not all applicants to the program will be selected as
recipients.
- Payment is made in one installment in early August
- Checks are mailed from Scholarship America to each recipient's
home address
- Checks are made payable to the college for the student
- Scholarship America issues scholarship checks on behalf
of BURGER KING® Foundation
Note: James W. McLamore WHOPPER® recipients and
employee recipients taking enrichment courses will have different
payment schedules.
- Recipients must submit a completed Scholarship Acceptance Form
to Scholarship America by the indicated deadline
- Recipients must notify their college or university about the
award and deliver the scholarship check to the school in a timely
manner
- Recipients must notify Scholarship America of any changes in
address, school enrollment, or other relevant information
- Recipients will be asked to participate in surveys while they
receive the awards and for up to two years beyond their enrollment.
Recipients have no other obligation to BURGER KING®
Foundation
BURGER KING® Foundation reserves the right to review
the conditions and procedures of this scholarship program and to
make changes at any time, including termination of the program.
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Call 507-931-8340 and ask for BURGER KING℠ Scholars.
If you are already registered, you may continue the application
process by selecting the "Create an Account" button below and then
clicking the "Log into my account" link in the upper right corner
of the page.
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