The Texas TRIO Association Scholarship Committee announces the 2026 Walter O. Mason and Matthew W. Taylor Scholarship Competition. The application is currently under review.

1. Each program may submit a maximum of two applications and shall establish its own criteria for determining which two applications are forwarded to the scholarship committee. Please note students will need to submit each requested document as a separate pdf file. Program Director’s are responsible for collecting and reviewing the applications to select the two they wish to be considered for the scholarship competition.

2. Applications (maximum of two) recommended by the Program Director must be submitted by the student with the assistance of the Program Director via the Google Form by June 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM CST. The Program Director will need to ensure the student application is complete and all documents are uploaded in the Google Form or submitted directly to the Scholarship Chair, if issues arise. Note: The scholarship committee will not score incomplete applications.

3. The Texas TRIO Association Scholarship Committee will review and rank all submitted applications. The highest-ranking application will be awarded the Walter O. Mason Scholarship, partially funded by the Walter O’ Mason Foundation. Other deserving applications (in subsequent order) will receive the Matthew W. Taylor scholarship, fully funded by Texas TRIO Association. The number of Matthew W. Taylor scholarships winners will be determined by the Texas TRIO Association Executive Board.

4. The Scholarship Committee will submit the application rankings to the Texas TRIO Association Executive Board. The Scholarship Chair will contact the TRIO Directors and Scholarship Recipients in July 2026.

5. Program Director/staff who recommended scholarships must be a Texas TRIO Association active member in good standing.

Collegiate Scholarship Application