Clarification on National Scholars awards please

Colleges and Universities A-Z Texas A&M University
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I was reviewing the national scholars program web site, and may have missed a distinction earlier.
https://scholarships.tamu.edu/scholarship-programs/national-scholars#0-NationalMeritScholars

According to that page:

NMSF receive
a) President’s Endowed Scholarship valued at $3,000 x 4
b) Study abroad stipend valued at $1,000 x 1

Semifinalists who are named National Merit Finalists are guaranteed additional award opportunities:
a) National Merit Recognition Award valued at $7,000 x 4
b) National Merit Sponsorship valued at $500 x 4
c) National Merit Recognition Award Supplemental Scholarship $3,000 x 1

Originally, I read this as an either / or. Now it seems clear they are cumulative.

I will go ahead and email later this week for a definite answer, but was curious if anyone else already had confirmation that they are cumulative.

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I’m pretty sure it is both. My son is a NMF. He has a large collection of scholarships so it is hard to know which ones he got for his being a NMF but he is definitely a Presidential endowed scholar and I’m pretty certain that came with the nm and he has the study abroad stipend. A&M is quite generous with NMF.

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Now one thing to realize is that NMF scholarships there are guaranteed scholarship opportunities. They don’t necessarily get all of them. I’m not exactly sure how it all works but I know my son did not get the $500 NM sponsorship I think because he got a corporate based NM scholarship of $1000/yr.