Benefits

• Participation in a community of scholars who stimulate each other’s intellectual and personal development through the exchange of ideas and experiences 
• Annual stipend for in-state students: $12,300 plus the Zell Miller Scholarship (worth $9,552 per year)
• Annual stipend for out-of-state students: $20,300 plus an out-of-state tuition waiver (worth $18,574 per year)
• Housing supplement of $614 for in-state first-year Fellows and $1,228 for out-of-state first-year Fellows
• Three fully funded spring travel-study programs (first through third years, valued at $9,900). In recent years, Fellows have traveled to Bali, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Japan, Morocco, South Korea, Tanzania, and Vietnam
• One fully funded summer study abroad program to Oxford University immediately following the first year (valued at $8,500)
• Individual travel-study grants up to a cumulative total of $9,000 (related to students’ academic and professional goals, can be combined with semester stipends for travel-study for semester or academic year)
• Research and academic conference grants up to a cumulative total of $1,750
• Special seminars and book discussions with UGA and visiting professors
• Faculty, peer, and alumni mentoring
• Twice-a-year all-Fellows off-campus retreats

Requirements

• Maintain a minimum 3.50 cumulative UGA undergraduate GPA
• Take a minimum 12 hours per semester (except summer)
• Remain in good standing in the Honors Program
• Complete an Honors thesis or other capstone requirement for graduation with High or Highest Honors
• Attend key Foundation Fellows events
• Submit reports on travel-study programs
• Graduate in four years
• Contribute to the campus and/or local community
• Value the Fellowship and the opportunities it affords
• Use those opportunities wisely to advance academic and professional goals
• Exhibit the highest standards of personal behavior
• Live in Myers Hall, Honors magnet housing, during your first year