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GEAR UP Mississippi Scholarships (GUMS)GEAR UP Mississippi Scholarships are available to students who participated in <strong>the</strong> GEAR UP Mississippi programduring high school. GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) is a federallyfunded grant program that seeks to provide counseling, mentoring, tutoring, and o<strong>the</strong>r support services to participatingstudents. Scholarship recipients are awarded up to $5,000 per award year, dependent upon <strong>the</strong> availability <strong>of</strong> funds, <strong>the</strong>recipient’s remaining demonstrated financial need and <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> eligible renewal recipients. To be eligible,students must have received <strong>the</strong> scholarship first as a freshman. <strong>Student</strong>s must maintain a 2.5 GPA and full-timeenrollment in an approved Mississippi college or university. Awards are funded with money collected in repayment <strong>of</strong>state loan/scholarship programs as part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> state's matching commitment to <strong>the</strong> GEAR UP grant.Awards by InstitutionAwards 4-Year Private Institutions Amount3 Belhaven College $ 15,000.003 Millsaps College $ 15,000.0011 Mississippi College $ 52,500.001 Rust College $ 5,000.0013 Tougaloo College $ 61,004.002 William Carey University $ 10,000.0033 $ 158,504.00Awards 4-Year Public Institutions Amount11 Alcorn <strong>State</strong> University $ 54,412.0016 Delta <strong>State</strong> University $ 76,149.0038 Jackson <strong>State</strong> University $ 182,433.0011 Mississippi University for Women $ 49,477.0061 Mississippi <strong>State</strong> University $ 295,000.0012 Mississippi Valley <strong>State</strong> University $ 44,931.0020 University <strong>of</strong> Mississippi $ 94,152.0063 University <strong>of</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mississippi $ 310,000.00232 $ 1,106,554.00Awards 2-Year Public Institutions Amount2 Coahoma Community College $ 6,796.001 Copiah-Lincoln Community College $ 2,469.006 East Central Community College $ 11,147.504 East Mississippi Community College $ 8,280.0013 Hinds Community College $ 37,372.009 Holmes Community College $ 25,932.003 Jones County Junior College $ 12,500.008 Meridian Community College $ 23,588.0012 Mississippi Delta Community College $ 44,600.001 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College - Perkinston $ 1,249.003 Northwest MS Community College $ 9,392.0012 Pearl River Community College $ 48,989.003 Southwest Mississippi Community College $ 7,879.0077 $ 240,193.50Total AwardsTotal Amount342 $ 1,505,251.50Programs Funded through Alternate Sources 225

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