Scholarships & Awards
Available Scholarships & Competitions
Undergraduate
Graduate
Other Scholarships
Writing Awards
Award Recipients for 2010
Writing Awards
Undergraduate Scholarships
■ Friends of Sharon Marglous Memorial Scholarship
Award: $750
Application Deadline: April 2011
Criteria: Student 25 years or older, in transition, resident of St.
Louis city or county, demonstrating academic promise.
Preference for female recipient. Certificate earner preferred.
Full-time student.
■ Women as Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship
Award: Up to $1,500
Application Deadline: April 2011
Criteria: Undergraduate WGS Certificate seeker, cumulative 2.5
GPA, serious financial need. Requires FAFSA application
submitted to Financial Aid Office by March 15. Full-time
student.
■ Robert and Fern Mreen Scholarship
Award: Up to $1,500
Application Deadline: April 2011
Criteria: Undergraduate WGS Certificate seeker, cumulative 2.5
GPA, serious financial need. Requires FAFSA application
submitted to Financial Aid Office by March 15. Full-time
student.
■ The Alan Ross Achievement Scholarship
(Undergraduate and Graduate)
Award: $2,500
Application Deadline: April 2011
Criteria: Full-time undergraduate WGS Certificate seeker, cumulative 3.0 GPA.
Application materials must include transcripts, two letters of recommendation, and a one-page formal letter of application outlining qualifications for each specific scholarship you are seeking (each scholarship must have a separate application) as well as significance of gender studies to your life goals. Applications that do not meet these criteria will not be considered. Send materials to Scholarship Committee, GS, 212 Clark Hall. Gender Studies welcomes applications from both female and male students. For further information on the Institute, visit the website at www.umsl.edu/~gs or call 516-5581.
Graduate Scholarship & Assistantship
■ McAffrey Family Scholarship
Award: Up to $1,000
Application Deadline: 09 April 2010
Criteria: Cumulative GPA 3.0 in WGS courses, student 25 years
or older, needing to enter or return to the workplace, in
financial need. Full-time graduate student enrolled in GS
certificate program.
■ The Alan Ross Achievement Scholarship
(Undergraduate and Graduate)
Award: $2,500
Application Deadline: 09 April 2010
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate WGS Certificate seeker, cumulative 3.0 GPA. Full-time student enrolled in GS certificate program.
Application materials must include transcripts, two letters of recommendation, and a one-page formal letter of application outlining qualifications for each specific scholarship you are seeking (each scholarship must have a separate application) as well as the significance of Women’s and Gender Studies to your life goals. Applications that do not meet these criteria will not be considered. Send materials to Scholarship Committee, GS, 212 Clark Hall. The Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies welcomes applications from both female and male students. For further information on the Institute, visit the website at www.umsl.edu/~gs or call 516-5581.
Other Scholarships
American Association of University Women
Criteria: Mature female undergraduate student attending at least part time and
maintaining a cumulative GPA of 2.5, demonstrating a financial need as determined
by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Elisabeth A. Horkids Fund
Criteria: Minimum GPA 3.0, prefer female, full time, demonstrating financial
need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
George Dewey Ross Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Sophomore, junior, or senior pursuing a degree in the humanities.
The recipient shall be an outstanding student who demonstrates financial
need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
and who is active in the community on behalf of the disadvantaged an/or
themselves be a member of a racially or economically disadvantaged group.
Students must be enrolled full-time and have a cumulative GPA of at least
3.0.
Gwendolyn M. Tsadik Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Minority of disadvantaged student living in the St. Louis Metropolitan
area with special emphasis on inner-city youth. First consideration given
to immediate family members of Gwendolyn M. Tsadik.
Hazel L. Kohring for Women in Transition
Criteria: Cumulative GPA 2.25, displaced female, 25 years or older, in transition,
resident of St. Louis city or county.
Lena Key Cassidy Memorial
Criteria: Sole or primary financial supporter of themselves and one or more
dependents; undergraduate or graduate, qualify for degree within four semesters,
demonstrating financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA).
Lucinda DeLeftwich Templin Scholarship
CriteriaLWomen demonstrating financial need as determined by the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Mason Family Science
Criteria: Min GPA 3.0, female minority with financial need pursuing degree
in sciences.
May Department Stores Minority Scholarship
Criteria: Preference to African-American students with financial need and strong
academic performance. Internship may be required.
Monxmode Foundation Parent/Child Scholarship
Criteria: Missouri resident, African-American single parent with a cumulative
GPA of 3.0. Must have completed between 60 and 90 credit hours and demonstrate
financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student
Aid (FAFSA). Must be full-time and enrolled in a degree program. The recipient
will have at least one child between the ages of six weeks to five years.
As a requirement of this scholarship, the recipient must agree to enroll
the child in the UM-ST. Louis University Child Development Center. This expense
will be paid as a part of the scholarship Award.
Peter W. & Helen M. Goode Fund
Criteria: Minimum GPA 3.0, rank in top 10% of HS class or top 15% on ACT/SAT
for MO students; possess leadership abilities, minorities and women,
MO resident.
Professional Women of Southwestern Bell Foundation, Inc.
Criteria: Min GPA 3.0, undergraduate, St. Louis metro residents, top 20% of
class or ACT/SAT, financial need.
Ray and Lucia Kramer Collins Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Preference to junior or senior single parents returning to formal
higher education and undergoing significant lifestyle or career change and
demonstrating financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA). Must be full-time student and be supporter of one or
more dependents.
Theodore McNeal Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Minority student desiring a career in public service, a graduate
of an accredited St. Louis area high school, who maintains a cumulative
GPA of 2.5 or above.
Towards Independence
Criteria: Minimum GPA 2.0, female in transition, financial need.
UM-St. Louis African-American Alumni Chapter Scholarship
Criteria: Preference to African-American junior or senior attending at least
part-time (6 or more hours). The recipient shall have a minimum cumulative
GPA of 2.5.
UM-St. Louis Women Fund
Criteria: Cumulative GPA 2.5, completed 12 hours, undergraduate, female
in transition, financial need.
Women’s Connection Network Scholarship
Criteria: Female in transition, 25 years or older working towards a certification
or degree after a significant lifestyle or career change. May be a full
or part-time student with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 and demonstrating financial
need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
NOTE: a female in transition refers to a female undergoing significant lifestyle or career change; or a female needing to enter or return to the workplace.
Contact Information
For the GS Writing Award, Women as Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship, and the McAffrey Family Scholarship, please contact GS: call Fern Mreen 314.516.5581 or email GS.
For all
other scholarships please contact
the UMSL office of Financial Aid:
call 314.516.5526 or 314.516.7212 or for more scholarship information
and online applications, please visit UMSL
Financial Aid online.