The Goya Foods Culinary Arts Scholarship is available on a competitive basis to students planning to enroll as a freshman in a culinary arts or food sciences area of study. Four awards of $5,000 each will be granted every year and are renewable for up to three years, or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first, for a maximum scholarship award of $20,000 per student provided he/she remains eligible to receive funding.

Applicants to the Goya Foods Culinary Arts Scholarship Program must meet all of the following criteria:

• Must be entering an accredited two-year or four-year institution as a freshman and majoring in a full-time Culinary Arts or Food Sciences program for the 2024-25 academic year. Students enrolling in a two-year junior or community college must plan to transfer to a four-year institution to earn a bachelor’s degree to receive the total maximum scholarship award of $20,000.
• Be a United States citizen, a legal permanent resident, or a student granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
• U.S. citizens must provide a copy of their birth certificate, U.S. passport, certificate of citizenship or naturalization certificate.
• Permanent residents must provide a copy of their current permanent resident card or a current passport stamped I-551.
• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) must provide a copy of their DACA approval letter.
• Have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent.
• Candidates must be obtaining their first undergraduate degree.
• Applicants may also be children of a Goya employee, broker, or independent driver provided they meet all other eligibility requirements.
• Must be willing to complete 10 hours per month of community service; this activity will be tracked by Scholarship America.

The application deadline is March 1, 2024, at 3 p.m. CT. Click here for additional scholarship requirements.

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