Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73

§2005 Truman scholars

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 42— - HARRY S TRUMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS › § 2005

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Foundation may give scholarships to people who show strong promise and plan to work in public service. Winners are called Truman scholars. Awards can last up to four academic years. A scholar may go to any college or university that offers programs to prepare people for public service, as the Foundation decides. Each scholar must have shown a serious intent to enter public service after finishing school. Each school a scholar attends must make reasonable, ongoing efforts to encourage the student to enter public service when they graduate.

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Title 20, §2005

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(a)The Foundation is authorized to award scholarships to persons who demonstrate outstanding potential for and who plan to pursue a career in public service. Award recipients shall be known as Truman scholars.

(b)Scholarships under this chapter shall be awarded for such periods as the Foundation may prescribe but not to exceed four academic years.

(c)A student awarded a scholarship under this chapter may attend any institution of higher education offering courses of study, training, or other educational activities designed to prepare persons for a career in public service as determined pursuant to criteria established by the Foundation.

(d)Each student awarded a scholarship under this chapter must have indicated a serious intent to enter the public service upon the completion of his or her educational program. Each institution of higher education at which such a student is in attendance will make reasonable continuing efforts to encourage such a student to enter the public service upon completing his or her educational program.

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20 U.S.C. § 2005

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73