Undergraduate Scholarships & Fellowships
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General
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Non-University
Nationally Competitive
Advertising
Applications should be submitted to Dr. Meme Drumwright, Chair, Scholarship
Committee, Department of Advertising mdrum@mail.utexas.edu Application
forms are available in the Main Advertising Office, CMA 7.242.
Advertising
Morris Hite/Tracy Locke Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Advertising
Eligibility: Undergraduate and/or graduate advertising or PR major
Application Deadline: March 10
Stipend: $2,000
Ray Hall Advertising Fellowship
Eligibility: Graduate student in advertising major with talent or interest
in either advertising or advertising media
Application Deadline: March 10
Stipend: $2,000
Robert M. Gray Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: Graduate advertising students
Application Deadline: March 10
Stipend: $ 1,000
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Media
Ray Hall Advertising Fellowship
Eligibility: Graduate student in advertising major with talent or interest
in either advertising or advertising media
Application Deadline: March 10
Stipend: $2,000
John Mack Carter Scholarship
Eligibility: Women pursing a master’s degree in advertising with
a concentration in media who demonstrate financial need, career commitment,
leadership skills, and strategic thinking. Must be citizens or permanent
residents of the U. S.
Application Deadline: Dec. 8, 2003
Stipend: $5,000
Forbes Media Scholarships
Eligibility: Student must be a master’s student in advertising
with a concentration in media who demonstrates financial need, career
commitment, leadership skills, and strategic thinking. Must be a citizen
or permanent residents of the U.S.
Application Deadline: June 2004
Stipend: $5,000
Sam W. Papert, Jr. Endowed Scholarship in Advertising
Eligibility: Advertising major in media sales
Application Deadline: March 10
Stipend: $1,000
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College of Communication
Earl Campbell Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Communication
Eligibility: Demonstrated evidence of financial need.
Application Deadline: January 30
Stipend: $2,500
Website: http://communication.utexas.edu/OSA/forms/042_scholarship_app.pdf
Jesse H. Jones Fellowship
Eligibility: Currently enrolled or incoming graduate students in
College of
Communication. Selection criteria include research productivity supported
by evidence of published articles and papers delivered at conferences
of national communication associations, letters of recommendation, and
a strong academic record at the graduate level. Financial need is also
considered.
Application Deadline: January 1
Stipend: $6,000 (9 months)
Website: http://communication.utexas.edu/grad_students/jones/Jesse_Jones_Appl.pdf
Joanne Sharp and Jack R. Crosby Endowed Scholarship in Communication
Eligibility: Student of average academic merit (average GPA and SAT
scores) who shows promise of success in their chosen field and demonstrates
evidence of financial need.
Application Deadline: January 30
Stipend: $2,500
Website: http://communication.utexas.edu/OSA/forms/042_scholarship_app.pdf
John Tilford Jones, Jr. Scholarship
Eligibility: Student must demonstrate evidence of financial need.
Application Deadline: January 30
Stipend: $2,500
Times Mirror Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: Deserving students to increase employment opportunities
in the media
Application Deadline: January 30
Stipend: N/A
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University of Texas
Roy Crane Award in the Arts
Eligibility: Students who demonstrates unique, creative effort in the
performing, literary and visual arts. An undergraduate or graduate student
from any major area of study may compete for the award. The committee,
which selects the winner, will give no weight to any entrant's grade
point average or other academic achievement. The entrant's work may
be compared with similar forms of creativity, the award committee singles
out only one area of the arts for each year's competition. For 2004,
the visual arts will be considered for the award.
Application Deadline: N/A
Stipend: $3,000
Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship
Eligibility: N/A
Application Deadline: N/A
Stipend: $2,500
University Continuing Fellowship
These awards are made to students who are currently enrolled in a U.T.
graduate program. Applications materials are submitted to Department
Graduate Advisers who then submit nominations to the Graduate School.
Faculty review committees that evaluate the applications emphasize accomplishments
since entering Graduate School.
Eligibility: Currently enrolled at U.T. Awards are based on major accomplishments
since entering Graduate School, a well defined program of research,
strong personal statement, and letters of recommendation. Financial
need will be considered.
Application Deadline: January 23rd.
Applicants for this award should NOT submit application materials
directly to the Office of Graduate Studies. All materials should be
submitted to the Departmental Graduate Office. One set of application
materials will be used for application to all of the fellowship listed
on above OGS website. Application forms are available at: http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/otherfellowships/ut.html#univcont
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Texas Exes
General
Class of 1949 Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving UT student with financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $700
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-general.html
Geren Scholarship
Eligibility: Full time UT student with minimum 3.40 GPA who works at
least 20 hours/week during the academic year.
Application Deadline: Early March
Stipend: $1,800 $2,200
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholarship.html
Half-Century Longhorns Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving UT students with financial need
Application Deadline: March1
Stipend: $5,500/2 recipients
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-general.html
Jacolyn Alexander Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving UT students with financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,100
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-general.html
James S. Mahon Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving UT students with financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,100/1 recipient
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-general.html
Jane Cook Barnhill Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving University of Texas students
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,600
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-general.html
John D. and Louise Lambie Miller Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving students at The University of Texas at Austin
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $825
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-general.html
John Madison Kindle Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: graduate student who is registered for and in the
process of preparing a graduate thesis or dissertation
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $225
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-specific3.html
Kathryn Spence Nance Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: UT women students who demonstrate high academic achievement,
show personal concern for others, and have specific financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $2,200
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-general.html
Lester D. and Lena Mae Farley Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Available annually to current UT students who are native
Texans with demonstrated financial need and a satisfactory academic
record
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,600
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-general.html
Life Member Scholarship
Eligibility: deserving UT students with financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $3,800/2 recipients
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-general.html
Marjorie Fisken Warren and J. Ed Warren Scholarship
Eligibility: Enthusiastic and highly motivated current student of The
University of Texas with demonstrated loyalty to UT Austin
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,300
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-general.html
Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Domaschk and Mr. and Mrs. D.D. Wheat Memorial
Scholarship
Eligibility: Current UT students who have satisfactory academic records
and need financial assistance
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,000
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-general.html
Schutze Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving UT student who demonstrates financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $500
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-general.html
Stanley and Anoinette Tartaglia Post Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving UT students who are United States citizens and
have
financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,300
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-general.html
Virginia Smith Steffler Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Current UT student with an overall balance of extracurricular
activities, academic record, community service, and service to the University
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $2,800
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-general.html
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Specific
Alfred Heidenheimer Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving entering student who demonstrates financial need,
with first preference given to graduates of Anson High School and second
preference given to students from Jones County
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,500
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-specific3.html
Alpha Phi Omega Scholarship
Eligibility: Continuing University of Texas student who demonstrates
the ideals of leadership, friendship, and service through extracurricular
activity, minimum of 2.5 GPA
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,200
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-specific.html
Bernice Milburn Moore Scholarship
Eligibility: Woman student, over the age of 25, who returns to the University
to renew, replenish or enrich the quality of her education.
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $900
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-specific5.html
Hispanic Texas Exes/University Co-Op Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving Hispanic students at The University of Texas
at Austin
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,000
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-specific3.html
Marian and Dick Dozier Scholarship
Eligibility: Qualifying employee or the son or daughter of an employee
of Austaco, Inc. (d.b.a. Taco Bell or Pizza Hut) who has financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $2,000-$3,000/1-4 recipients
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-specific2.html
Margaret Nosek Scholarship
Eligibility: students who will be at the senior, master, or doctoral
level in the next academic year. They must certify that they have a
disability that causes a significant functional limitation in one or
more major life activities. Applicants must provide evidence of ambition
to pursue a career in research in any academic area.
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,600-1,800
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-specific5.html
MBNA Scholarship
Eligibility: Current UT students whose parent or parents are Life Members
or
dues-paying members of The Texas Exes
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $600
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-specific4.html
Salvador and Viola Luna Endowed Scholarship
Eligibility: Hispanic students from Houston or Harris County who have
demonstrated scholarship, leadership and financial need.
Application Deadline: Early March
Stipend: $1,000
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholarship.html
Steven Wade Elms Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Current or entering student, with first preference given
to those from the Midland-Odessa area, who have made significant contributions
to The University of Texas and/or to the community through charitable
and volunteer activities. Applicants should exemplify leadership, entrepreneurship,
ambition, and strong ties to family and friends. Financial need will
also be considered, and recipients may reapply.
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,000
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-specific2.html
Texas Caissons Scholarship
Eligibility: Outstanding students enrolled in UT's Army ROTC program.
Recipients must be recommended by UT's Army Professor of Military Science.
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,500/2 recipients
Website: http://www.texasexes.org/students/scholar-specific8.html
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Non-University
The following scholarships may or may not be available to
graduate students in any particular year.
AAUW Fellowships for Women
Eligibility: Any female, who has been formally admitted to doctoral
candidacy at the University of Texas at Austin and whose cumulative
graduate school grade point average is 3.5 or better, is eligible. All
fields of study are eligible. Both USA citizens and non-citizens are
eligible. Selection will be based on need, academic record, submitted
reference letters, and the applicant’s statement.
Application Deadline: 5:00 PM CST on Monday, 17 March 2004
Stipend: $2,000
Website: http://ww.main.org/aauw/
Blacknews.com Scholarship
Application Deadline: July 15
Stipend: $1,000
Website: http://www.blacknews.com/scholarship.html
Coca Cola Scholarship
Eligibility: Student who demonstrates academic excellence and community
involvement
Application Deadline: October 31
Stipend: $20,000 National Scholar; $4,000 Regional Scholar
Website: http://www.coca
colasholars.org/mission.html
Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Black Communicators Scholarship
Eligibility: Communication industry major who is a minority student
and whose family resides in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Deadline: February 1
Stipend: $500-2,000
Website: http://www.dfwabc.org/scholarship.htm
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowships
Eligibility: Candidate must demonstrate a need for financial assistance
and must e enrolled in an accredited college or university in the United
States. The candidate must have received a baccalaureate degree and
have an outstanding undergraduate record. The candidate must be a citizen
of the United States of America.
Application Deadline: December 13, 2004
Stipend: $18,000 plus tuition for nine months
Website: http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/liebmann/
Gates Millennium Scholarship
Eligibility: African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian
Pacific and Hispanic high school, undergraduate or graduate students.
Citizens or permanent residents of the US. Minimum 3.30 GPA. Demonstrated
financial need and leadership. Nomination by teachers, principals, professors,
deans, program directors, or other individuals from educational organizations
acting in their own capacities
Application Deadline: February
Stipend: Cover tuition and Fees, Varies
Website: http://www.gmsp.org
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: Be of Hispanic background (one parent fully Hispanic or
each parent half Hispanic). Be a U>S. citizen or legal permanent
resident (with permanent resident card or passport stamped I-551). Have
a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale (3.7 on a
5.0) scale). Be enrolled in a degree-seeking program at an accredited
U.S. college or university full-time. Undergraduate, Graduate and community
college Students are eligible.
Application Deadline: October 15, 2004
Stipend: $1,000 - $3,000 Awards
Website: www.hsf.net
Luce Scholars
Eligibility: Nominees must be American citizens who have not reached
their 30th birthday by September 1st of the year they enter the program.
Nominees must have earned at least a bachelor’s degree or reasonably
expect to receive that degree prior to September 1st of the year they
enter the program. Nominees must be in good physical and emotional health.
Nominees need not presently be on campus. They may be selected from
the class of graduating seniors at the nominating institution, from
ranks of recent alumni, from graduate or professional students, from
recent recipients of advanced or professional degrees at the institution,
or from junior faculty.
Application Deadline: November 10, 2004
Website: http://www.hluce.org/3scholfm.html
Ornelas Associates Minority Scholarship
Eligibility: Student must be pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree
and be a qualified American citizen who has proven Latino heritage with
at least one grandparent of Latino heritage. Student must be a AAAA
MAIP (Multicultural Advertising Intern Program) Hispanic Intern in good
standing. An essay of 250-500 words on the following topic “As
a Latino I value ganas (passion), adelante (progress), Latino pride
and diversity by…” must be submitted.
Application Deadline: June
Stipend: $5,000
Peter Agris Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Students of Greek ancestry who are pursuing either graduate
or undergraduate studies in journalism or communications, who are active
in their church and community, maintain at least a 3.0 average, and
show some financial need.
Application Deadline: March 31
Stipend: $5,000
Website: http://jmc.ksu.edu/students/scholarships/out/peter.html
Robert Basch German Fellowship
Eligibility: Applicants should be between the ages of 23-24 and possess
a graduate degree and /or two years of professional experience in one
of the following fields; Business Administration, Economics, Journalism/Mass
Communications, Law, Political Science, or Public Affairs/Public Policy.
Candidates without a graduate degree are nevertheless encouraged to
apply, provided they possess extensive professional experience in one
of the fields mentioned above. German language competence is required
at the start of the program. If needed, intensive German training will
be provided prior to the start of the program.
Application Deadline: October 15, 2003
Website; www.cdsintl.org/rbfintro.html
Roy Crane Award in the Arts
Eligibility: Students who demonstrates unique, creative effort in the
performing, literary and visual arts. An undergraduate or graduate student
from any major area of study may compete for the award. The committee,
which selects the winner, will give no weight to any entrant's grade
point average or other academic achievement. The entrant's work may
be compared with similar forms of creativity, the award committee singles
out only one area of the arts for each year's competition. For 2004,
the visual arts will be considered for the award.
Application Deadline: N/A
Stipend: $3,000
Website:
http://www.utexas.edu/student/connexus/awards/crane/
Soros New American Fellowship
Eligibility: A New American is an individual who (1) is a resident alien;
i.e, holds a Green Card or, (2) has been naturalized as a U.S. citizen
or (3) is the child of two parents who are both naturalized citizens.
Application Deadline: November 1, 2004
Stipend: $20,000 annually for maintenance and half tuition.
Website: www.pdsoros.org
State Farm Insurance American Indian Scholarship
Eligibility: American Indian student in education
Application Deadline: NA
Stipend: Varies
Website: http://www.statefann.com/foundati/native.htm
State Farm Insurance Hispanic Scholarship
Eligibility: Hispanic student
Application Deadline: October 5
Stipend: $2,500
Website: http://www.statefarm.com/foundati/hiSDanic.htm
Young Women’s Alliance Foundation Scholarship
Eligibility: Young Women who are U.S. citizens under the age of 40.
Applicants should be juniors, seniors, or graduate students attending
a college in a Central Texas. Recipients are chosen based on financial
need, commitment to community service, and academic achievement.
Application Deadline: April 23
Stipend: $2,500
Website: http://www.youngwomensalliance.org
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Nationally Competitive
Students do not apply directly for the scholarships listed below.
Instead, they must be nominated by U.T. Preliminary applications must
be submitted to Professor Larry Carver, Associate Dean of the College
of Liberal Arts, early in the Fall semester. In addition to completing
the scholarship application, students are interviewed by a faculty panel
prior to nomination. For more information, contact Dean Carver at carver@mail.utexas.edu
or 471-3458/471-4991.
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
Eligibility: Undergraduate students about to enter graduate school and
graduate students who have not yet completed their first year of graduate
study and who intend to pursue a doctoral or master's degree, if the
master's degree is the terminal or highest degree awarded in an approved
field. Student must be plan to enroll in graduate school in the fall
of year received and must be U.S. citizen.
Application Deadline: N/A
Stipend: N/A
Website: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/HEP/iegps/javits.html
Marshall Scholarship
Eligibility: Open only to United States citizens who (by the time they
take up their Scholarship) hold a first degree from an accredited four-year
college or university in the United States with a minimum GPA of 3.7.
To qualify for awards tenable from October 2004, candidates must have
graduated from their undergraduate college or university after April
2001.
Application Deadline: Mid-October
Stipend: N/A
Website: http://www.marshallscholarship.org/
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