Suder Scholars Program

[From Philanthropy News Digest:] The mission of the Suder Foundation is to dramatically improve the graduation rate of first-generation college students by providing financial, academic, emotional, and social assistance at selected public universities across the United States.

The foundation accomplishes its mission by engaging with selected four-year public universities to implement its Suder Scholars Program, which provides holistic support for first-generation students in on-campus Scholar Development Sites.

The foundation is expanding its Scholar Development Site network and will add two university partners as new sites during this grant cycle. The selected institutions will receive a one-year planning grant followed by multiyear grants for scholarships and program operation. The new partners will spend the 2010-11 academic year involved in further developing the program materials and model and securing campus collaborations to launch their site and first scholars cohort in August 2011.

The foundation will award planning grants of up to $60,000 each toward a planning coordinator, the planning process, and one visit to each of the two existing program sites. Funding for the first year of scholarships and program support will be disbursed in the spring of 2011. Co-investment by the institution is required. Complete funding responsibility is expected to transition to the university by the program's fifth year.

The program is open to public four-year institutions of higher education in the United States. Ideal grantees will have enrollments between 10,000 and 25,000 undergraduate students and a sizeable residential population.

Complete program information is available at the foundation's Web site

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