Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110
§2005 Truman Scholars
Title 20 › CHAPTER 42 — HARRY S TRUMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS › § 2005
Summary
The Foundation can give scholarships to people who show strong potential and plan to work in public service. Winners are called Truman scholars. Awards can last as long as the Foundation allows but no more than four academic years. A scholar may attend any college or university that offers programs to prepare for public service and that meets the Foundation’s rules. Scholars must show a real plan to enter public service after finishing school, and their school must make reasonable, ongoing efforts to encourage them to do so.
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Title 20, §2005
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(a)Basis for award
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)Maximum period of award
Scholarships under this chapter shall be awarded for such periods as the Foundation may prescribe but not to exceed four academic years.
(c)Recipient’s choice of institution
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)Encouragement of recipient to pursue public service career
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
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110