--- title: Beyoncé Announces 'Formation Scholars' for 4 Female Students description: In honor of the one-year anniversary of 'Lemonade,' Beyoncé announced a new scholarship program called "Formation Scholars." canonical: https://time.com/4754441/beyonce-formation-scholarship-lemonade/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-25T19:12:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:31.087Z og:title: Beyoncé Announces ‘Formation Scholars' Program og:description: In order to 'encourage and support young women' og:url: https://time.com/4754441/beyonce-formation-scholarship-lemonade/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16d7c6809b0bc348/6988ba070a4a22e1aa9cce98/beyonce-gold-dress-grammys-face.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The 59th GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyoncé Announces ‘Formation Scholars' Program twitter:description: In order to 'encourage and support young women' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16d7c6809b0bc348/6988ba070a4a22e1aa9cce98/beyonce-gold-dress-grammys-face.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé Announces ‘Formation Scholars' Program by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 25, 2017 7:12 PM UTC  Beyonce performs onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Beyonce performs onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for NARAS by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 25, 2017 7:12 PM UTC Calling all “bold, creative, conscious, and confident” women. In honor of the one-year anniversary of [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4725106/beyonce-most-valuable-celebrity-social-media/)‘s groundbreaking visual album [_Lemonade_](http://time.com/4631309/beyonce-lemonade-impact/)_,_ the singer [announced on her website](http://www.beyonce.com/formation-scholars/) a new initiative called “Formation Scholars,” which will go into effect for the 2017-2018 academic year. The premise of [Beyoncé’s scholarship program](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beyonce-announces-formation-scholars-scholarship-program-w478745) is to “encourage and support young women who are unafraid to think outside the box.” The funding, however, does not apply to every university in the country. Participating schools include Berklee College of Music, Howard University, Parsons School of Design and Spelman College. One undergraduate or graduate female student at each school who is studying creative arts, African-American studies, music or literature will be granted a scholarship. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4754441/beyonce-formation-scholarship-lemonade/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4754441/beyonce-formation-scholarship-lemonade/"},"headline":"Beyoncé Announces ‘Formation Scholars' Program","datePublished":"2017-04-25T19:12:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:31.087Z","description":"In order to 'encourage and support young women'","url":"https://time.com/4754441/beyonce-formation-scholarship-lemonade/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16d7c6809b0bc348/6988ba070a4a22e1aa9cce98/beyonce-gold-dress-grammys-face.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16d7c6809b0bc348/6988ba070a4a22e1aa9cce98/beyonce-gold-dress-grammys-face.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 59th GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show","caption":"The 59th GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for NARAS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4754441/beyonce-formation-scholarship-lemonade/","name":"Beyoncé Announces ‘Formation Scholars' Program"}}]}] ```