Scholarships

Scholarships and Financial Aid

The University of Akron offers thousands of scholarships. Scholarships are offered through:

• the Office of Student Financial Aid, 
• the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences (see below), 
• the schools and departments that compose the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, and
• the Graduate School.

Scholarships administered by the Dean's Office of the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences are:

• the Charles E. Bulger, Ph.D., and Esgar Bowen Foltz, M.D., Endowed Scholarship
• the Judith A. and Roger T. Read Scholarship Fund in the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
• the Evan B. Brewster, Jr. Scholarship Fund
• the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Scholarship
• the William J. Costigan Family Endowed Scholarship
• the Italian-American Professional and Businessmen's Club Scholarship for Music in Memory of Dominic J. Guzzetta
• the Joanne J. Daverio Scholarship in Fine and Applied Arts
• the Pauline Franks Endowed Scholarship for Exceptional Students in the Fine Arts
• the Dr. Linda L. Moore Endowed Scholarship Fund in Fine and Applied Arts

The scholarship deadline for the College scholarships (above) has passed and will re-open in January, 2015.

Scholarship	Grade Level	Academic Merit	Financial Need	Other Criteria
Evan B. Brewster, Jr.	FR, SO, JR, SR	yes
BCAS Alumni	SR*	yes
Bulger, Ph.D. and Foltz, M.D.	FR, SO, JR, SR	yes	yes	commitment to UA
William J. Costigan Family	FR, SO, JR, SR	yes	yes
Judith A. and Roger T. Read	JR*	yes (3.0)	yes	preference to those who work
Italian American in Memory of Dominic J. Guzzetta	FR, SO, JR, SR, Graduate student preferred	yes (3.2)	yes	major in School of Music, DTAA, or Art, demonstrated financial need, and traceable Italian ancestry
Joanne J. Daverio	FR, SO, JR, SR		yes	major in School of Music, DTAA, FCS, Art or Communication
Pauline Franks	FR, SO, JR, SR	yes (3.25)		major in School of Music, DTAA, or Art
Dr. Linda L. Moore	FR, SO, JR, SR			major School of Music, DTAA, FCS, Art or Communication

FR-freshmen, SO-sophomore, JR-junior, SR-senior
*Must be at this level during the upcoming academic year for which the scholarship is awarded; students at the Freshmen level would be continuing freshmen, not incoming freshmen

Scholarships administered by the schools and departments of the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences are found in the table below:

Title	Department	Student Level	Majors Only
A.D. and Frances Wilson Memorial Grant	English	Graduate	Yes
Akron Undergraduate Excellence in Fiction Award	English	Undergraduate	No
Alberta M. and William C. King Scholarship Fund	Theoretical and Applied Mathematics	Undergraduate	Yes
Alice and Walter Macior Graduate Scholarship in Botany and Plant Sciences	Biology	Undergraduate	Yes
Alpha Omega Dukes Memorial Fiction Writer Award	English	Undergraduate, Graduate	No
Anthropology Student Scholarships and Internships	Anthropology and Classical Studies	Undergraduate	Yes
Arthur L. Robinson Memorial Chemistry Scholarship	Chemistry	Undergraduate	Yes
Beatriz and James Houmard Scholarship	College	Graduate	No
Betty and George Crisp Scholarship	Biology	Undergraduate	Yes
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Scholarship	College	Undergraduate	No
Burgner Memorial Medical Scholarship	Biology	Undergraduate	Yes
Calista Cumings Award	English	Undergraduate, Graduate	No
Carl H. and Dorothy S. Bauer Scholarship	English	Undergraduate, Graduate	Yes
Cathryn Carroll Taliaferro Phi Sigma Alpha Scholarship	College	Undergraduate	No
Charles E. Bulger, Ph.D., and Esgar Bowen Foltz, M.D., Endowed Scholarship	College	Undergraduate	No
Christian Stinner Memorial Award	Biology	Undergraduate	Yes
Christian Stinner Memorial Scholarship in Psychology	Psychology	Undergraduate	Yes
Delbert L. Gibson Scholarship	Modern Languages	Undergraduate	Yes
Department of Psychology Community Service Award	Psychology	Undergraduate, Graduate	Yes
Department of Psychology Merit Scholarship	Psychology	Undergraduate	Yes
Department of Psychology Travel Award	Psychology	Undergraduate, Graduate	Yes
Department of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics Professors' Scholarship	Theoretical and Applied Mathematics	Undergraduate	Yes
Donald A. and Laura Jane Keister Memorial Essay Prize in Literature	English	Graduate	No
Donald E. Miller Professional Writing Prize	English	Undergraduate	No
Dorothy Garrett Martin Memorial Scholarship in History	History	Undergraduate	Yes
Dorris B. Harris Endowed Scholarship	English	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. Charles Alexander McClelland Endowed Scholarship	Biology	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. Charles C. Rogler Scholarship	Sociology	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. E.B. Foltz Premedical Prize	Biology	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. Franklin Strain Memorial Graduate Chemistry Scholarship	Chemistry	Graduate	Yes
Dr. Gwendolyn Lutz Scott Scholarship	Biology	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. Harold G. Cassidy Chemical Endowment Fund	Chemistry	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. Harvey A. and Annetta Karam Endowed Scholarship for BS/MD Students	BS/MD	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. Hezzleton E. Simmons Memorial Scholarship	Chemistry	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. John Samuel Phillipson, Jr. Scholarship	English	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. Joseph C. Ambelang Endowed Scholarship	Chemistry	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. Kevin E. Kelleher Memorial Fund Scholarship	Biology	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. Leora E. Straka Endowed Scholarship in Chemistry	Chemistry	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. Lung-ho Lin Memorial Scholarship in Economics	Economics	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. Mary E. Maxwell Memorial Scholarship	Theoretical and Applied Mathematics	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. Paul Acquarone Award in Plant Sciences	Biology	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. Roger F. Keller, Jr. Award	Biology	Undergraduate	Yes
Dr. Samuel M. Selby Memorial Scholarship	Theoretical and Applied Mathematics	Undergraduate, Graduate	Yes
Dr. Sheldon B. Liss Endowed Scholarship	College	Undergraduate	No
Dr. William R. Murphy, Jr. Endowed Scholarship	Chemistry	Undergraduate	Yes
Emanuel and Rose Gurin Scholarship	Chemistry	Undergraduate	Yes
Ernst von Meerwall Endowed Scholarship	Physics	Undergraduate, Graduate	Yes
Evan B. Brewster, Jr. Scholarship	College	Undergraduate	Yes
Exxon Chemical Company Scholarship	Chemistry	Undergraduate	Yes
Flexsys America L.P. Scholars in Chemistry	Chemistry	Graduate	Yes
Gary M. Harris Physics Scholarship	Physics	Undergraduate	Yes
Geology Alumni Memorial Scholarship	Geology & Environmental Science	Undergraduate	Yes
George E. Wilkinson Scholarship	Biology	Undergraduate	Yes
Gertrude A. Lancaster Memorial Scholarship Fund	Chemistry	Undergraduate	Yes
Gilbert W. and Marguerite H. Dilley Scholarship	History	Undergraduate	Yes
Harold E. and Anne T. Nixon Scholarship	Institute for Lifespan Development & Gerontology	Undergraduate, Graduate	Yes
Householder Physics Prize	Physics	Undergraduate, Graduate	Yes
James F. Fitzgerald, Jr. Memorial Scholarship	Geology & Environmental Science	Undergraduate	Yes
Janet C. Fisher Endowed Scholarship	Sociology	Undergraduate	Yes
John Franklin Coleman Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry	Chemistry	Undergraduate	Yes
John Morris Davies and William Olin Davies Memorial Fund in Physics	Physics	Undergraduate	Yes
John T. Dukes Memorial Essay Prize in Composition Studies	English	Graduate	Yes
Judith A. and Roger T. Read Scholarship in the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences	College	Undergraduate	No
Julius Muehlstein Scholarship	Chemistry	Undergraduate	Yes
Lazarus Walter Macior Graduate Scholarship in Botany and Plant Sciences	Biology	Undergraduate	Yes
Lester E. and Kathleen A. Coleman Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry	Chemistry	Graduate	Yes
Literary Guild Excellence in Literary Criticism Prize	English	Undergraduate	No
Literary Guild Student Service Award	English	Undergraduate, Graduate	No
Lois E. Finley Memorial Scholarship	English	Undergraduate	Yes
Lubrizol Corporation Scholarship in Chemistry	Chemistry	Undergraduate	Yes
Marian H. Smith Short Story Prize	English	Undergraduate, Graduate	No
Marjorie J. Karlson Memorial Scholarship	Computer Science	Undergraduate	Yes
Mary K. Kirtz Literary Essay Prize in International Literature	English	Undergraduate, Graduate	No
Mary Mostenic Award for Composition	English	Undergraduate	No
Othella and Hilah Dukes Memorial Scholarship	English	Graduate	Yes
Petro-Tex Scholarship	Chemistry	Undergraduate	Yes
Phi Sigma Alpha Scholarship	College	Undergraduate	No
Pixley Scholarships	English	Undergraduate	No
Ray C. and Ellen P. Bliss Scholarship	Bliss Institute	Undergraduate	Yes
Raymond E. Sanders Research Scholarship	Psychology	Undergraduate	Yes
Richard L. and Elisabeth A. Hurley Scholarship for Excellence	Bliss Institute	Undergraduate	Yes
Robert Blaser Family Scholarship	Physics	Undergraduate	Yes
Robert F. Harris and Lucille S. Harris Scholarship in History	History	Undergraduate	Yes
Royal C. and Betty J. Gardner Memorial Scholarship in Physics	Physics	Undergraduate	Yes
Sam Ella Dukes Memorial Poetry Prize	English	Undergraduate, Graduate	No
Shakespeare Essay Prize Contest	English	Undergraduate, Graduate	No
Summerfield Baldwin III Scholarship	History	Undergraduate	Yes
Summit Data Communications Internship in Computer Science	Computer Science	Undergraduate	Yes
The Ashton Prize Fund	Communication	Undergraduate	Yes
The Ernest E. and Lois M. McClellan Endowed Scholarship	Chemistry	Undergraduate	Yes
The Ricardo Francisco Garzia Endowed Scholarship for Graduate Students in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering	Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering	Graduate	Yes
Walter and Meg Heintz Memorial Physics Fund	Physics	Undergraduate	Yes
Wei-Jen Chang Endowed Scholarship	Biology	Undergraduate, Graduate	Yes
William and Dora Martin History Endowment Scholarship	History	Undergraduate, Graduate	Yes
William H. Beyer Statistics Scholarship	Statistics	Undergraduate, Graduate	Yes
Zora M. Ledinko Endowed Memorial Scholarship	English	Undergraduate, Graduate	No