JumpStart Scholarship
JumpStart Scholarship is a scholarship from Hernando County Education Foundation, the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations, and the Florida Prepaid College Foundation worth $3,000. It is open to students in Hernando. A minimum GPA of 2.5 is required.
About 50 minutes of work, based on what the sponsor asks for.
- First-generation students
- Disability-related
- Residency required
Who can apply
- Minimum GPA
- 2.5
- Letters of recommendation
- 1
- How you're selected
- open
- Year in school
- High school senior, College senior
- Counties
- Hernando
- Where you can attend
- Florida state public college, Florida public universities, Florida public technical colleges, some "Border Colleges"
- Type of school
- 2-year college, 4-year college/university, technical school
- Citizenship
- US Citizen
What the sponsor says
The JumpStart Scholarship - $3000 (each) - Deadline: Closed
About:
Two of every three new jobs created in Florida by 2025 will require education or training beyond high school .
Today’s students need higher education to adapt and thrive in our changing economic landscape.
Fast-track technical or vocational certificate programs can launch students into many high-demand careers. For other eligible students, we have an opportunity to get them on a two- or four-year post-secondary path with a remarkable, highly flexible scholarship opportunity that covers a full year of Florida college tuition for a fraction of the value.
The Hernando County Education Foundation, The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations and the Florida Prepaid College Foundation are creating a pathway for deserving high school seniors to jump start their future.
Each Jump Start scholarship provides recipients:
- 30 credit hours of tuition at a Florida state public college or the equivalent value at Florida public universities and technical colleges for eligible credit-hour programs and some “Border Colleges”
- Support for college success, including financial aid, life skills and career exploration workshops .
Requirements:
-Be a Hernando County Resident
-Be a US Citizen
-Have a minimum of 2.5 GPA
-Graduating Senior Student, Be enrolled in an accredited 4-year college/university, 2-year college or technical school in Florida, begin post -secondary school in 2025-2026 academic year.
-Be of Moral Character, remain drug free (provide at least 1 reference letter)
-Attend (3) Virtual 45-minute workshops (Financial Aid, Banking Basics, Career Exploration)
-Meet at least 1 of these circumstances:
(1) Student is first in the family to complete High school
(2) Migrant worker
(3) English not spoken in home
(4) Loss of employment within the last year
(5) Home in foreclosure
(6) Homeless or living with extended family or friends
(7) serious illness in household
(8) Disabled student or family member
(9) Student is or has been in foster care
(10) Student attends low-performing school
(11) Single parent
(12) Incarcerated parent
(13) Deceased parent
(14) Absent parent (no contact or support)
(15) Poor
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Our read on this award
4 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.
- Value for the effort. The published amount divided by the 50 minutes the sponsor's own requirements take.
- 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.
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Last checked 2026-09-05. Deadlines change without notice, so confirm with the sponsor before you rely on one.