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Harry S. Truman Scholarship

Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation United States

US federal scholarship for college juniors committed to careers in public service, providing graduate school funding and leadership programming.

Free to start · no account needed

Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.

You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.

About

What it offers: Up to $30,000 for graduate school.

Also: Truman Scholars Leadership Week; public service network.

Who can apply: Must be nominated by your undergraduate institution's faculty representative.

Free to apply.

Annual; 2027 application deadline is 2 February 2027 with interviews March-April. Next deadline: 2027-02-02.

How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).

What to prepare: essays, policy proposal, references, transcript.

From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “These dates are firm”

Who can apply

  • Open to students
  • Must be nominated by your undergraduate institution's faculty representative.

What you will need

  • Personal statement / SOPOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
  • Project proposalOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
  • Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
  • TranscriptOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.

How to apply

Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name. The deadline is 2 February 2027.

How Onward Scout helps

This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.

Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.

Let Onward Scout prepare this application

Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation without your tap.

Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.