{"id":1033,"date":"2023-02-14T21:03:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T21:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/?page_id=1033"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T22:56:15","slug":"the-berger-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/the-berger-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"The Berger Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--stacking-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--stacking-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n            <div class=\"header-container\">\n            \n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Leslie and Erica Berger International Relations\/Social and Cultural Innovation Scholarship is a private scholarship offered by Dornsife College to continuing students in one of their majors. This scholarship is specifically awarded to International Relations majors with a commitment to social and\/or cultural innovation and problem-solving.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/css-application\/\" target=\"_blank\">general application<\/a> for 2026-2027 USC Dornsife Continuing Student Scholarships will be available in January 2026.<\/p>\n<p><p>For more information about applying for this scholarship and the supplemental essay, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/scholarship-descriptions\/#berger\" target=\"_blank\">Dornsife Continuing Student Scholarships<\/a> website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    \n            <div class=\"cards-container\">\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Eligibility\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Declared USC Dornsife major in International Relations;<\/li>\n<li>A full-time undergraduate student in 2026-2027 (minimum 12 units);<\/li>\n<li>A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*<em>If you are a spring admit whose first semester is Spring 2026, this requirement will be waived at the time of application but the student must confirm they meet the minimum GPA requirement at the end of the semester to receive the award.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n        <\/div>\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":284,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1033","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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