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University of Wisconsin-Madison

King-Morgridge Scholars Program

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About the Scholarship

The King-Morgridge Scholars Program funds six international students a year through four years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It covers tuition and fees, room and board, health insurance, airfare, and a stipend for other costs.

The programme is built around returning home. Scholars come from specified countries in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, South Asia and Southeast Asia, demonstrate high financial need, and commit to going back to their home country after graduating to work on poverty alleviation.

Applying takes two steps. Submit the university application through Early Action by 1 November, then the separate scholarship application with its essay by 15 November.

What It Covers

  • Tuition
  • Fees
  • Housing
  • Health insurance
  • Travel
  • Living stipend

Tuition and fees, room and board, health insurance, airfare, and a stipend for other expenses, for four years.

Eligibility

Incoming first-year students only, with high financial need and a commitment to poverty alleviation. Scholars commit to returning to their home country after graduating. Six students are selected each year.

Eligible Countries

Open only to students who earned a secondary school diploma from an institution in one of the countries the university publishes under Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, South Asia and Southeast Asia, and who plan to return to their home country after graduating. The country list here follows those published regional lists.

🇩🇿 Algeria🇦🇴 Angola🇧🇯 Benin🇧🇼 Botswana🇧🇫 Burkina Faso🇧🇮 Burundi🇨🇻 Cape Verde🇨🇲 Cameroon🇨🇫 Central African Republic🇹🇩 Chad🇰🇲 Comoros🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire🇩🇯 Djibouti🇪🇬 Egypt🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea🇪🇷 Eritrea🇸🇿 Eswatini🇪🇹 Ethiopia🇬🇦 Gabon🇬🇲 The Gambia🇬🇭 Ghana🇬🇳 Guinea🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau🇰🇪 Kenya🇱🇸 Lesotho🇱🇷 Liberia🇱🇾 Libya🇲🇬 Madagascar🇲🇼 Malawi🇲🇱 Mali🇲🇷 Mauritania🇲🇺 Mauritius🇲🇦 Morocco🇲🇿 Mozambique🇳🇦 Namibia🇳🇪 Niger🇳🇬 Nigeria🇷🇼 Rwanda🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe🇸🇳 Senegal🇸🇨 Seychelles🇸🇱 Sierra Leone🇸🇴 Somalia🇿🇦 South Africa🇸🇸 South Sudan🇸🇩 Sudan🇹🇿 Tanzania🇹🇬 Togo🇹🇳 Tunisia🇺🇬 Uganda🇿🇲 Zambia🇿🇼 Zimbabwe🇦🇷 Argentina🇧🇿 Belize🇧🇴 Bolivia🇧🇷 Brazil🇨🇱 Chile🇨🇴 Colombia🇨🇷 Costa Rica🇪🇨 Ecuador🇸🇻 El Salvador🇬🇫 French Guiana🇬🇹 Guatemala🇬🇾 Guyana🇭🇳 Honduras🇲🇽 Mexico🇳🇮 Nicaragua🇵🇦 Panama🇵🇾 Paraguay🇵🇪 Peru🇸🇷 Suriname🇺🇾 Uruguay🇻🇪 Venezuela🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda🇧🇸 Bahamas🇧🇧 Barbados🇨🇺 Cuba🇩🇲 Dominica🇩🇴 Dominican Republic🇬🇩 Grenada🇭🇹 Haiti🇯🇲 Jamaica🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis🇱🇨 St. Lucia🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago🇦🇫 Afghanistan🇧🇩 Bangladesh🇧🇹 Bhutan🇮🇳 India🇲🇻 Maldives🇳🇵 Nepal🇵🇰 Pakistan🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇧🇳 Brunei🇲🇲 Myanmar🇰🇭 Cambodia🇮🇩 Indonesia🇱🇦 Laos🇲🇾 Malaysia🇵🇭 Philippines🇸🇬 Singapore🇹🇭 Thailand🇹🇱 Timor-Leste🇻🇳 Vietnam

How to Apply

Apply to the university through Early Action, then submit a separate King-Morgridge application through the Wisconsin Scholarship Hub, including an essay of 500 to 700 words.

Application Routes and Dates

Early Action and King-Morgridge application

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Deadline: Nov 1, 2026

Applications close: Nov 15, 2026.

Required application steps

All steps must be completed by their own deadlines.

  • Early Action admission application: Nov 1, 2026

Timing source · Checked 2026-09-13