Bachelor's Scholarship•USA · Coral Gables

University of Miami Stamps Scholarship

Funding

Fully Funded

Program dates

TBA

The Stamps Scholarship is the University of Miami’s flagship merit award for incoming first-year (freshman) students, offered in partnership with the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation. It covers the full cost of attendance and adds a $12,000 enrichment fund for experiences such as study abroad, undergraduate research, and unpaid internships. All entering first-year students — both U.S. and international — are automatically considered when they apply for admission by the relevant deadline; there is no separate scholarship application. Selection runs through the regular admissions review, a Zoom interview with the university’s selection committee, and a final interview with the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation.

Benefits & funding

  • Full cost of attendance: tuition and fees, on-campus housing, a meal plan, university health insurance, textbooks, and a laptop allowance
  • A $12,000 enrichment fund for study abroad, undergraduate research, unpaid internships, conferences, and other approved educational pursuits
  • Membership in the national Stamps Scholars network with access to leadership and cultural programming
  • Renewable across four years of undergraduate study, subject to full-time enrollment and a minimum 3.0 GPA

Eligibility

  • Open to high-school seniors applying as first-year (freshman) students at the University of Miami
  • Open to both U.S. and international applicants — no nationality or residency restriction
  • Automatic consideration for those who apply Early Decision I or Early Action by the November 1 deadline
  • No separate scholarship application, essay, or recommendation beyond the admission application
  • Scholars must maintain full-time enrollment (at least 12 credit hours per semester) and a 3.0 GPA

Application process

  1. 1
    Submit the University of Miami first-year application (via the Common Application); apply Early Decision I or Early Action by November 1 for automatic Stamps consideration.
  2. 2
    Semifinalists are invited in January to interview by Zoom with the university’s Stamps Scholarship Selection Committee.
  3. 3
    Finalists, notified in late January, interview with the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation; awards are announced by early March.

Program timeline

  1. Early Decision I / Early Action application deadline (automatic consideration)

    November 1

  2. Semifinalist Zoom interviews with the university committee

    January

  3. Finalists notified

    Late January

  4. Final awards announced by the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation

    Early March