Richard and Louise Varco Scholarship Fund

Richard and Louise Varco Scholarship Fund
The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.
Eligibility
Applicants to the Richard and Louise Varco Scholarship Program must:

Be a high school senior, high school graduate, current postsecondary undergraduate or graduate level or professional level student.
Plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate, graduate or professional level study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, vocational-technical school or graduate school in Minnesota for the entire 2026-2027 academic year.
Have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent).
OR

Be a worker displaced under extraordinary circumstances, planning to enroll in a retraining program at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school in Minnesota for the entire 2026-2027 academic year.
Awards
The authorized distribution for awards is determined annually by the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation based on the total amount available from the Richard and Louise Varco Scholarship Fund.

Awards will not exceed $5,000.

Awards are not renewable. Students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.