We honor dedication and hard work at the College of Letters & Sciences. Our generous scholarship and awards programs ensure that you can focus your energy on what really matters - your education - and not on how you will pay for it.

Depending on your major and interests, the College offers a wide range of scholarships and awards programs that provide funding and recognition for your academic endeavors. These include . . .

General

• Dwight Warner Scholarship
• L&S Alumni Scholarship [Instructions | Application]
• Liberal Arts Essay Scholarship Competition
• Tony and Erika Prater Family Scholarship [Instructions | Application]
• Chuck and Martha Heinrich Scholarship [Instructions | Application]
• L&S McGraw Award for Student Excellence [Instructions | Application]
• UW-W Alumni Association Scholarship (aka L&S Outstanding Junior Award) [Instructions | Application]
• Michael Steele Wilkins Science [Instructions | Application]
• The Everett Refior Peace Prize [Instructions]
• Tom Affholder LGBT Leadership Award [Instructions | Application]
• Promise Endowment [Instructions | Application]
• Metcalf Family Endowment [Instructions | Application]
• Institute of Democracy and Civic Engagement Award [Application]

Biology

• Jack Cummings Biology Award
• Joseph J. Chopp Scholarship for Outstanding Biology Students
• Donald J. Stevenson MD Scholarship
• Sable Scholarship
• James Schlough Scholarship
• Willard Gross Memorial Scholarship

Chemistry

• John W. Brooks Scholarship (Incoming Freshman)
• Paul E. Wenaas Freshman Scholarship
• Paul E. Wenaas Junior Scholarship
• Organic Chemistry Award
• Analytical Chemistry Award

English

• Jack A. Heide Scholarship
• Paul Grant Memorial Scholarship
• Robert and Marion Burrows Scholarship
• Edie Thornton Memorial Scholarship [Application]

Foreign Languages

• Bertha Lefler Scholarship
• Aldo & Adriana Busot Scholarship

Geography/Geology

• Margy Folkerth Scholarship

History

• Donald L. & Allene L. Graham Scholarship [Instructions | Application]
• Donald L. & Allene L. Graham Study in Britain Award [Application]
• Michael Kennedy Memorial Scholarship [Application]
• Paul L. Schmunk Memorial Scholarship [Application]
• Jack Filipiak Scholarship [Instructions | Application]

Computer Science

• William F. Johnston Computer Science Award

Mathematics

• Carroll and Kay Flanagan Mathematics Scholarship
• Clayton Droullard Mathematics Scholarship
• Marian Baldwin Schlicher Scholarship
• William Beck Scholarship
• Rex and Germaine Foster Scholarship
• Stephen Lewandowski Mathematics Scholarship

Political Science

• Dr. John Kozlowicz Pre-Law Scholarship
• Lee Davis Writing Award
• Loizzo & Loizzo Scholarships

Physics

• First Year Physics Award
• Physics Dept. Scholarship
• Physics Exceptional service Award
• R. W. Prucha Memorial Scholarship

Psychology

• H. H. Huang Psychology Scholarship
• Song Fam School Psychology Scholarship
• Paula Poorman and Susan Simmons Family Psychology Scholarship
• Larry and Mary Lee Anding Psychology Student Merit Scholarship

Science

• A. A. Upham Science Scholarship

Social Work

• Ralph Navarre Scholarship

Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminal Justice

Women's Studies

• Edie Thornton Memorial Scholarship [Application]