In 1999, Tom Siebel, entrepreneur and founder of Siebel Systems, established the Siebel Scholars program. His goal was to find and nurture the brightest master's degree student leaders in the nation’s premier business and computer science post-graduate schools; bringing together a community fostering personal leadership, academic achievement, and the collaborative search for solutions to pressing societal problems.

Each year, five exceptional graduate students from each of these 10 leading universities who are about to enter the last year of their master's programs are chosen as Siebel Scholars. They are selected by the Dean of their respective schools on the basis of outstanding academic performance and demonstrated qualities of leadership. Each receives a $25,000 award to defray tuition and expenses for the final year of his or her graduate studies.

Funding for the Siebel Scholars Program was established through a donation of more than $28 million. In 1999, each of the 10 universities selected for the program received a $2.6 million endowment. Each university invests and manages its own endowment so as to fund the program in perpetuity.

In addition, the program brings together the new Siebel Scholars and Siebel Scholar alumni at the annual Siebel Scholars conference. Here, they form a unique community in which they share their energy, knowledge, and talent with some of the world’s most prestigious thought-leaders to the benefit of all. There is no end to what these scholars, the best and brightest in their fields, can achieve individually and as a community.

The Siebel Scholars Foundation is funded by a grant from the Thomas & Stacey Siebel Foundation. Established as a private foundation in 1996, the Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation. Its work is focused in four key areas: homelessness, education and student youth programs, land & wildlife preservation, and youth drug prevention programs. To learn more about the foundation, please click here for a copy of our annual report.

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