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Instructions for Faculty/Mentors

faculty instructionsfaculty instructionsLeadership Scholarship

  1. You should receive the Information for Leadership Mentors (Pdf) from your student or link directly to it from our website.
  2. You may begin preparing your letter at any time, as it will be due shortly after the student application deadline.
  3. As soon as your student submits her/his application, you will receive instructions by email on how to login and submit your letter. Please wait to finalize your letter until after reading through the information in our online system.
  4. We will send you an email notification of the final award decision and, if your student is awarded a scholarship, subsequent messages will be sent to the same email address.
  5. If you do not have access to email, please let your student know and also contact us.

Research Scholarship

  1. You should receive the Information for Research Mentors (Pdf) from your student or link directly to it from our website.
  2. You may begin preparing your letter at any time, as it will be due shortly after the student application deadline.
  3. As soon as your student submits her/his application, you will receive instructions by email on how to login and submit your letter. If possible, please submit your letter after you have had the opportunity to read you student's application. Please wait to finalize your letter until after reading through the information in our online system.
  4. We will send you an email notification of the final award decision and, if your student is awarded a scholarship, subsequent messages will be sent to the same email address.
  5. If you do not have access to email, please let your student know and contact us.

Venture Scholarship

Mary Gates Venture Scholarships are intended to support outstanding undergraduates to concentrate on developing an original project over a 6-12 month period. Venture scholars can be in any discipline, and must be initially nominated by a UW faculty member. Undergraduates in excellent academic standing who have a well-defined project idea are eligible to be nominated. Venture projects should be innovative and creative in nature, may involve a product or new application, and may rely on faculty or community mentors for initial guidance.

If a student contacts you regarding this scholarship or if you know of an outstanding student who might be a good fit for this program, you can find more information at Mary Gates Venture Scholarships.