The Harry S. Truman Scholarship provides funding for master's, doctoral, or professional degrees for students hoping to become change agents in government, nonprofit, and/or education sectors. The Truman Scholarship is tenable at any US institution. Scholars participate in the Truman Summer Institute during their award period. After completing their degree, Scholars commit to spending three out of the next seven years working in a field of public service.
3rd year is defined in the following two ways: (1) a student with junior-level academic standing, i.e. will graduate in the next academic year; (2) a student with senior-level academic standing in their third year of study.
US National/Permanent Resident includes only people from the Pacific Islands who are US nationals or permanent residents of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Resident aliens are not eligible. Students in the process of being awarded US citizenship will need to become citizens prior to the date of the award (usually in late May of the year of selection).