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Scholarship Max Award # of Awards
ACMRS Endowment Scholarship Varies Varies
Adam Gordon Poetry Award for First-Year Students Varies 1
Albert L. Walker Excellence-in-English Awards 350 3
Alexander L. Meszaros Student Leadership Scholarship #2 Varies Varies
Alfonso Biggs Scholarships Varies Varies
Alfred P. Kehlenbeck Scholarship 1000 3
Alumni Scholarship (19th Century) Varies Varies
Andrea Balint Erdbrink Scholarship 5000 2
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies 15000 80
Anne Green Saus Scholarship Varies 1
Anne Lillis Memorial Scholarship Fund Varies Varies
Arts Recognition & Talent Search 3000 300
Aubrey Galyon Award 700 Varies
Authors of Tomorrow Scholarship 10000 Varies
Avery Award of Excellence in Comparative Literature Varies 1
Barbara Gerber Scholarship Varies 1
Barbara M. Collier Memorial Endowed Scholarship Varies Varies
Baroody Commemorative Scholarships Varies Varies
Barry A. Fish Undergraduate Symposium Endowed Scholarship Varies Varies
Ben Henneke Research Fellowships 12000 Varies
Bernard Malamud Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Bertha & Philip Goodman Short Story Scholarship Varies 3
Bill & Jane Spain Scholarship Varies Varies
Bill Waller Awards Varies Varies
Billie & Homer Sullivan Jr. Pride Scholarship Varies Varies
Bobette Bibo Gugliotta Memorial Scholarship for Creative Writing 2000 2
Bonita M. Cox Award for Classical & Medieval Studies Varies Varies
Brand English Department Award Varies Varies
Brand Senior Scholarship Varies Varies
Brian S. Broderick ’82 Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Burke Prize in Language & Literature Varies Varies
Cade Nabers Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Carl D., Peggy J. & Kathleen Pursell Scholarship (A) Varies Varies
Carlee Grant Memorial Scholarship Varies 1
Carol Raphael Creative Writing Award for Poetry Endowed Fund Varies Varies
Caroline Heath Tunstall-Elizabeth Calvert Page Dabney Scholarship Varies Varies
Carolyn W. Houtchens Scholarship Varies 1
Caspersen Scholarship Varies Varies
Catharine & Walter Eckman Memorial Scholarship Varies 1
Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies Fellowship-Scholarship Varies Varies
Charles & Naomi Grisham Scholarship Varies Varies
Charles Dyson (Profile in Courage) Scholarship Varies Varies
Charles E. Guardia Scholarship Varies Varies
Charles H. & Dorothy S. Luedemann Art Scholarship Fund 2000 3
Charles Kegel Memorial Scholarship Varies 1
Charles L. Hebner Memorial Scholarship Varies 2
Charles Vincent & Heidi Cole McLaughlin Scholarship 1000 50
Children’s Programming-Development Internship 4000 Varies
CHRE Scholarship Varies Varies
CLAS Dean’s Scholarship 1000 1
College of Arts & Sciences Endowed Scholarships Varies Varies
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences Dean’s Roundtable Endowed Scholarship Varies Varies
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences Senior Challenge Book Scholarship Varies Varies
College Scholars-College of Arts & Sciences Scholarship 1000 Varies
Communication Scholarships Varies Varies
Courtney E. Cox Chaucer Prize Varies Varies
Creative Writing Conference Scholarships Varies Varies
Critical Writing Award 50 Varies
D&A; Florida Scholarship 10000 1
D. Vickers Creative Writing Scholarship 75 1
D.H. Lawrence Fellowship Varies 1
Daniel Brink Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
David Lee Wells Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
David M. Hoover Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
David R. Francis Scholarships Varies Varies
Dean Michael Proterra, S.J. Scholarship Varies Varies
Dean’s Circle-Languages & Literature Scholarship Varies Varies
Department of Languages & Literature Scholarship Varies Varies
Diamondhead Performing Arts Society Scholarship Varies Varies
Dingus Scholarship 1000 3
Dorothy C. Evans Endowed Scholarship Varies Varies
Dorothy Pritchard Wright Children’s Literature Scholarship Varies Varies
Dorrit A. Sibley Scholarship Varies Varies
Dr. & Mrs. Pierre W. Keitges Scholarship Varies Varies
Dr. Alfred R. Westfall Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Dr. Daniel G. Hays Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Dr. Edward A. Hier Scholarship Varies Varies
Dr. George H. Miller Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Dr. Grace Patten Conant Endowment Varies 2
Dr. James & Lois Gerrits Family Scholarship Varies Varies
Dr. Joseph B. Wiederholt Scholarship Varies Varies
Dr. Louis A. “Andy” Doyle Memorial Scholarship for the English Literature in Ireland Program Varies Varies
Dr. Nancy O’Neal Tatum Music Scholarship Varies Varies
Dr. Olive Fite American Literature Scholarship 750 Varies
Dr. Paul Blackford British Literature Scholarship 300 2
Drewry Faculty Endowed Scholarship Fund Varies Varies
DuBois Bookstore Scholarship Varies Varies
E. Carlton Wilton, Sr. Endowed Residential Property Management Scholarship Varies Varies
Ed Kidd Memorial Scholarship 1100 1
Eddie Dyer Memorial Writing Scholarship 1000 3
Edith Hart Milner Scholarship Varies Varies
Elaine L. Wojenski Memorial Literary Scholarship Varies Varies
Emma Lou Fielder Scholarship in Literature Varies Varies
Emma McAllister Novel Scholarship 1000 2
English & Comparative Literature-M.A. Endowment Scholarship Varies Varies
English Department Scholarships Varies Varies
Ernest G. Atkin Memorial Fund Scholarship Varies Varies
Ernest W. Dewey Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Esther Saylor Rothenberger Scholarship Varies Varies
Ethel & Dolf Bayles Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Eugene G. Coombs Scholarship Varies Varies
Eugie E. Dean Research in Reading Scholarship Varies Varies
Eura & Calvin Lockridge Scholarship (a) Varies Varies
Eura & Calvin Lockridge Scholarship (c) Varies Varies
Evans Best of Show Art Scholarship Varies Varies
Everett & Helen Meister Scholarship Varies Varies
Excellence in Comparative Literature Studies Scholarship 100 1
F. Lammont Belin Arts Scholarship 10000 1
Faye Harper Meriwether Scholarship Varies Varies
Felix L. Newman Scholarship Varies Varies
Femoyer Boys Scholarship Fund Varies Varies
Fleming Scholarship Varies Varies
Florence Burrow Pope Endowed Scholarship in English Literature Varies Varies
Floyd O’Neil Scholarship in Western American Studies 2000 1
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities 21000 35
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities 40000 20
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities 17000 60
Foreign Language Freshman Scholarship 1500 Varies
Foreign Language Scholarship Varies Varies
Foreign Language Study Abroad Scholarship 1500 Varies
Foreign Language Upper Division Scholarship 1500 Varies
Foreign Languages & Literature Western Opportunity Scholarship 1000 Varies
Foreign Languages & Literatures Alumni & Friends Scholarship Varies Varies
Frances & Jerome Ryan Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Frances Cabaniss Roberts Scholarship Varies Varies
Frances W. Kerr Excellence in Writing Scholarship Varies Varies
Frank Hornstein Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Fred A. Waits Endowed Scholarship Varies Varies
Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship 10000 1
Freshman Poetry Scholarships Varies Varies
Friends of German Studies Endowment Varies Varies
General America Financial Scholarship 1000 Varies
George & Collice Portnoff Endowed Fellowship in Comparative Literature Varies Varies
George & Mary Ball Schuiltz Scholarship Varies Varies
George B. Lawson Prize Essay Scholarship Varies Varies
George S. Lurcy Charitable & Educational Trust 11000 Varies
Gerald Ippolito Scholarship 1000 1
German & Slavic Studies General Scholarship Varies Varies
Glendon & Kathryn Swarthout Scholarships in Writing 2500 5
Glenn Eure Endowment Fund for Arts Education 500 1
Gorenberg Family Undergraduate Award 1000 1
Grace & Robert Fay Scholarships Varies Varies
Grace M. Dell Scholarship Varies Varies
Graduate Student Research Bonus in Memory of Bernard R. Kogan 1000 Varies
Greg Lopez Scholarship in Creative Writing Varies Varies
Griffith-Strader Christian Endowed Scholarship Fund Varies Varies
H. Burnell & Mary Alleta Pannill Scholarship Varies Varies
H. Chandler Monroe Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
H.H. Fick & Clementine Barna Fick Scholarship Varies Varies
Hans Beerman Scholarship Varies Varies
Harmon Chadbourn Rorison, Gilbert Chinard Fellowships & Edouard Morot-Sir Fellowship in Literature 1500 4
Harriet Patsy Boyer Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Harry & Richard Hocks Fellowship Varies 1
Harry H. Watters Memoiral Scholarship for Excellence in Jazz Varies Varies
Harry Huebel Memorial Scholarship Varies 1
Harvey Birenbaum Prize Scholarship Varies Varies
Hattie Greene Lockett Excellence Award in Poetry 500 Varies
Hazen E. Nutter Scholarship 1000 20
Head Essay Award Varies 1
Helen James Brewer Scholarship Varies Varies
Helen K. Fairall Endowment Scholarship 4000 3
Helen Steiner Rice Scholarship 1000 1
Henrietta Ten Harmsel English Scholarship 1900 1
Henry A. Nagl & Eddie Daniel Memorial Scholarship 1100 Varies
Herbert & Edith Peterson Scholarship 1000 1
Hispanic Writer Award Varies 1
Howard Laster Award in Literature, Science & the Arts 250 Varies
Humanities Scholarship Varies Varies
Ida Faye Sachs Ludwig Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Inez Cunningham English Scholarship Varies Varies
International Study-Modern Language Scholarship Varies Varies
Iowa Scholarship for the Arts 2000 Varies
Irene Wright Scholarship Varies Varies
J. Barry & Rita McCallan Scholarship Varies Varies
J. Peter Sones Scholarship 1000 3
Jack Huggins Scholarship Varies Varies
James & Rachel Lowrie Award 100 Varies
James York Glimm Scholarship in English 450 1
Jane Hartman Memorial Writing Scholarship Varies Varies
Jeanette R. House Memorial Literature Scholarship 1500 1
Jeffrey J. Bayer Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Jerry Lodge Scholarship Varies Varies
Jess & Joe Skubitz English Departmental Scholarship Varies Varies
John & Ruth Yunck Endowed Scholarship Varies Varies
John C. McGalliard Medieval Essay Prize 100 1
John Carl Powell Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
John Coumes Memorial Scholarship 500 1
John D. Potter Scholarship Varies Varies
John J. & Eloise H. Kane Scholarship Varies Varies
John M. Rehl Scholarship Fund 1000 Varies
John P. & Ann S. Jensen Scholarship Fund 1000 1
John P. & Charlotte M. Brand Scholarship Varies Varies
John Philip & Margaret Coleman Memorial Scholarship Varies 1
John V.A. Weaver Award in Poetry Varies 1
Joseph E. Sheerin Merit Prize in the Study of Classical Languages & Literatures Varies Varies
Josephine Piraro & Paul K. Marshall Scholarship Varies Varies
Judith A. & Richard B. Schwartz Student Travel Scholarship Varies Varies
Jules J. Anatole Creative Writing Scholarship Varies 1
Karen Lee Warmdahl Memorial Scholarship 600 1
Kaspar T. Locher Summer Creative Scholarships 1750 4
Kate Stephens Fellowship Varies Varies
Kathryn Hohlwein Poetry Scholarship of Merit 500 1
Kathryn L. ‘Kit’ Kane Women in Leadership Endowed Scholarship Varies Varies
Kathy Carty Writing Scholarship Varies Varies
Kelly Foundation Scholarship Fund for the English Literature in Ireland Program Varies Varies
Kimberly Anne Holloway Scholarship 500 1
King Olav V Norwegian-American Heritage Fund 3000 Varies
Knight-Wilhelm Scholarship Varies Varies
Kurt Moody Creative Writing Award 500 Varies
Language Arts Teaching Scholarship 1600 1
Languages & Literatures Department Scholarship Varies Varies
Laura Heichel Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Lawson Scholarship Program Varies Varies
Lella C. & Frank H. Bromberg, Jr. Scholarship Varies Varies
Len Cargan Endowed Fund for Returning Students 1000 Varies
Leon & Reba Benschoter Scholarship Varies Varies
Levi Leedy Garber Memorial Endowed Scholarship in English Varies 1
Lisa Walder Scholarship 2500 2
Lorge Arts Scholarship Varies Varies
Louise Jackson Green Scholarship Varies 1
Loyal A.T. Gryting Memorial Scholarship in French Literature Varies Varies
Lucinda Clements Award for Excellence in Literature Varies Varies
Lyla Hoffine Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Madison Screenwriting Scholarship Varies Varies
Mae Friedman Huckvale Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Mahan Scholarships Varies Varies
Make A Difference Scholarship Varies Varies
Malcolm Sedam Writing Scholarship Varies 1
Malik AZ Slavic Studies Scholarship Varies Varies
Mara Steffey Scholarship Varies Varies
Margaret Driscoll Senior Award Varies Varies
Margaret Leong Children’s Poetry Scholarship Varies Varies
Margery McKinney Short Fiction Scholarship Varies Varies
Mariam Turbin Scholarship Varies Varies
Marie Giuriceo Scholarship in Comparative Literature Varies 1
Marie Padgett Hamilton Award in English 500 Varies
Marion Wm. Edwards Scholarship 1000 Varies
Marium J. Faure Family Scholarship 1000 Varies
Marjorie A. Pastor Memorial Scholarship 1000 1
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Baskin Fellowship 4000 Varies
Marjorie McFarland English Scholarship Varies Varies
Mark & Karen Rauenhorst Scholarship Varies Varies
Mark E. Stoffel Memorial Scholarship 340 1
Marvin Fisher Book Scholarship 250 1
Mary Dora Scholarship Varies Varies
Mary Hartwell Catherwood Scholarship Varies Varies
Mary Joe Purcell Scholarship in Seventeenth or Eighteenth-Century English Literature Varies Varies
Mary Pennywitt Lester Dissertation Prize Varies Varies
Mary Reid McBeth Memorial Scholarship Varies 1
Max & Edith Eilenberg Scholarship Varies 1
McGuire-Holden Family Scholarship Varies Varies
Melvin & Hazel Cant Scholarship Varies Varies
Miami University Bookstore Scholarship Varies 1
Michael & Marie Marucci Scholarship 5000 1
Michael & Marie Marucci Scholarship 5000 1
Michael Aschoff Dissertation Fellowship Award Fund Varies Varies
Michael E. & Mary Neppl Leighton Scholarship Varies Varies
Michael Ellis Prize Varies Varies
Michael L. Brooks-CRE Charitable Trust Scholarship Varies 1
Mike McElhaney-Shakespeare Scholarship Varies 1
Mildred I. Roese Memorial Scholarship 500 1
Millard J. & Ida Quinlan Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Moran McLelland Pope Scholarship Varies Varies
Mosaic Scholarship Varies Varies
Murray E. Jackson Endowed Scholarship Fund Varies Varies
Myrtle Nordwick Canata Endowed Scholarship Varies Varies
Nan Scholarship Fund Varies Varies
Native Writer Award Varies 1
Nevin Frantz Award-Endowment & Income Varies Varies
Nick Ivins Memorial Literature Scholarship 600 Varies
Norman Adams Scholarship Varies Varies
Owen Milton Broyles Scholarship Varies Varies
Oxford Copy Shop Scholarship Varies 1
Part of a Literary Community Scholarship Varies Varies
Patricia A. Spano Book Award Varies Varies
Patricia Bruner Graduate Scholarship 100 1
Patrick & Peggy Zenner Scholarship Varies Varies
Paul Thomas Reahard Memorial Scholarship 1000 Varies
Peg Maddocks Memorial Scholarship 1000 Varies
Peggy L. Chambers Scholarship in Letters 500 2
Philip J. & Margaret D. Leddy Memorial Scholarship Varies 1
Philip R. Harding-Spirit of the Books Scholarship Varies 1
Pixley Scholarships Varies Varies
Professor Jack E. Fink & Maxine Hunt Fink Humanities Honors Endowment Varies Varies
Psi Iota Xi Scholarship Varies Varies
Quentin Johnson Award 100 Varies
R. Wayne Sanders Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
R.L. Gillette Scholarship 1000 2
Rebecca Buckbee Yeager Memorial Scholarship 500 Varies
Richard Albrecht Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Richard M & Jane H.Hutson Endowed Scholarship Varies Varies
Richard R. Wright Award 200 Varies
Richland Laurence Snyder Endowed Creative Writing Scholarship Varies 1
Ricking & Morgan Scholarships 1000 Varies
Rita A. Molseed & G. Melvin Hickey Scholarship Varies Varies
Roahen-Rich-Ryan-Walton Scholarship Varies Varies
Robert & Corinne Silver Award 500 1
Robert Campbell Prize for Excellence in & Commitment to Literature Varies Varies
Robert Epes Jones Scholarship Varies Varies
Robert H. Bowers Fund Scholarship 1000 Varies
Robert H. Woodward Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Robert M. & Frances G. Dell Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Robin & Jean Gibson Fellowship Endowment Varies Varies
Roger F. & Mary A. Warin Scholarship Varies Varies
Rome Prize Fellowships-Ancient Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance & Early Modern Studies & Modern Italian Studies 30000 30
Rome Prize Fellowships-School of Fine Arts-Literature 20000 2
Ronald W. Collins Memorial for Undergraduate Symposium Participants Scholarship Varies Varies
Rose B. Tager Award Varies 1
Rose Cortese Julian Scholarship Varies Varies
Russell Corporation Endowed Scholarship Fund Varies Varies
Sally Neal Cina Scholarship Fund Varies Varies
Sarah Carter Scholarship 1000 5
Scholarships 2000 8
Scholarships in Fiction & Poetry 525 3
Senior Award in Comparative Literature Varies 1
Shear Scholarship Varies Varies
Shelbie King Scholarship Varies Varies
Shelby E. Sweeny Beowulf Prize Varies Varies
Sidney Phastolpha Johnson Endowment in the Arts Varies Varies
Simpson-Cottrell Scholarship Varies Varies
Sister Rose Marie Hauber Endowed Scholarship Varies 1
Smith-Crapsey Endowed Undergraduate Research Award Varies Varies
Sonia Sandoval Memorial Modern Languages & Literatures Award 300 Varies
South Florida’s Cultural Scholarship 2000 1
Spanish Club of Huntsville Scholarship Varies Varies
Stanley R. & Martha C. Helbert Scholarship 1000 1
Stonewall Endowed Scholarship Varies Varies
Sun Angel Foundation Undergraduate Research Scholarship in the Humanities 1000 4
Susan Hitzler Schell Scholarship 1000 1
Suzanne Kay & Gregory Ford Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Tampa Writing Scholars Scholarship Varies 15
Taos Resident Writer Award Varies 1
Terre Haute Literary Club Scholarship Varies Varies
Thelma Beasley Hays Scholarship Varies Varies
Thelma Murff Johnson Endowment in the Arts Varies Varies
Thelma V. Bounds Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Theresa A. Wilhoit MFA Fellowship in Creative Writing Varies Varies
Thomas D. & Audrey M. White Scholarship Varies Varies
Thomas P. & Mary Kay McCarthy Scholarship Varies Varies
Threadgill Scholarship Program Fund Varies Varies
Trustmark National Bank Endowment in the Arts Varies Varies
Van de Verde Memorial Scholarship in Humanities Varies Varies
Vanderlaan Student Leadership & Service Award Varies Varies
Vernon E. “Dan” McGrew Scholarship Varies Varies
Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing- Piper Scholars Scholarship Varies Varies
Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing-Chair in Residence Scholarship Varies Varies
Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing-International Exchange Program Writing Scholarship Varies Varies
Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing-Writing Scholarship Varies Varies
Voice of the Future Scholarship 10000 Varies
W.S. Bill Connelly Scholarship Varies Varies
W.W. Massey Sr. Presidential Scholarship 1000 10
Walter & Shirley Everett Literature Scholarship Varies Varies
Walter Chatfield Scholarship 200 1
Walter Havighurst Literary Scholarship Varies Varies
Warren Scholarship Varies Varies
Werner Schirmer Memorial Scholarship Varies Varies
Wiesner Family Scholarship Varies Varies
Wilbur Lee Taylor Storyteller Scholarship Varies Varies
Will C. Jumper Award 100 Varies
William Carleton Scholarship 1000 1
William Kemp Scholarships Varies Varies
William M. Sheppard Scholarship Varies 1
William Penn Writing Scholarship 700 1
William R. & JoAnn McCroy Kunkel Scholarship Varies Varies
William Rosenfeld Chapbook Award in Creative Writing Varies 1
Writing Fellowships Program Varies Varies
Youel I Scholarship Varies Varies

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