{"id":109060,"date":"2025-12-04T15:08:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/scholarships\/pepsico-foundation-s-m-i-l-e-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:01:51","slug":"pepsico-foundation-next-step-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/scholarships\/pepsico-foundation-next-step-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"PepsiCo Foundation NextStep Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Amount: <\/strong>Up to $12,500.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>About: <\/strong><br \/><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">The PepsiCo Foundation NextStep Scholarship aims to help students transition from designated partner community colleges to four-year colleges and universities. The program will award up to 20 scholarships in the amount of $12,500 each to qualified students attending one of these community colleges: Westchester Community College, Dallas College, City Colleges of Chicago, Colorado Community College System \u2013 Aurora, Denver and Front Range campuses, Valencia College, Los Angeles Community College \u2013 LA Trade Tech and LA City College campuses. Applicants must have completed 45 credit hours by January 2026; plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited four-year college or university for the entire upcoming academic year (2026-2027); be projected to graduate with their bachelor\u2019s degree in Spring of 2028; have a minimum grade point average of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent); have an indefinite right to work in the United States without visa sponsorship; agree to receive and respond to communications in a timely manner; agree to a recorded final video interview; agree to participate in periodic check-in calls; and agree to respond to periodic surveys. Additionally, applicants must be pursuing a Bachelor\u2019s degree in one of the following eligible majors: Business Administration, Professional Sales, Chemical Engineering, Electrical\/Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science. <\/span>Awards are renewable for one additional year if recipients meet the renewal criteria.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligible Grade Levels:<\/strong> College Freshman, College Sophomore<br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligible Majors:<\/strong> <span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Business Administration, Professional Sales, Chemical Engineering, Electrical\/Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Residency Requirement:<\/strong> <span data-sheets-root=\"1\">California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New York, Texas<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Minimum GPA:<\/strong> 2.75<br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> <span data-sheets-root=\"1\">March 2, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor&#8217;s website for up-to-date deadlines.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/learnmore.scholarsapply.org\/pepsicosmile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View Scholarship<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amount: Up to $12,500. About: The PepsiCo Foundation NextStep Scholarship aims to help students transition from designated partner community colleges to four-year colleges and universities. The program will award up to 20 scholarships in the amount of $12,500 each to qualified students attending one of these community colleges: Westchester Community College, Dallas College, City Colleges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4956,4106,3720,4116,3712,3713,3791,4148,4137,5647,3743,3728,4186,3725,3786,5646,5648,3785],"tags":[5346,5389],"class_list":["post-109060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-75","category-business-administration","category-california","category-chemical-engineering","category-college-freshman","category-college-sophomore","category-colorado-2","category-computer-engineering","category-computer-science","category-electrical-electronics-engineering","category-florida","category-illinois","category-industrial-engineering","category-march","category-new-york","category-professional-sales","category-supply-chain-management","category-texas-2","tag-500-2","tag-up-to-12"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Scholarship Spotlight","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/scholarships\/author\/scholarship-guru\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Amount: Up to $12,500. 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