Receive $30,000 per year to attend one of Vanderbilt's five top-ranked schools
In 2018 Vanderbilt launched the Bass Military Scholars Program to recognize the patriotism, scholarship, and leadership qualities and capabilities of veterans.
The program now awards $30,000 per year to a cohort of highly talented veterans pursuing graduate and professional degrees across five Vanderbilt schools:
As a Bass Scholar, you will share your military experience in a range of campus service activities designed to foster military-civilian exchanges and expose the greater student body to military values, character, and mission focus. This highly competitive program values academic excellence, distinguished military service, and the potential to positively impact society after graduation.
It's rare to find a program that greatly invests in military veterans, so we may pursue our mission of earning graduate degrees from Vanderbilt - one of the premier institutions of learning in the world.
Eligibility
You are eligible if you are:
- An honorably discharged United States military and Coast Guard veteran. *
- An officer or enlisted service member or veteran (grades E-4 and above). *
- An applicant to one of the Vanderbilt on-campus, graduate degree programs listed on our degree programs page.
* Candidates may apply while on transition leave and must be honorably discharged prior to the first class day at Vanderbilt University.