Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service
Direct application
Eligibility
About this scholarship
Rising college juniors planning full-time enrollment at an accredited U.S. institution, with a 3.0 or higher GPA, demonstrated financial need, community service experience, and commitment to a public service career may apply for the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service. Eligible students include sophomores completing their second year or transfer students entering their junior year.
One hundred students are selected annually. The two-year program provides up to $25,000 per year in last-dollar financial aid for junior and senior years, a $10,000 summer work-travel stipend with Airbnb housing, leadership programming, and a $2,000 per year Airbnb travel credit for ten years after graduation.
The Voyager Scholarship, created by President Obama and Brian Chesky, supports students who want to make positive change through public service.
Essay questions
What else to submit
- Written short-answer responses
- Two-minute unlisted YouTube video
- Recommendation(s), transcript, and FAFSA-based financial-need information as required by the broader application.
- 2-minute unlisted YouTube video required in addition to the written short answers (single video prompt)
- Eight written short-answer essays total, with strict character limits (250-1000 characters each)
- Application is hosted by Scholarship America; applicants must create an account to access the live application portal
- Recommendation(s)/transcript and FAFSA-based financial need information are part of the broader application per the Obama Foundation
- Recipients receive support during junior and senior years, subject to program terms.