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James & Alice B. Clark Foundation</a>, awards scholarships to high-performing undergraduate freshmen and transfer students with financial need, admitted to the University of Maryland. Maryland Promise Scholars participate in academic programming specially designed to support academic excellence, professional development, leadership development, and community engagement. Scholars selected to participate in this prestigious program are cultivated into the next generation of leaders and community change agents, and become members of a rich legacy of the Clark Foundation鈥檚 philanthropic support of talented and hardworking students.</p><hr /><p>The Clark Challenge for the Maryland Promise Program is made possible by <a href="http://buildingtogether.umd.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Building Together: An Investment for Maryland</a>.</p> </div> <div data-alignment="left" data-grid="cards" data-grid-col="3" data-theme="light"> <content-card> <a href=https://promise.umd.edu/scholars/cohort-1 data-card="image-link"> <div aria-label="Maryland Promise Scholarship Program honors sit and stand together behind a large conference table for a group photo, all dressed to impress in their professional best, Image" role="img" style="background-image: url('https://micros-sites.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/promise/MarylandPromise2020_02112020_JC_9982-4x3-min.jpg?w=1920&h=1280&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1670611239&s=bab845943de6026ba1a57f86bc26e5e4'); background-position: 50% 50%;"></div> </a> <div data-card="content"> <p data-card-content="title" class="small-san-serif"> <a href=https://promise.umd.edu/scholars/cohort-1 > <span>Cohort 1 (2019-20)</span> </a> </p> <div class="rich-text"> <p>The University of Maryland Introduces Its Inaugural Maryland Promise Scholarship Program Cohort</p> </div> <div data-card-content="link"> <a href=https://promise.umd.edu/scholars/cohort-1 class="call-to-action" data-color="red" data-style="underlined"> <span>Meet Cohort 1 (2019-20)</span> </a> </div> </div> </content-card> <content-card> <a href=https://promise.umd.edu/scholars/cohort-2 data-card="image-link"> <div aria-label="Students at the University of Maryland walking along a well tended path flanked on one side by bright green grass and shaded trees, and the other side by a large new campus building of glass and brick., Image" role="img" style="background-image: url('https://micros-sites.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/promise/Students_ESJLTC_09262018_0180.jpg?w=1920&h=1080&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1670609744&s=14547606d073774844a9e6eccf03b5ea'); background-position: 50% 50%;"></div> </a> <div data-card="content"> <p data-card-content="title" class="small-san-serif"> <a href=https://promise.umd.edu/scholars/cohort-2 > <span>Cohort 2 (2020-21)</span> </a> </p> <div class="rich-text"> <p>The University of Maryland Introduces Second Maryland Promise Scholarship Program Cohort</p> </div> <div data-card-content="link"> <a href=https://promise.umd.edu/scholars/cohort-2 class="call-to-action" data-color="red" data-style="underlined"> <span>Meet the Cohort 2 (2020-21)</span> </a> </div> </div> </content-card> <content-card> <a href=https://promise.umd.edu/scholars/cohort-3 data-card="image-link"> <div aria-label="Bright green tree tops can hardly hide the neoclassical columns rising up building name R. 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