ABC/Image Group LABeyoncé‘s charitable spirit has inspired Google to give back to some very lucky students for the 2018-2019 academic school year.
Google has decided to match Bey’s recent $100,000 scholarship grants to four historically black colleges and universities with $100,000 worth of grant to benefit students at four additional HBCUs.
The institutions in question are Texas Southern University, in the icon’s hometown of Houston, Texas; Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee; Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and Grambling State University in Grambling, Louisiana.
The announcement was made on Twitter and on the singer’s official website Monday, following her second Coachella performance.
The scholarships are a part of the “Formation” singer’s Homecoming Scholars Award Program.
As previously reported, Beyoncé announced that she was granting $25,000 to four college students from Xavier University in Louisiana; Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio; Tuskegee University in Alabama and Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
One student from each of the eight institutions will receive the grants for the 2018-2019 school year.
Students from each school will be able to use their $25,000 scholarship for study in various fields, such as literature, creative arts, education, business and communications.
All applicants must be able to maintain a 3.5 GPA or above.
Finalists and winners will be chosen by the selected universities.
Winners of the grants will be revealed this summer.
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