Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Survey Data Cohort 5, United States, 2004-2009

In 1999, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation started the Gates Millennium Scholars Program (GMS), a 20-year initiative which intends to expand access to higher education for high achieving, low-income minority students. In addition to its academic objectives, GMS also has the goal of creating future leaders in minority groups. The program is administered by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Awardees can receive the scholarship for up to 5 years as an undergraduate and 4 years as a graduate student. The scholarship is renewable through graduate school in math, science, engineering, library science, and education.
In order to see how GMS has impacted students and to know how to better prepare minority students for college, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has commissioned a survey of recipients. Cohorts are composed of both recipients and non-recipients. Non-recipients are defined as individuals who were asked to go on to the scholar confirmation/verification phase, but did not become a scholar for one or more reasons.
Baseline, first follow-up, second follow-up survey, and longitudinal survey data have been collected from both recipients and non-recipients.

1999年，比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会（Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation）启动了盖茨千禧年学者项目（Gates Millennium Scholars Program，GMS），这是一项为期20年的倡议，旨在为成绩优异的低收入少数族裔学生拓宽高等教育准入路径。除学术层面的目标外，GMS还肩负着培养少数族裔群体未来领袖的使命。本项目由美国黑人学院基金（United Negro College Fund，UNCF）负责运营管理。获奖者可作为本科生领取最长5年的奖学金，作为研究生领取最长4年的奖学金；该奖学金可在数学、科学、工程、图书馆学与教育学领域的研究生阶段续领。
为评估GMS对学生的影响，并探索如何更高效地助力少数族裔学生做好升学准备，比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会委托开展了针对项目获奖者的调研。调研队列同时覆盖获奖者与非获奖者两类群体：非获奖者指那些被邀请进入学者确认/核验阶段，但因一项或多项原因未能成为项目学者的个体。
研究团队已从两类群体中收集了基线调查、首次追踪调查、第二次追踪调查及纵向追踪调查的相关数据。