BridgeUp Scholars

Expanding the Leadership Pathway

In order to serve a greater number of underrepresented students who have demonstrated strong leadership potential, over the two-year beta period, each institution will also select 15 BridgeUp Scholars, for a total of 60 nationally, who will each receive a $10,000 scholarship and be paired with a BOLD Scholar peer mentor.  BridgeUp Scholars will be selected in Spring 2017 as first-year students, with the formal mentoring program beginning in Fall 2017 as students become sophomores.  The BridgeUp initiative will significantly increase the impact of BOLD across four institutions by supporting 120 women nationally.  While BridgeUp Scholars are not guaranteed to become BOLD Scholars, they do represent an expanded leadership pathway at each institution.