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The Landstar Scholarship Fund is actively accepting applications for the 2027-2028 academic year. The application deadline is March 1, 2027.
Incoming Sophomore, Junior, and Senior
The Landstar Scholarship Fund was established to recognize and reward outstanding academic achievement and civic involvement of children and surviving children of Landstar employees, BCOs active and in good standing with Landstar, and independent sales agents. Since 1995, Landstar has awarded 442 scholarships totaling almost $1.2 million.
Academic excellence
Community service
Extracurricular activities
All candidates must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Eligible candidates must be enrolled in high school full-time and be planning to be enrolled full-time (12 or more credit hours per semester) at an accredited two- or four-year college or university, or must already be enrolled in a two- or four-year college or university and have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours before the application deadline (March 1, 2027).
All candidates must also be planning to be enrolled full-time (12 or more credit hours per semester) at their college or university during the academic year for which the scholarship is granted.
Surviving children and children of Landstar employees, active Landstar BCOs, and independent sales agents in good standing. Children of Executive Officers and Directors of Landstar System Holdings, Inc., its subsidiaries or affiliates are not eligible. Each eligible student may submit one application per year. Recipients are selected on merit by an independent committee.
2027-2028 Scholarship Fund Application
c/o Landstar Scholarship Fund
Attention: Jennifer Fulton, Corporate Paralegal II
13410 Sutton Park Drive South
Jacksonville, FL 32224
Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. Students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.
Beginning on or around March 2, 2027, an independent selection committee will evaluate all eligible applications and choose scholarship recipients. Award amounts typically range from $2,500 to $5,000 per scholarship for the upcoming school year. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
Awards are announced during the Landstar Agent Convention and on social media in April. All applicants will be individually notified by late April.
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