Burger King Scholarship Website to apply: https://burgerking

Burger King Scholarship

Website to apply: https://burgerking.scholarsapply.org/information.php

Deadline: December 15th

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

BURGER KING

General High School Senior Track - Available to all high school seniors who

meet the criteria below.

Applicants must-

• 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 entire 2023-24 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

BURGER KING

Employee-Based Track

Note: The Employee-Based Track will have two components as follows.

1) Employees, spouses or domestic partners of employees, and dependent children of

employees pursuing a traditional postsecondary education

Applicants must-

• 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)

• Be a spouse (unless legally separated) or domestic partner** of an employee* of Burger

King Corporation or Franchisees

• 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 2023-24 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

* Employees must be active on Designated Employer's payroll for at least 3 months as of the

application deadline date and employed at the time awards are verified.

** Domestic partner is defined as (i) Employee's sole Domestic Partner and intend to remain so

indefinitely; (ii) Employee and Domestic Partner reside together in the same principal residence

and intend to reside together indefinitely; (iii) Employee and Domestic Partner are both at least

eighteen (18) years old and mentally competent to consent to a contract; (iv) Employee and

Domestic Partner are not related by blood in a close enough manner that would bar marriage

under applicable law in effect where they reside; and (v) Employee and Domestic Partner are

not legally married to anyone else and are not involved in any other Domestic Partnership.

*** Dependent children are defined as biological, step- or legally adopted children living in the

employee's household or primarily supported by the employee.

**** Employees and their spouse/domestic partner may be enrolled part-time or full-time.

Children of employees must be enrolled full-time, without interruption, for the entire academic

year.

2) Employees and spouses or domestic partners of employees pursuing an enrichment

program (Enrichment programs include, but are not limited to, language, computer and

accounting courses.)

Applicants must-

• 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)

• Be a spouse (unless legally separated) or domestic partner** of an employee* of Burger

King Corporation or Franchisee (Designated Employer)

AND

• Plan to enroll less than part-time or on an intermittent basis in GED, enrichment,

certification or other course that enhances learning during the 2023-24 academic year

(Note: Program or course must be taken at an accredited institution in the U.S., Puerto

Rico, Guam or Canada.)

* Employees must be active on Designated Employer's payroll for at least 3 months as of the

application deadline date and employed at the time awards are first announced.

** Domestic partner is defined as (i) Employee's sole Domestic Partner and intend to remain so

indefinitely; (ii) Employee and Domestic Partner reside together in the same principal residence

and intend to reside together indefinitely; (iii) Employee and Domestic Partner are both at least

eighteen (18) years old and mentally competent to consent to a contract; (iv) Employee and

Domestic Partner are not related by blood in a close enough manner that would bar marriage

under applicable law in effect where they reside; and (v) Employee and Domestic Partner are

not legally married to anyone else and are not involved in any other Domestic Partnership.

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. Recipients

must be:

• 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

Applicable to all tracks:

Applicant submissions will be capped at 50,000. Access to the application will no longer be

available once this number is reached.

Officers, directors and spouses/domestic partners and children of officers and directors of the

BURGER KING

Foundation are ineligible to apply for a scholarship.

SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS

All applicants will be required to complete the application in English, Spanish or French.

Incomplete/non-submitted applications will not be processed.

Applicants will be separated into the following pools. Evaluation and selection of recipients for

each pool of applicants is provided below.

• BURGER KING

General Track: consideration will be given to each applicant's academic

record (40%), participation in school/community activities and work experience (40%)

and financial need (20%)

• BURGER KING

Employee-Based Track for children of employees, spouse/domestic

partner of employees, and employees pursuing a traditional postsecondary education:

consideration will be given to each applicant's academic record (40%), participation in

school/community activities and work experience (40%) and financial need (20%)

• BURGER KING

Employee-Based Track for employees or spouse/domestic partner of

employees pursuing an enrichment program: consideration will be given to each

applicant's participation in school and community activities (40%), and the employee’s

length of service with Designated Employer (40%) and financial need (20%)

• James W. McLamore WHOPPER

Scholarship: consideration will be given to each

applicant's academic record (40%), participation in school/community activities and

work experience (40%) and financial need (20%). Financial need will be considered

Following the application submission deadline date, Scholarship America will review

applications for eligibility. Scholarship America will make the following award selections:

• Up to 3 James W. McLamore WHOPPER

scholarships of $50,000 granted to the most

highly qualified students demonstrating leadership, substantial work experience and

financial need

• Up to twelve (12) Regional awards of $5,000 (2 awards per region) granted to the most

qualified employees in each of six (6) regions from the pool of submitted and eligible

applicants

• Up to six (6) King Awards at $10,000 granted to the top employees (1 award per region)

• There are a number of special-named awards for various franchisees which are

determined annually based on funds raised

Franchisees of the BURGER KING

system and BURGER KING

Foundation will designate

preference for recipients of $1,000 awards by:

• General High School Track - Awards of $1,000 will be designated to students by high

school zip code, county and/or state (U.S., Puerto Rico and Guam) of city and/or

province (Canada) of participating restaurant locations. The number of awards available

to each Franchisee and Burger King Corporation will be based on fundraising

contributions as of the current calendar year

• Employee-Based Track - Designation will be by Franchisee group. Awards of up to

$1,000 each will be designated to employees who have aligned themselves to a

participating Franchisee or BKC. (To the extent possible, the number of awards granted

to each pool of applicants – children of employees, employees, employee’s spouse or

domestic partner of the employee pursuing a traditional postsecondary education and

employees, employee’s spouse or domestic partner of the employee pursuing an

enrichment program – will be in proportion to the number of applicants received from

each pool.) The award amount for part-time enrolled or enrichment program employees

may not exceed the cost of the educational program. The number of awards available to

each Franchisee and BKC will be based on fundraising contributions as of the current

calendar year. The maximum percentage of awards that can be designated to the

Employee-Based Track is 75%

AWARDS

The authorized distribution for new awards is determined annually based on the amount of

funds raised by participating Franchisees.

All award checks will be issued in USD for recipients in the U.S. and CAD for recipients in

Canada. Checks to recipients will be mailed in early August to the student’s home address and

made payable to the school for the student. Checks to recipients pursuing an enrichment

program will be processed as requested by the student based on their enrollment.

Awards are not renewable and cannot be deferred. However, the $1,000 Employee-Based Track

recipients may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements and receive

up to a maximum of four awards (up to $4,000). Regional and special-named award recipients

may reapply and be considered for the $1,000 general awards (up to $4,000).

The Employee-Based Track scholarships are for undergraduate study, graduate study and

nontraditional courses at accredited institutions.

For the General High School Senior Track, scholarships are for undergraduate study only.

Awards to General High School Senior Track recipients are one-time only; past recipients may

not reapply for additional awards.

Applicants will be notified of their status in May 2023. Not all applicants will receive

scholarships.

HOW TO APPLY

Start by clicking on the Create an Account link at the bottom of this page. You will need to

create a username and password to register for a student account. You will be notified through

an email validation process before an account is created for you. You must use a valid email

address. The final step in creating your account is to complete the information requested in the

student profile.

After your student account is created and you have provided profile information, you will have

access to the application. During the application process, you will be able to leave the site by

clicking on the Log Out or Save and Log Out links located on the site. In order to log in, you must

enter your username and password as provided when registering for a student account.

You may wish to gather the following information that will be needed for the application

process:

• A list of your work experiences and involvement in school and community activities

• A current (official or unofficial) transcript of grades

• BURGER KING

employee information if your application is to be affiliated with an

employee

Carefully review your application before submission. We recommend that you print a hard copy

of your application to retain for your records. Printed copies of the online application should

not be sent to Scholarship America or BURGER KING

Foundation.

All application pages with required fields must be completed in the format described in order to

submit the application. Standard capitalization (Jill Smith, 101 Main Street, New York, NY) must

be used when entering data. Once the application is submitted, no further revisions can be

made.

DO I NEED TO SUBMIT ANY DOCUMENTS?

Yes! A current, complete high school or college transcript of grades must be uploaded with your

application. Grade reports are not accepted. Unofficial or online transcripts must display

student name, school name, grades and credit hours for each course and term the course was

taken.

Your application is not complete unless submitted electronically on or before December 15,

2022. If 50,000 applications are received prior to December 15, the application will no longer

be available.

Applicants are solely responsible for gathering and submitting all information necessary to the

application process. Scholarship America will email acknowledgment of receipt of all submitted

applications. Applications found to be incomplete as of the application deadline or upon receipt

of 50,000 submissions will not be processed. All information submitted is reviewed only by

Scholarship America. Limited recipient information will be shared with representatives of

Burger King Corporation and/or BURGER KING

Foundation and respective donors/franchisees

or other designees.

NOTIFICATION OF APPLICANTS

All applicants will be notified by email in May. If selected as a potential recipient you will be

required to submit additional information to Scholarship America. Recipients failing to provide

additional information will be ineligible.

Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients.

AWARD PAYMENT

• Payment is made in one installment in early August

• Checks are mailed from Scholarship America to each recipient's home address

• Checks are made payable to the college for the student

• Scholarship America issues scholarship checks on behalf of BURGER KING

Foundation

Note: James W. McLamore WHOPPER

recipients and employee recipients taking enrichment

courses will have different payment schedules.

RECIPIENT RESPONSIBILITIES

• Recipients must submit a completed Scholarship Acceptance Form to Scholarship

America by the indicated deadline

• Recipients must notify their college or university about the award and deliver the

scholarship check to the school in a timely manner

• Recipients must notify Scholarship America of any changes in address, school

enrollment, or other relevant information

• Recipients will be asked to participate in surveys while they receive the awards and for

up to two years beyond their enrollment. Recipients have no other obligation to

BURGER KING

Foundation