Merit Based Scholarships
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Dr. M. El Bayadi Racine H. & V. Lash D. & A. Walker M. Eccles |
Must be a full-time student with superior standing. | $1000 | To be announced |
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Dr. James J. Kaput Memorial Endowment |
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Louise A. Habicht University Honors Scholarship |
To support a full-time, matriculated undergraduate students in the University Honors Program, specifically senior students working on their honors theses at UMass Dartmouth. | $1000 | The recipient will be determined by the Honors Program Director. No application. |
| Boivin Center Scholarship | Undergraduate student with strong academic achievement and demonstrated academic involvement in the French Language and culture. | $1000 | To be announced |
| Sarah R. Borden '69 Scholarship | For full time returning PCE sophomore, juniors and seniors. Financial need is considered but emphasis is placed on academic performances of no less than a GPA of 3.0. | $250-$500 |
Deadline is March 15 of the prior fiscal year. No applications are being accepted right now. Please check back later. |
| Borden & Remington Scholarship Fund | For the offspring of Borden & Remington employees who attend UMass Dartmouth. | $1000 | Contact Borden & Remington for more information: (508) 675-0096. |
| Chancellor's Centennial Scholarship | For graduate students in each of UMD's five colleges. Award decisions are based on excellent academic standing and demonstrated financial need. | 5 awards @ $800 | To be announced |
| A.J. Carvalho Memorial Scholarship | For students of Portuguese descent who have attended New Bedford High School. For either an incoming freshmen with a GPA of 3.0 or for a full-time UMD student with a 3.0 GPA. | $5,000 |
Contact Scholarship Coordinator, UMD Foster Administration Building Room 105, for application/deadline information. (508) 999-8643 or Download the application (PDF)
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| Earle P. Charlton Scholarship | Must be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student with superior standing. Preference given to greater Fall River residents. | 3-5 awards @ $500 | To be announced |
| Marie Sklodowska Curie Scholarship | For a female UMD student majoring in science, mathematics or engineering. Preference given to a student of Polish descent. | $150 | Contact the Polish Women's Business and Professional Club, c/o Professor Iwona Grzegorczyk: (508) 999-8342. |
| Gustave and Elsa LaStaiti Scholarship | Full-time students who have completed at least 24 credit hours at UMD or elsewhere; GPA of 3.0 or higher and who have been actively involved in significant public service at UMass Dartmouth and/or in their home towns. Candidates must be residents of Bristol, Plymouth, Duke or Barnstable Counties, Massachusetts. | $1000 | Scholarship application is available at UMD Foundation Office: (508) 999-8760. |
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Grace K. Fey Scholarship |
Full time sophomore students with at least a 3.5 GPA. Preference given to mathematics, science and nursing majors. | $1500 | To be announced |
| George W. Mankut Scholarship | Employee or relative of an employee of R.E. Smith Printing Co., Inc. | $300 |
Apply to: If no applicants, scholarship coordinator will make decision. |
| New Bedford Italian Literary and Mutual Aid Society Scholarship | UMD students of Italian descent who are residents of New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Acushnet, Mattapoisett, Marion, Rochester, and Westport. | 4 awards@ $1000 | Scholarship application is available at UMD Foundation Office: (508) 999-8760. |
| UMass Dartmouth Alumni Association Scholarship | For full time undergraduate sophomore, juniors and seniors. Financial need is considered but emphasis is placed on academic performances of no less than a GPA of 3.0. | $500-$1500 |
Deadline is March 15 of the prior fiscal year. |
| Frank Stevens Scholarship | Must be a full-time undergraduate student with superior undergraduate standing. Preference given to a Swansea resident. Renewable if full-time status and high GPA are maintained. | $500 | To be announced |
| Cecilia B. Ward Scholarship | For deserving students with specific literary or performing arts talent. Must demonstrate consistent outstanding achievement in the selected areas as indicated on her/his academic record and must be prepared to present a performance or reading of an original essay in a public forum at UMD. | $1000 |
Contact the Foundation Office: Deadline is May 1st |
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James & Frances Tingle Scholarship |
For full time undergraduate students in the College of Arts & Sciences. Financial need is considered but emphasis is placed on academic performances of no less than a GPA of 3.0. |
$2500 |
Deadline is March 15 of the prior fiscal year.
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| Jeanne Walsh '76 Scholarship | Students with a chronic illness who show academic achievement. Demonstrated financial need is considered but decisions are mainly based on merit | $500 | Contact the Foundation Office: (508) 999-8760. |
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Shaukat Ali Memorial Humanitarian Scholarship |
To support a student with financial need who shows academic promise and who lives by the humanitarian ideals shared by Dr. Ali. GPA 2.75-3.00 Community service and volunteerism will be also be considered. |
$400 |
Contact the Foundation Office (508) 999-8760 |
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| Kenneth G. Gammons C.P.A. Scholarship | To aid full-time, matriculated students in the Charlton College of business majoring in accounting/finance. It is preferable that students be enrolled in their junior or senior years at the University and that they reside in either the greater New Bedford, MA or the greater Sarasota, FL areas. | Annual award of $2,000 contingent upon funding. | Application is made through the Chair of the Accounting/Finance Department. |
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| William C. Wild Scholarship | Undergraduate students in the College of Business and Industry. Based on merit. | To Be Announced | Contact the College of Business & Industry: (508) 999-8425. |
| Chung Gong Wong Scholarship | Preference given to residents of the Greater Fall River area; emphasis on International Business curriculum, academic merit, and demonstrated financial need. | 6 awards @ $500 | Contact the College of Business & Industry: (508) 999-8425. |
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Alphee Laflamme Scholarship |
For juniors majoring in accounting. Preference will be given to students who are in the top five percent of accounting majors. Recipients must demonstrate leadership and service to the school and the community through curricular and extracurricular activities. | $1000 |
Download the application (PDF) Deadline is May 1 |
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| Louis E.F. Fenaux Scholarship | To assist undergraduate or graduate stduents who are chemistry majors. | $700 | Contact the Chemistry Department: (508) 999-8232 |
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| Dr. W. John Howard Scholarship | Upper-class computer science majors who graduated from New Bedford High or Vocational Technical School. | $375 | Contact the Computer and Information Science Department: (508) 999-8265. |
| Regina Rheault Scholarship | Outstanding female student majoring in computer science. | $250 | Contact the Computer and Information Science Department: (508) 999-8265. |
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| ASM International Scholarship | For a UMD student with excellent academic standing and demonstrated financial need majoring in Material Science in the College of Engineering or related engineering pursuit. Resident of Rhode Island or Southeastern Massachusetts. | $500 | Contact the College of Engineering: (508) 999-8539. |
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John I. Babbitt Scholarship |
Juniors with high GPA who demonstrate financial need. |
$1,500 |
Contact the College of Engineering: (508) 999-8539. |
| Bertram Berger Memorial Scholarship | For undergraduate junior or senior status Civil and Environmental Engineering students. This is a need and merit based scholarship with need taking priority. Financial need as well as academic and leadership achievement will be considered. Students entering their junior year shall apply for the scholarship in the second semester of their sophomore year, and students entering their senior year shall apply in the second semester of their junior year. |
To Be Announced |
Contact the College of Engineering (508) 999-8539. |
| Dr. W. John Howard Scholarship | Upper-class engineering majors who graduated from New Bedford High or Vocational Technical School. | $375 | Contact the College of Engineering: (508) 999-8539. |
| Everett S. Johnson Scholarship | Juniors with high GPA who demonstrate financial need. | 2 awards @ $400 | Contact the College of Engineering: (508) 999-8539. |
| Brenda Karnasiewicz-Freese Scholarship | For a junior or senior UMD student in the College of Engineering. Preference will be given to a female majoring in electrical engineering. | $1000 | Contact the College of Engineering: (508) 999-8539. |
| Regina Rheault Scholarship | Outstanding female student majoring in electrical or computer engineering. | $250 | Contact the College of Engineering: (508) 999-8539. |
| Robert W. Thompson Memorial Scholarship | Students from greater New Bedford area in the College of Engineering pursuing a bachelor's degree in any field of engineering, with a preference given to those pursuing a course of study leading to a career in facilities engineering. | $2500 | Contact the College of Engineering: (508) 999-8539. |
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| Jack M. Gould Scholarship | Must be a degree candidate at UMD with a minor in gerontology. Selection based on current activity and future goals for contribution to bettering the lives of the elderly. | $500 | Letter of application to the Program Director of Gerontology by January 31. Letter should include: 1) Two UMD faculty references; 2) Current transcript; 3) Documentation of acceptance into the minor or certificate in gerontology; 4) Personal statement of present and proposed involvement in the field of gerontology. |
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| Lynn Bross Trayser Mitchell Memorial Scholarship | For graduate or undergraduate UMD students serving environmental research or educational internships at the Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies. | $2500 | Contact the Center for Marine Science and Technology: (508) 999-8413. |
| Janet N. Phipard Endowment | For summer fellowships at the Center for Marine Science and Technology. | $2800 | Contact the Center for Marine Science and Technology: (508) 999-8413. |
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Bristol County South Medical Auxiliary Scholarship |
A permanent resident of Bristol County who is interested in developing a career in nursing. |
$500 |
Contact the College of Nursing: (508) 999-8586. |
| Rose Castonguay Scholarship | Student who has completed the third year of the four-year program leading to a BS in Nursing. | $750 | Contact the College of Nursing: (508) 999-8586. |
| Jacqueline Bazinet Cobert Memorial Scholarship Fund | To assist full-time, matriculated graduate or undergraduate students | $250 | Contact the College of Nursing, 508-999-8586. |
| Robert J. Fisher Scholarship | UMD junior or senior nursing student who demonstrates exceptional leadership ability and high academic and professional accomplishment. | $500 | Contact the College of Nursing: (508) 999-8586. |
| Marie M. Howard Scholarship | UMD junior with high academic and professional accomplishment, commitment to professional nursing as well as demonstrated financial need. | $500 | Contact the College of Nursing: (508) 999-8586. |
| R. Grace and Henry C. Lincoln, M.D. Scholarship | Student enrolled in the College of Nursing demonstrating academic merit and financial need. | $500 | Contact the College of Nursing: (508) 999-8586. |
| Phyllis Porth Darrell Scholarship | Junior or Senior in high academic standing exhibiting dedication to nursing profession. | $500 | Contact the College of Nursing: (508) 999-8586. |
| Arlene M. Oliveira Scholarship | UMD junior, senior, or graduate nursing student. Must work at St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River. | $350 | Contact the College of Nursing: (508) 999-8586. |
| Jeanne Castonguay Violette Memorial Scholarship | For a senior UMD student in the College of Nursing. | $500 | Contact the College of Nursing: (508) 999-8586. |
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| Gerald Ventura Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund | Demonstrated financial need. Full-time matriculated graduate and undergraduate students majoring in Political Science. Transfer students are also eligible. | $1000 | Contact the Political Science Department: (508) 999-8369. |
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| Center for Portuguese Studies Scholarship | Student with a minor or major in Portuguese. | $500-$1000 | Contact the Center for Portuguese Studies: (508) 999-8255. |
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| Professor Scott J. Dickman Scholarship Fund | To assist full time, matriculated junior, senior or graduate student who has declared major in Psychology. | $500 |
Contact the Psychology Department: (508) 999-8380 or (508) 999-8385 |
| Professor Rudolph LaVault Excellence Award in Psychology | To assist students who are studying Psychology. | To be Announced | Contact the Psychology Department: (508) 999-8380 or (508) 999-8385 |
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| Dean Mary Louise Walsh Scholarship for International Study | Undergraduate student or graduating UMass Dartmouth senior participating in degree courses in a foreign higher education institution. | Number of scholarships and amounts to be determined by committee. | Contact the Foundation Office: (508) 999-8760. |
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| Cranston Foundation Scholarship |
Entering students or students currently participating in Textile Science Department. | $500 | Contact the Textile Sciences Department: (508) 999-8448. |
| Edmund Dupre Scholarship | Entering freshmen or upper-class student in good academic standing. | $300 | Contact the Textile Sciences Department: (508) 999-8448. |
| Charles W. Fifield Jr. Co., Inc. Scholarship Fund | For graduate or undergraduate UMD students in the department of Textile Sciences. Award decisions are based on academic merit and demonstrated financial need. | 1-4 awards @ $1000 |
Contact the Textile Sciences Department: (508) 999-8448 |
| Albert Malick Scholarship | One Junior and one Senior with financial need. | 2 awards @ $500 | Contact the Textile Sciences Department: (508) 999-8448. |
| William F. Sullivan Scholarship | Textile Science major in good academic standing. | 3 awards @ $250 | Contact the Textile Sciences Department: (508) 999-8448. |
| A. Ira Tepper Scholarship | Student must be a cooperative student at the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York) upper-class student with minimum of 2.5 GPA. | $250 | Contact the Textile Sciences Department: (508) 999-8448. |
| Textile Veterans Association Scholarship | Student majoring in Textile Sciences. | $100 | Contact the Textile Sciences Department: (508) 999-8448. |
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| Alda Alves-Bruce Yenawine Scholarship | For a student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Award decisions are based on merit and financial need, and are available for graduate or undergraduate students. | $1000 | Contact the Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts: (508) 999-8564. |
| Emil "Smokey" Ameen Endowment Scholarship | For UMD undergraduate student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts who exhibit the promise of artistic achievement. Based on academic merit. | $200 | Contact the Fine Arts Department: (508) 999-8548. |
| Karon Richardson Doherty Memorial Scholarship | To assist undergraduate or graduate students who are studying ceramics. Preference for scholarship awards will be based on artistic ability first and financial need second. | To Be Announced | Contact the Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts: (508) 999-8564 |
| Barbara Eckhardt Memorial Scholarship Fund | Full time undergradute or graduate student in Fiber Arts in College of Visual & Performing Arts. | $1500-$2000 | No formal application process. |
| Samuel Gamburd Memorial Art Scholarship | For a graduate or undergraduate UMD student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts who is majoring in design or fine arts. In odd-numbered years, the scholarship is available for students in the Design Dept. In even-numbered years, the scholarship is for students in the Fine Arts Dept. Award decisions based on artistic talent and demonstrated financial need. | $750 | Contact the Fine Arts Department: (508) 999-8548 or the Design Department: (508) 999-8546. |
| Ayuko Ito Scholarship Fund | For full-time undergraduate students at the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Recipients may apply for successive Ito Scholarships. | 4 @ $1,000 | Contact the Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts: (508) 999-8564. |
| Lillian Telles Jenkins Scholarship | For graduate or undergraduate UMD student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Minimum GPA of 2.5. | $400 | Contact the Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts: (508) 999-8564. |
| David and Alfrede Myerson Scholarship | For students majoring in any of the Fine Arts (painting, sculpting, printmaking). In awarding this scholarship, talent will be the first criteria and financial need, the second. | $600 | Contact the Fine Arts Department: (508) 999-8548 |
| Clement Yeager Scholarship | Student majoring in Visual or Performing Arts. | $700-$2500 | Contact the Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts: (508) 999-8564. |
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Last Updated On: 3/23/09
