The McCormick Tribune Foundation established the McCormick Tribune Scholars Program in 2005 to cultivate outstanding leadership in media management. The program will fund 20 Kellogg School Media Management majors over a 10-year period.

The scholarship provides:

• Full tuition for three academic quarters to two Kellogg Media Management majors for their second year of study.
• An additional stipend for summer work either in the media or conducting media research to enable scholars to undertake worthwhile activities they could not consider without the stipend. Summer stipends may be awarded up to $25,000.

Eligibility
Scholarships are available to first-year Kellogg School Media Management majors to be used for their second year of study beginning in the fall of 2008. Applicants must demonstrate a deep interest in attaining a leadership position in a media company. Special emphasis will be given to those who focus on news and information media and to students of diverse backgrounds.

Other requirements for eligibility:

• Scholars must intern at a media company or conduct media research in the summer between years one and two of their Kellogg School MBA program
• Scholars must obtain faculty approval to do a media management internship or media research and complete that work with an outstanding record
• Scholars must take a one credit unit of independent study (supervised and approved by the Media Management faculty) that draws on their media management course work and experience from their summer work or research.
• Scholars must produce a product or presentation from their independent study project and present it at a gathering during their second year or at the biennial retreat.