Mary Gates Endowment For Students

Instructions for Mentors

Leadership Scholarship

  1. You should receive the Information for Information for Leadership Mentors (PDF) from your student or link directly to it from our website.
  2. You may begin preparing your letter at any time, as it will be due two days after the student application deadline. Your letter of recommendation deadline can be found here.
  3. As soon as your student submits their application, you will receive instructions by email on how to login and submit your letter. Please wait to finalize your letter until after reading through the information in our online system.
  4. We will send you an email notification of the final award decision and, if your student is awarded a scholarship, subsequent messages will be sent to the same email address.
  5. If you do not have access to email, please let your student know and also contact us.

Research Scholarship

  1. You should receive the Information for Research Mentors (PDF) from your student or link directly to it from our website.
  2. You may begin preparing your letter at any time, as it will be due two days after the student application deadline. Your letter of recommendation deadline can be found here.  
  3. As soon as your student submits their application, you will receive instructions by email on how to login and submit your letter. If possible, please submit your letter after you have had the opportunity to read you student’s application. Please wait to finalize your letter until after reading through the information in our online system.
  4. We will send you an email notification of the final award decision and, if your student is awarded a scholarship, subsequent messages will be sent to the same email address.
  5. If you do not have access to email, please let your student know and contact us.