Your idea matters most
The most important part of your application is a short personal essay about why you want to become an entrepreneur and what you intend to build.
Funding Future Entrepreneurs
The Patrick Horsman Foundation Scholarship.
A twice-annual scholarship for U.S. undergraduates with the drive to build something great!
Two awards of $2,500 each year · Open to students nationwide
$2,500Per award
2×Awards each year
2015Founded
I.Our Mission
Education should never be the obstacle standing between a student and their ambition.
The Patrick Horsman Foundation was created in 2015 by investor and entrepreneur Patrick Horsman. Its mission is to build the next generation of entrepreneurial business leaders by helping aspiring founders afford the cost of an undergraduate education.
Patrick credits a strong undergraduate foundation as an essential part of his own training. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Arizona with a triple major in finance, accounting, and entrepreneurship. By offering this scholarship, the Foundation aims to level the playing field for promising students who are serious about starting and building companies.
II.Why We Are Different
Built for the ambitious grinders who WILL make it happen.
Two cycles a year
We award two scholarships of $2,500 each year, one in the winter cycle and one in the fall cycle, so there is always a deadline within reach.
Open across the country
Any full-time undergraduate at a four-year U.S. college or university who is a citizen or legal permanent resident can apply.
A personal process
Patrick personally reviews finalists and calls every winner. Funds are sent directly to the student, not the school.
“The best returns live in places that are difficult to access, harder to underwrite, and rarely covered.”Patrick Horsman, CFA
III.How To Apply
Three steps stand between you and your essay.
- 1
Write your essay
One to two pages on why you want to become an entrepreneur, why you will succeed, what your edge is, and your business idea.
- 2
Add your details
In the same document, list your name, contact information, school, major, expected graduation, and current GPA.
- 3
Send it in
Save it as a PDF and email it to Scholarship@PatrickHorsmanGiving.com. Winners are notified by phone and email.
IV.Our One Piece Of Advice
Just start. You are more ready than you think.
If we could give every applicant one piece of advice, it would be this: have the guts to begin before you feel ready. You will never know everything about a business before you launch it, and you do not need to. Trust that you are smart enough to figure it out as you go.
Then surround yourself with people smarter than you, stay humble, and let the team win. The founders we want to fund are the ones who jump in head first and make it happen.