Burger King Scholars Program

The Burger King Scholars Program offers scholarships to deserving high school seniors and Burger King employees and their families in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Scholarships range from $1,000 to $60,000 and are intended to offset the cost of attending college or post-secondary vocational/technical school. Recipients are selected through an application process that takes into consideration their grade point average (GPA), work experience, extracurricular activities, financial need, and community service. In 2024 alone, the Burger King Foundation awarded over $4.5 Million in scholarships to nearly 4,200 students.

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There are three scholarship tracks: the General High School Senior Track, the Burger King Employee-Based Track, and the James L. McLamore WHOPPER Scholarship Award, which is the highest award amount and offered to up to three of the most outstanding applicants from the General and Employee-Based pools. 

BURGER KING® General High School Senior Track:

• Be living in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada
• Be graduating high school seniors (U.S., Puerto Rico and Guam), graduating from grade 12 (Canada) or graduating from home school education in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada
• Have a cumulative high school grade point average of 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, or the equivalent
• Plan to enroll full-time, without interruption, for the following academic year at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school or CEGEP or equivalent in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada

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BURGER KING® Employee-Based Track:

• Be living in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada
• Be an employee* of Burger King Corporation or a participating BURGER KING® franchisee (Franchisees)
• OR
• Be a spouse (unless legally separated) or domestic partner of an employee of Burger King Corporation or Franchisees
• OR
• Be a dependent child  of an employee of Burger King Corporation or Franchisees (Designated Employer)
• AND
• Be graduating high school seniors (U.S., Puerto Rico and Guam) or have attained a GED, graduating from grade 12 (Canada), graduating from home school education in the U.S., Puerto Rico or Canada or current college undergraduates or graduate level students in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada
• Have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent
• Plan to enroll for the following academic year at an accredited two or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school or CEGEP or equivalent in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada

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James W. McLamore WHOPPER® Scholarship:

Recipients will be chosen from the both BURGER KING® General High School Senior Track and BURGER KING® Employee-Based Track applicants based upon the following criteria

• Citizens of the United States or Canada
• Students who who are seniors at a high school or home school in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada
• Students who are applying as a full time freshman to a four-year accredited, college or university that is located in the United States or Canada
• Students who have a cumulative unweighted grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent
• Students who demonstrate an active leadership role in community service, athletics, and/or similar co-curricular activity (such as student government, team sports, fraternal life, etc); and
• Students who demonstrate substantial work experience and financial need

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• Mid December (please note that the applications are capped at 50,000, so the application will no longer be available if that cap has been reached prior to the deadline)

• Completed online application
• List of work experiences and involvement in school and community activities
• Current (official or unofficial) transcript of grades
• BURGER KING® employee information if application is to be affiliated with an employee

Applicants will be notified of their status in May