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
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Application process
- 1Submit 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.
- 2Semifinalists are invited in January to interview by Zoom with the university’s Stamps Scholarship Selection Committee.
- 3Finalists, notified in late January, interview with the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation; awards are announced by early March.
Program timeline
Early Decision I / Early Action application deadline (automatic consideration)
November 1
Semifinalist Zoom interviews with the university committee
January
Finalists notified
Late January
Final awards announced by the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation
Early March