Learn more about scholarships available to University of Alabama students. Many scholarships can be applied for via the scholarship application on myBama.

College-Specific Scholarships

NameAgeGPACollegeOther requirements/priority
Guy Gilliland Memorial Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate3EducationAccepted into the Teacher Education Program, or the equivalent, intend to pursue a degree in Special Education, and graduates of public or private high schools in Tuscaloosa County
The Judy Stone Weaver Center for Public Television and Radio Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/ACommunication and Information SystemsCenter for Public Television and Radio
James T. and Joanne Lynaugh Endowed Minority ScholarshipFreshman, Sophomore and JuniorN/ACommunication and Information SystemsCreative Media
Drs. Barbara and Brad Adams Endowed ScholarshipSophomores and JuniorsN/AEducationDeclared Education as their major
Ann and Patience Stevens ScholarshipAll Undergraduate2EducationDepartment of Kinesiology; females
Mary Emma Key McKinley Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationEarly Childhood/Elementary Education
Shelley and Tom Jones Endowed ScholarshipSophomores3.5EducationElementary Education
Gary Copeland Support FundAll Undergraduate and GraduateN/ACommunication and Information SystemsFor travel expenses to present research findings
Martha Ann Maxwell Allen Memorial Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationgraduated from high schools in Escambia County, Alabama and second priority to those from high schools in any area of Alabama
Harold E. Greer Sr. Memorial Endowed ScholarshipIncoming Freshman, Juniors and Seniors3EducationGraduates of public high schools in the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and plan to pursue a career in teaching (Second priority goes to juniors and seniors who also are in the Teacher Education Program)
Rufus Wiley Hollingsworth Memorial Endowed ScholarshipIncoming FreshmenN/AEducationGraduating high school seniors in Fayette county, Alabama, or from Winfield High School, in Marion County, Alabama, who intend to enter the teaching profession
Kathleen Patrick Hughes Endowed Scholarship in EducationAll UndergraduateN/AEducationHolt High School Grads, second priority to Kappa Delta members
Frank Deaver Endowed Scholarship for International CommunicationUndergraduateN/ACommunication and Information SystemsInternational students wanting to work in international media
Gordon and Ann Rosen Endowed Education ScholarshipJuniors or SeniorsN/AEducationIt is the donor’s desire that the recipient demonstrate a clear intention to pursue a career as a professional public school educator.
Samuel Calvin Hughes Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/ACommunication and Information SystemsJournalism
Warren G. Augins Endowed Scholarship FundAll UndergraduateN/ASocial WorkLeading to a master of social work.
Alabama Power Company Foundation Endowed ScholarshipsFreshman, Sophomore and JuniorN/ACommunication and Information SystemsLegal Resident of Alabama
Ralph W. Cowart Memorial ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationlegal residents of Pike County, Alabama
Ione Hendrick Roche Memorial Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/ACommunication and Information SystemsMinority woman
Anne C. Witt Endowed Music Education ScholarshipAll Undergraduate3Educationmust already be admitted into the Teacher Education Program (TEP), Music Education
Mark & Marian Berkin Physical Education ScholarshipAll Undergraduate2.5EducationPhysical Education
Russell S. and Mary Louise Cantwell Endowed History ScholarshipJuniors, Seniors and Graduate3EducationPlan to teach history
Kelly Sisk Memorial Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/ACommunication and Information SystemsPriority to Freshmen
Howard B. Gundy Endowed Scholarship FundAll UndergraduateN/ASocial WorkPriority to incoming students
Madeleine M. Hill Endowed Social Work ScholarshipAll GraduateN/ASocial WorkPursuing a master of social work degree whose interests lie in social work planning and management
Thomas G. McDonald Memorial Endowed ScholarshipJunior or Senior3EducationPursuing undergraduate degrees in secondary/high-school education with a major in English language arts
The Treobye Britton Utsey Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationResidents of Choctaw County, Alabama, and second preference to residents of other Alabama counties
Finley – Crews Endowed Scholarship for Teacher EducationAll Undergraduate3EducationResidents of Clay, Coosa, or Randolph Counties who specialize in math or the sciences, who have been accepted into the Teacher Education Program within the College of Education,
Landa Endowed ScholarshipSophomores and Juniors3Communication and Information SystemsResidents of the state of Alabama, with preference for students graduating from high schools in Jefferson or Montgomery counties
Kathy Neugent Mouron ScholarshipAll Undergraduate3EducationSpecial Education
Floyd M. Zeigler and Julia Zeigler Sutton Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationSpecial Education
George S. & Betty B. Shirley Endowed Scholarship in Special EducationJuniorN/AEducationSpecial Education
Mary Edna Porter/Gateway Endowed ScholarshipSecond-year GraduateN/ASocial WorkStudents enrolled in the master of social work program who are pursuing degrees in the area of children, adolescents, and families.
Susan Duckworth Bedsole Endowed ScholarshipIncoming freshmanN/AEducationStudents from southwest Alabama
TCI Companies Choice Award in Education Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and GraduateN/AEducationStudents from the state of Alabama
Charles S., Jr. & Lucile Roberts Fletcher Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and GraduateN/AEducationStudents in education, preferably studying elementary education, with priority for the award given to graduates of public high schools in Baldwin County, Alabama, and second priority to graduates of other Alabama high schools
Dr. Lucinda L. Roff Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/ASocial WorkStudents pursuing a master of social work degree with an interest in gerontology
Betty B. and Edward L. Englebert Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationStudents pursuing bachelor’s degrees in secondary education in the area of science, math, English, social science, or foreign language; master’s degrees in counseling; or doctorates in administration
James Harris Fitts Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationStudents under the age of 23 years of age who teach in Alabama or who plan to teach in Alabama
Retired Faculty Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and GraduateN/AEducationStudents who are descendants of retired faculty members of the College of Education
Dr. Gordon and Dixie Kramer MacNeil Endowed ScholarshipAll GraduateN/ASocial WorkStudents who are enrolled in the distance learning graduate program;
Earl W. and Ruth Killian Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationStudents who are majoring in kinesiology, physical education teacher education, or exercise and sport science
Board of Friends Endowed Washington, DC ScholarshipAll GraduateN/ASocial WorkStudents who are participating in the Washington Field Education Program
Washington Program Endowed ScholarshipGraduates in the Washington Field Education ProgramN/ASocial WorkStudents who are participating in the Washington Field Education Program
Mary M. & Lee W. Gregg Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationStudents who are pursuing a degree through MAP (the Multiple Abilities Program)
Shirley B. Prigmore Graduate Endowed Scholarship in Social WorkAll GraduateN/ASocial WorkStudents who are pursuing a master of social work and have career interests in planning and management, specifically in the area of child welfare
Dr. and Mrs. Harold D. Shambley Endowed ScholarshipVeterans in the School of Social WorkN/ASocial WorkStudents who are veterans and whose enrollment would enhance the diversity of the School of Social Work’s student population
Emma Jean and James P. Adams Sr. Endowed ScholarshipAll GraduateN/ASocial WorkStudents who graduated from high schools in Mississippi and are seeking master's degrees in social work at The University of Alabama.
Stephen and Dorothy Andrasko Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate3EducationStudents who graduated from high schools in the northeastern US
Tony Cole, Jr. Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationStudents who graduated from West Point High School in Cullman, Alabama, in the top ten percent of their class and who are majoring in education (Second priority to those in other Cullman County high schools)
Louise Pittman Endowed ScholarshipGraduatesN/ASocial WorkStudents who have an interest in a career in child welfare, have graduated from a high school in Alabama
Strings in Schools Endowed Scholarship in Music EducationSophomores and JuniorsN/AEducationStudents who have been accepted into the upper division Teacher Education Program in Music Education; It is the donors’ desire that recipients shall have participated in the Strings in Schools program and have graduated from a high school within the Tuscaloosa City School System
Dr. and Mrs. W. Donald Crump Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationStudents who have earned an associate degree or the equivalent at an Alabama community college, have initiated plans to transfer to The University of Alabama
Ehney A. and Mildred Fletcher Tillman Camp Endowed Scholarship in the School of Social WorkAll UndergraduateN/ASocial WorkStudents who intend to pursue a degree in the Master of Social Work program
Cassie Wallace - Helen Brown Endowed Scholarship in the School of Social WorkAll UndergraduateN/ASocial WorkStudents who intend to pursue careers working with the elderly and aging persons.
Matthew Frazier Memorial Scholarship in Special EducationJuniorsN/AEducationStudents who plan to pursue careers as special education teachers, with additional preference given to those students who plan to work with the severely and profoundly disabled
Linda G. Ackerson Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/ASocial WorkStudents whose enrollment will enhance the diversity of the School of Social Work's student population
Sandra Hall Ray Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate Transfers3.5EducationTransferring from an Alabama community college
Joanna S. Hodgkins Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationUsed to support students who have faced hardships in their lives or who may not otherwise be able to attend college due to financial need
Founders and Friends - Marilyn Brewer Lauber Endowed ScholarshipAll GraduateN/ASocial WorkNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Mark & Marian Berkin Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate2.5EducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Rebecca Ann Baggett Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate3EducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Dr. William F. Clipson and Madolyn Chambers Clipson Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate3EducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Decatur Daily Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate3.5Communication and Information SystemsNo extra requirements/priorities listed
The Jim Oakley Family Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/ACommunication and Information SystemsNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Bob and Marie Robinson ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/ACommunication and Information SystemsNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Chester R. Simmons Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/ACommunication and Information SystemsNo extra requirements/priorities listed
William R. and Eugenia Battle Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Board of Advisors Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Dana B. and W. Anthony Davis III Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Sally Booth Eisenhower Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Doctors Catherine C. and George W. Hansberry ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
George William Hansberry, MD, Memorial Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Jim & Ann Hayes Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
James C. Inzer, Jr. /Alabama Power Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Hazel K. Nabors Memorial Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Helen and Pat O’Sullivan Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Frank R. Egan Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundAll UndergraduateN/ASocial WorkNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Arlene Mitchell Endowed Scholarship in Social WorkAll UndergraduateN/ASocial WorkNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Lola Louise Bealle Endowed Scholarship in the School of Social WorkAll UndergraduateN/ASocial WorkNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Charles R. Atherton Endowed ScholarshipAll UndergraduateN/ASocial WorkNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Joan and Wray Pearce Endowed Scholarship in EducationAll Undergraduate and Graduate3EducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Jonathan W. Hoch and Karen A. Walsh-Hoch Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and GraduateN/ACommunication and Information SystemsNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Dr. Margaret Adeline Coleman Endowed Memorial ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and GraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
William E. Sexton Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and GraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Jim Loop Children's Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and GraduateN/ASocial WorkNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Dr. Edward H. Cleino Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and Graduate3EducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Capstone Education Society ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and GraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Laura and James Condra Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and GraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Helene DeBlanc Crow Memorial Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and GraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Oliver H. Delchamps Jr. Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate or GraduateN/ACommunication and Information SystemsNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Mel Allen Endowed ScholarshipFreshmanN/ACommunication and Information SystemsNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Capstone Communication Society Memorial Endowed ScholarshipFreshman, Sophomore and JuniorN/ACommunication and Information SystemsNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Ethel M. O’Mary Boshell Endowed Education ScholarshipIncoming FreshmanACT score of 30 or a comparable score on the SAT counterpartEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Henry Lloyd O’Mary Endowed Education ScholarshipIncoming FreshmanACT score of 30 or a comparable score on the SAT counterpart; renewable (min. 3.0 GPA)EducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Paul and Ann Hubbert Endowed ScholarshipIncoming FreshmanTop 25% of high school class; 3.0EducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
George & Billie Layton Endowed ScholarshipJuniors and seniors3.25EducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Everett Hughes Holle Endowed ScholarshipSophomores and Juniors3Communication and Information SystemsNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Curry Bedsole Adams Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and GraduateN/AEducationNo extra requirements/priorities listed
Vulcan Materials Company Endowed ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and GraduateN/ASocial WorkNo extra requirements/priorities listed

Arts and Sciences Scholarships

Arts and Sciences College Wide

These scholarships are available to all students in the College of Arts and Sciences, regardless of major.

  • A&S Endowed Collegiate Fund Scholarship
  • Edith and Richard Ainsworth Endowed Scholarship
  • Charles C. Anderson Endowed Scholarship
  • Edwin F. Averyt Fund
  • Louise A. and John P. Baker Endowed Scholarship
  • W.R. and E.L. Battle Endowed Scholarship in A&S
  • Alvie Leland Belcher Endowed Scholarship
  • Mary Fitts Bennett Endowed Scholarship
  • J. Ike Black Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Buford Boone Memorial Endowed Scholarships and Fellowships
  • Campbell-Portera Endowed Scholarship
  • Vincent and Jean Carnaggio Endowed Scholarship
  • Henry “Hank” Cocke Holmes Endowed Scholarship
  • Comer Foundation Scholarship in English (requires a writing sample; contact the Department of English)
  • Comer Foundation Scholarship in Math
  • June Noland Crowder Endowed Scholarship in Chemistry
  • Lucretia Anne Dehaney Endowed Scholarship
  • Mary Paty Bargeron Elmore Endowed Scholarship
  • Carol and Ernest Fite Endowed Scholarship
  • Ronald S. and Martha R. Franklin Scholarship
  • Hill Ferguson and Joseph Sewell Endowed Scholarship
  • God at the Speed of Light Endowed Scholarship
  • Al J. Going Endowed Phi Beta Kappa Award
  • Richard H. Gorgas Scholarship
  • Dr. Lauris and Jacqueline Graves Endowed Scholarship
  • Tommie Cotton Greene Endowed Scholarship
  • Rebecca G. and Frank W. Gregory Endowed Scholarship
  • Terrell Sr. and U.B. Harris Endowed Scholarship
  • Charles and Alice Haun Endowed Scholarship
  • E.S. Havard Family Endowed Pre-Med Scholarship
  • Health Care Center Endowed Scholarship
  • Dr. Henry and Ozzie B. Pope Herrod Endowed Scholarship
  • Walton H. Hill Scholarship
  • Hope Hodnette Arts and Sciences Endowed Scholarship
  • Lottice Howell Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Lynn N. Hughes Prize
  • Dr. Charles and Pauline Inman Endowed Scholarship
  • Kappa Kappa Gamma Scholarship
  • Karatheodoris Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • James and Mary Koyer Assistance
  • Levitetz Scholars Program
  • Stewart J. Lloyd Scholarship
  • Leopold and Stella H. Loeb Endowed Scholarship
  • Mary and Albert Marsh Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Jasper O. McCollough, MD Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • E. Gaylon McCullough Endowed Scholarship
  • William R. Moore Endowed Scholarship for Physical Science
  • Evelyn Sanderson Parker Endowed Scholarship
  • Adelaide and Raymond R. Paty Endowed Scholarship
  • D.W. Powell Endowed Scholarship
  • Professor Brooks Forehand Privett Endowed English Scholarship
  • K.C. and Hazel Ptomey Endowed Scholarship
  • George M. Richardson Endowed Scholarship
  • Jack B. and Constance K. Robbins Endowed Scholarship
  • Marla Sayers Endowed Scholarship
  • D.F. Smith Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry
  • Samuel A. Sommers Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Mathew Dewitt Thomason Endowed Scholarship
  • H. Keener and Virginia Tippins Endowed Scholarship
  • Phyllis and John Todd Endowed Scholarship
  • Michael T. Wilder Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Suzanne Younger Endowed Scholarship

Blount Scholars Program

  • Austen LeGrand Bennett III Endowed Scholarship in the Undergraduate Initiative
  • A.L. Dermand and L.A. Dermand Endowed Scholarship
  • Judge Harlan Hobart Grooms Endowed Scholarship
  • Jones Undergraduate Initiative Scholarship
  • Kaul Foundation Undergraduate Initiative Endowed Scholarship
  • Lois Drolet Luckie Endowed Scholarship
  • Justice Pelham and Gladys Merrill Undergraduate Initiative Scholarship
  • Meyer Foundation Endowed Undergraduate Initiative Scholarship
  • Dr. Rhett B. Murray Scholarship
  • Parisian Endowed Undergraduate Initiative Scholarship
  • Margaret Pritchett Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Protective Life Insurance Co. Endowed Scholarship in the Blount Undergraduate Initiative
  • Minnie Hayes Rast Endowed Scholarship
  • Harold W. Ripps Endowed Undergraduate Initiative Scholarship
  • Lucile Smith Endowed Undergraduate Initiative Scholarship
  • Sara Carol Steed Endowed Scholarship
  • Jean Tomlinson Endowed Undergraduate Initiative Scholarship
  • Elizabeth Watkins-Blount Undergraduate Initiative Endowed Scholarship
  • Wiggins Undergraduate Initiative Endowed Scholarship
  • James Yarbrough Endowed Scholarship

American Studies

  • John P. Ahlstrom Endowed Travel Research in American Studies
  • American Studies Scholarship
  • Louise B. Tate Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Olecia R. White Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Anthropology

  • Anthropology Field School Scholarship
  • David and Elizabeth DeJarnett Scholarship
  • Maxwell Allen R. Endowed Anthropology

Art & Art History

These scholarships require submission of a portfolio; contact the Department of Art & Art History for more information.

  • William Garnett Anderson Endowed Scholarship
  • Art Students Endowed Scholarship
  • Elizabeth B. Bashinsky Endowed Art Scholarship
  • Joseph S. and Carolyn Bolt Endowed Support Fund Scholarship
  • Bradley Endowed Scholarship in Art
  • Marilyn Williams Elmore Endowed Art Scholarship
  • Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Art Scholarship
  • Granata Endowed Scholarship
  • Julie Peake Holaday Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • The Paul R. Jones Endowed Scholarship
  • Carolyn Hadden Matthews Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Mary M. Morgan Memorial Art Scholarship
  • Myra and Jim Morgan Endowed Scholarship
  • Rutledge Endowed Scholarship in A&S
  • Alvin and Joseph Sella Endowed Scholarship
  • Emily Thames Fine Arts Fellowship (for graduate students)
  • Windgate Charitable Foundation Endowed Student Arts Scholarship
  • Richard Zoellner Scholarship

Biological Sciences

  • Caldwell Lab Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship
  • Ralph L. Chermock Prize
  • Isabelle Graham Biology Prize
  • Michael L. McDaniel Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Grantland and Louise Rice Endowed Scholarship
  • Carole Joy Smith Endowed Education and Research Fund
  • Septima Cecilia Smith Endowed Scholarship
  • Joab Thomas Endowed Biology Fellowship (for graduate students)
  • Henry Walker Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • James D. and Donjette Yarbough Endowed Biological Sciences Scholarship

Chemistry & Biochemistry

  • Alabama Section, American Chemical Society Endowed Graduate Fellowship
  • Michael P. Cava Endowed Scholarship
  • James M. Cummings Jr. Memorial Scholarship
  • Alan Hisey Memorial Biochemistry Scholarship
  • Jerome and Dolly Newmark Endowed Scholarship
  • G.D. Palmer Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Chemistry

Communicative Disorders

  • Hamner Endowed Graduate Scholarship in Communicative Disorders
  • Hamner Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship in Communicative Disorders
  • Joe T. McCrary Endowed Scholarship
  • Rosa Moore Dunning Endowed Scholarship

Criminal Justice/Sociology

  • S.D. Deaton Endowed Scholarship in Criminal Justice
  • Randall Justice Farmer Endowed Support Fund

English

  • Lee D. and Florence W. Black Memorial Scholarship
  • Buford Boone Memorial Endowed Fund Scholarship and Fellowship
  • Frank V. Cosby Memorial English Scholarship
  • Creative Writing Fund Scholarship
  • Susie B. Duckworth Endowed Support Fund Scholarship
  • O.B. Emerson Endowed Scholarship
  • M.D. Goodson Memorial Endowed Award in Poetry
  • Don F. Hendrie Jr. Memorial Fellowship
  • Henry E. Jacobs Memorial Graduate English Scholarship
  • Miriam Austin Locke Endowed Travel Fund
  • Emerson R. Loomis Endowed Scholarship in English Literature
  • William March Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Greer Marechal Memorial Scholarship
  • Jerome K. Phipps Endowed Scholarship in Creative Writing
  • I. Willis Russell Endowed Memorial Scholarship
  • May S. Strickland Memorial English Scholarship
  • Norton Textra Endowed Scholarship
  • Watkins Family Endowed Scholarship in English

Gender and Race Studies

  • American Association of University Women Endowed Scholarship

Geography

  • David Weaver Program Support Fund

Geological Sciences

  • Jen-Ho Fang Endowed Scholarship
  • Geology Scholarship
  • Nathan L. Green Endowed Scholarship
  • Richard H. Groshong Jr. Field Trip Scholarship
  • W. Gary Hooks Endowed Geology Scholarship
  • A.S. Johnson Memorial Quasi-Endowed Geology Fund
  • W.C. Johnson Endowed Geological Sciences Scholarship
  • Douglas Epps Jones Geological Sciences Advisory Board Scholarship
  • Walter B. Jones Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Walter B. Jones Memorial Scholarship
  • Bunnie and Philip E. LaMoreaux Endowed Scholarship
  • George Lindahl III Endowed Scholarship
  • Harold H. Stowell Geological Sciences Scholarship

History

  • Bankhead Fellow Endowment Fund
  • Lee D. and Florence W. Black Memorial Scholarship
  • Albert Burton Moore Scholarship
  • J. H. Johnson Jr. Prize in Southern History
  • Gary B. Mills Dissertation Support Scholarship
  • Frank L. Owsley Memorial Scholarship in History
  • Ronald R. Robel Support Fund Scholarship
  • David M.N. Ross Endowed Travel Fund
  • Charles G. Summersell Memorial Scholarship

Mathematics

  • B.B. Comer Math Prize
  • Dr. Fred A. Lewis Endowed Scholarship
  • H.C. Miller Jr. Endowed Math Fellowship
  • Thomas W. Palmer Math Award
  • H. Lawrence Quarles Undergraduate Math Scholarship

Modern Languages & Classics

  • George Brownell Romance Languages Scholarship
  • Selby Hanssen Memorial Scholarship
  • Lelia Harris Lang Classical Languages Scholarship
  • James L. McCann French Scholarship
  • Charles D. Perry Endowed Scholarship

Music

Students must audition to receive music scholarships; contact the School of Music for more information.

  • Gladys L. Ahrenholz Endowed Organ Scholarship
  • Ernest E. Allen Jr., MD Band Scholarship
  • Joseph P. Allgood Endowed Scholarship
  • Dr. John S. Bickley Endowed Trombone Scholarship
  • Burder Memorial Quasi-Endowed Fund Scholarship for Band
  • Carleton K. Butler Endowed Scholarship
  • Bennie P. Coates-Montgomery, AL Music Club Endowed Scholarship
  • Helen Johnson Crow Endowed Music Scholarship
  • Lois Boozer Douglas Endowed Scholarship
  • Baisley P. Elebash Endowed Music Scholarship
  • Gentry Endowed Piano Scholarship
  • Marwood Goetz Endowed Scholarship in Organ Music
  • Chris Hainsey Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Hilaritas Endowed Music Scholarship
  • David Thomas Hughey Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Warren Hutton Endowed Scholarship in Organ
  • Huxford Endowed Support Fund-UA Symphony
  • Camilla Huxford Endowed Support Fund Scholarship
  • Hyde Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Music History
  • Matthew Locke McCorkle Scholarship
  • Louise R. McAllister Scholarship
  • Janet and David McElroy Endowed Music Scholarship
  • Million Dollar Band Association Inc. Endowed Scholarship
  • Miller Endowed Clarinet Scholarship
  • Miller Endowed Jazz Support Scholarship
  • Frank Moody Endowed String Scholarship
  • Jimmy and Elaine Moore Endowed Scholarship
  • Benjamin and Coy Narramore Endowed Music Scholarship
  • Robert Nicolosi Memorial Endowed Music Fellowship
  • Peyton Norvell Wiggins Memorial Endowed Music Scholarship
  • Norwood Endowed Music Scholarship
  • Will T. O’Mary Jr. Endowed Scholarship
  • Amanda Penick Endowed Scholarship
  • Rafferty Endowed Merit Award for String Program
  • Wilbur H. Rowand Endowed Music Scholarship
  • Georges Ryken Trust Endowed Scholarship
  • Herbert Shaddix Endowed Music Piano Scholarship
  • W. Steven Endowed Voice Scholarship

New College

  • Sam Barnes IV Endowed Academic Scholarship
  • Anne and Neal Berte Endowed Scholarship
  • E.R. Davis and C.D. Davis Endowed Scholarship
  • Hugh Holloway Endowed Scholarship
  • Sidney A. Mitchell Memorial Scholarship
  • Slossberg and O’Neil Student Support Fund Scholarship
  • Jerry Rosenberg Endowed Scholarship
  • S.J. Senter Memorial Endowed Human Scholarship
  • B. Franklin and O.B. Watson Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Bernerd and Alma Weber Endowed Scholarship

Philosophy

  • Beverly and Steve Davis Endowed Scholarship
  • Iredell Jenkins Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Marten and Marie ten Hoor Prize
  • Philosophy Department Endowed Scholarship
  • Norvin Richards Endowed Philosopher Award

Physics & Astronomy

  • E. Scott Barr Physics Scholarship
  • Bellsouth Endowed Research Fund Scholarship
  • R.E. Gross-Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Scholarship

Political Science

  • Walter Bennett Memorial Political Science Scholarship
  • Samuel F. Clabaugh Scholarship
  • George McAdams Endowed Scholarship

Psychology

  • Gordon Anna Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Michael Dinoff Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • Dr. Norman Ellis Endowed Scholarship
  • Elizabeth Lacey Endowed Graduate Fellowship
  • Margaret S. Quayle Scholarship

Religious Studies

  • Goodwyn Endowed Excellence Fund Scholarship
  • Amy Lynn Petersen Support Fund
  • Silverstein Endowed Scholarship in Judaic Studies

Theatre & Dance

  • Edith Barnes Endowed Scholarship
  • Mary Eliz Bashinsky Crump Endowed Scholarship
  • Gage Bush Englund Endowed Scholarship
  • Johnson Endowed Scholarship in Theatre Arts
  • H.C. West Jr. Endowed Scholarship in Theatre and Dance
  • H.C. West Endowed Support Fund Theatre and Dance Scholarship

First-Year Student Scholarships

Incoming Freshman

Alabama Advantage Scholarship

Requirements:

  • Maintain at least a 2.0 GPA and take at least 12 credit hours a semester
  • Be an Alabama resident
  • Be an accepted freshman by December 15 – apply early!
  • Complete the FAFSA – opens Oct. 1!

Committed to advancing the students of our state, The University of Alabama is offering the new Alabama Advantage need-based scholarship to remove financial barriers that keep Alabama residents from carving their own path at UA.

In-State Merit Scholarships

Requirements:

  • Depends on SAT/ACT scores

Scholarships for in-state students based on high school grades.

Out-of-State Merit Scholarships

Requirements:

  • Depends on SAT/ACT scores

Scholarships for out-of-state students based on high school grades.

National Merit Finalist Scholarships

Requirements:

  • Depends on PSAT Scores from Sophomore or Junior Year

Scholarships to National Merit Scholarships. Visit the site to view how to apply.

Academic Elite Scholarship

Requirements:

  • ACT score of 32 or a SAT score of 1420
  • High school GPA of 3.8
  • Be accepted as a University Fellow
  • Due December 9

To be considered for the Academic Elite Scholarships, a student must be accepted as a member of the University Fellows Experience (UFE). The student must maintain membership in the UFE to continue holding an Academic Elite Scholarship. Complete information on the UFE can be found on the University Fellows website. There are a total of 8 academic elite scholars named each year. The pool of eligible applicants typically exceeds 1,000 students. These scholarships are awarded for 4 years.

National Hispanic Recognition Package

Requirements:

  • Depends on PSAT Scores from Sophomore or Junior Year
  • Check the Hispanic/Latinx box on PSAT

To be considered for the National Hispanic Recognition Scholarship at UA, students must be recognized by the College Board National Recognition Program.

Transfers

In-State Automatic Transfer Scholarships

Requirements:

  • Depends on credit hours and GPA
  • Due March 1

Scholarships for in-state transfer students based on the GPA and credit hours from their past.

Out-of-State Automatic Transfer Scholarships

Requirements:

  • Depends on credit hours and GPA
  • Due March 1

Scholarships for out-of-state transfer students based on the GPA and credit hours from their past.

Competitive Scholarships for Transfers

Requirements:

  • Depends on the scholarship
  • Due March 1

Competitive scholarships are offered to students who exhibit strong leadership experience, community involvement, and academic excellence. To be considered for the competitive scholarships, students must be in-state residents, complete the scholarship application, and transfer from a community college. Students awarded a competitive scholarship who are also eligible for an automatic award will receive the scholarship with the higher value.

Alumni Scholarship Program

The Alumni Scholarship Program was initiated in 1967 by the Alumni Council.  The program is currently designed to reward high school seniors and transfer students for their academic and leadership achievements, to recognize current full-time undergraduate students for academic excellence; and to attract children and grandchildren of active UA graduates to the Capstone. The admission and scholarship application process is a consolidated, centralized, electronic procedure used campus-wide by all departments including the Alumni Scholarship Program.  The scholarship application process for each category of student is explained on the National Alumni Association Scholarships page. Due December 15 for entering freshmen, and March 1 for current and transfer students.