The Ford Fellowship is an annual academic award for current first-year Wharton MBA students. Wharton bases it on first-year academic performance in the MBA program.
The recipient has the highest first-year GPA in the cohort after completing at least 9 course units. The academic-awards page describes selection from results and publishes no separate application step.
Benefits & funding
- The recipient receives a $10,000 grant.
- If more than three students tie, a total grant pool of $30,000 is divided equally among all recipients.
Eligibility
- Candidates must be current first-year students in the Wharton MBA program and complete at least 9 course units during that year.
- The award goes to the student or tied students with the highest first-year academic performance.
- Students with a Fail grade or an MBA Code of Ethics violation are ineligible for academic awards.
- Wharton states no nationality or country-residency requirement for this award.
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Application process
- 1Enroll in the Wharton MBA program and complete at least 9 course units during the first year.
- 2Complete the first-year fall and spring coursework used for the Wharton GPA calculation.
- 3Wharton reviews first-year academic results and awards the fellowship to the highest-performing student or tied students; no separate application is published.
Program timeline
Fall and spring semesters
Wharton MBA grades used for first-year academic honors are accumulated.
End of the first year
Wharton determines the highest first-year academic performance and names the recipient or tied recipients.