GEAR UP Scholarship

The GEAR UP Scholarship is part of a national effort to encourage more young people to have high expectations, stay in school, study hard and go to college. Through the Board of Higher Education, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts received a GEAR UP State Grant to provide early college awareness activities, improved academic support, information on paying for college and the GEAR UP Scholarship for students who participated in a component of the GEAR UP Massachusetts Early Intervention initiative. The scholarship is designed for undergraduate students who participated in the Early Intervention component of GEAR UP Massachusetts, graduated from a Massachusetts public high school beginning in 2005, and are less than 22 years of age at the time of first scholarship award. The maximum amount of the GEAR UP scholarship for each academic year should be no less than minimum Pell, and may consist of awards from one or more state financial aid programs. Students automatically receive consideration for a GEAR UP scholarship by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as Massachusetts residents.