Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars (GSV)
Offered by Florida Department of Education
Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars (GSV) 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. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required.
- Considers merit
- Residency required
- Renewable
Who can apply
- Minimum GPA
- 3.0
- GPA scale
- weighted
- Part of
- Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program
- Minimum test scores
- ACT Reading 19, English 17, Mathematics 19, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 490, Mathematics 480 (tests from March 1, 2024), PERT Reading 106, Writing 103, Mathematics 114
- 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)
- Where you can attend
- a Florida institution offering an applied technology diploma, technical degree or career certificate program
- 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 Florida high school diploma or its equivalent.
3. Achieve the required weighted 3.0 GPA in the non-elective high school courses.
4. Completes at least three (3) full Career and Technical Education credits
5. Achieve the required minimum 3.5 unweighted GPA in Career and Technical Education credits.
6. 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.
7. Achieve the required minimum scores on one of the college entrance exams per the chart below on or before August 31 of the year the student graduates from high school.
Exam Type Sub-test Required Score
Reading 19
ACT® English 17
Mathematics 19
Critical Reading or Evidence- 490
SAT® Based Reading and Writing
(March 1, 2024, and thereafter)
Mathematics 480 ®
Reading 24
SAT Writing and Language 25
(Prior to March 1, 2024)
Math Test 24
PERT Reading 106
(Only applies to the GSV Scholarship) Writing 103
Mathematics 114
Required test scores follow those established by Rule 6A-10.0315, Florida Administrative Code.
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:
The GSV award 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 and not toward the completion of an associate in arts or a 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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