Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars (GSC)
Offered by Florida Department of Education
Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars (GSC) is a scholarship from Florida Department of Education worth $39 per semester credit hour for a career certificate or applied technology diploma, $48 for a technical degree (AS, AAS). The application deadline is August 31, 2027.
- Considers merit
- Residency required
- Renewable
Who can apply
- Part of
- Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program
- Service or work hours
- 30 volunteer service hours, 100 paid work hours, or a combination of 100 total hours (75 volunteer service hours for students entering grade 9 in 2024-25 or later)
- Certifications
- At least 5 postsecondary credit hours through CAPE industry certifications that articulate for college credit
- Where you can attend
- a Florida institution offering an applied technology diploma, technical degree or career certificate program, then up to 60 credit hours toward a bachelor's degree after an eligible associate degree
- Citizenship
- U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen
What the sponsor says
Initial Eligibility Requirements: (As determined by the Florida Department of Education.)
1. Submit the Florida Financial Aid Application (FFAA) no later than August 31 after high school graduation.
2. Graduate with a standard high school diploma or its equivalent.
3. Earn a minimum of five (5) postsecondary credit hours through CAPE industry certifications that articulate for college credit.
4. Complete at least 30 volunteer service hours, 100 paid work hours, or a combination that equals a minimum of 100 total hours. For students entering grade 9 in the 2024-2025 school year and thereafter,
75 hours of volunteer service must be completed.
Eligible CAPE Certifications:
Bright Futures Course Table
Requirements to Receive an Award: (As determined by your postsecondary institution.)
1. Be evaluated by the Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) as meeting initial eligibility requirements.
2. Be a Florida resident and U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen.
3. Enroll as a degree- or certificate-seeking student at a Florida institution in at least six (6) non-remedial semester credit hours.
Scholarship Restrictions:
Until a student has earned an eligible associate degree, Gold Seal CAPE (GSC) scholarships may only be used at postsecondary institutions that offer an applied technology diploma, technical degree education program
(associate in applied science or associate in science), or a career certificate program.
Upon completion of an eligible associate degree program, a GSC Scholar may also receive an award for a maximum of 60 credit hours toward an eligible baccalaureate degree.
Renewal Requirements: (As determined by grade and hours submitted by your postsecondary institution.)
1. Students must earn the number of credit hours based on the student’s enrollment type per term.
2. Students must maintain a minimum cumulative 2.75 GPA (unrounded and unweighted).
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Our read on this award
3 figures we worked out, not the sponsor's. Free, and it takes an email address.
How these are worked out
- Our grade. From three facts the sponsor published. How few can apply: one high school or city 3 points, a county 2, the state 1, the whole country 0. How much it pays: $10,000 or more, or at least half of tuition, 3; $2,500 or more 2; $1,000 or more 1. Paid again in later years: 1. A is 4 points or more, B 3, C 2, D 0 or 1.
- How narrow the field is. Read from where the sponsor restricts it. An award open to one high school is competing against a graduating class.
- Conditions to meet. The conditions the sponsor published, each listed under Who can apply. More conditions means a smaller field, which is good news if you meet them.
- None of it is a chance of winning. We do not know how many people apply or how a sponsor chooses, so we do not publish a percentage. Anyone who does is guessing.
Remind me before this closes
We will email you a week before August 31, 2027, once. Nothing else unless you ask for it.
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