The Scholarshare Investment Board is the administrator for the Golden State Scholarshare College Savings Trust Program (Scholarshare), the Governor's Scholarship Program (GSP) and the California Memorial Scholarship Program (CMS). These programs encourage California citizens to pursue higher education by making education more affordable. Scholarshare encourages families to save for higher education costs while GSP granted scholarships to students for use at eligible higher education institutions. CMS provides scholarships to surviving dependents of California residents killed in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.