All A&S scholarship recipients must be a full time student and a declared major in A&S. 

SCHOLARSHIPS HOUSED WITHIN THE A&S DEAN’S OFFICE   

• Advancing Science for Kentuckians Scholarship Fund (ASK)
  • Sophomore, Junior or Senior
  • Kentucky Resident
  • Preference is given to those who major in Geology, then Physics or Chemistry
  • Demonstrates Financial Need
  • Renewable Award

• Susan M. Belmore Memorial Scholarship
  • One Time Award

• Anna Beth Burnett Scholarship
  • Kentucky resident
  • 3.0 GPA
  • Overcoming life’s obstacles (as stated in the application)

• The Cleveland Fund
  • Senior
  • 3.5 GPA
  • One Time Award

• Cobb-Little Scholarship Fund
  • Sophomore, Junior or Senior
  • Preference is given to Fayette County Residents, then Scott, Bourbon, Clark, Jessamine or Woodford County, then Kentucky residents
  • 3.0 GPA
  • Demonstrates Financial Need
  • Renewable Award

• William R. & Lucy Salmon Crain Scholarship in Health Sciences
  • Sophomore
  • Kentucky resident and a graduate of a Kentucky high school; preference will be given to students from Hopkins or Fleming County residents.  (or, from Hopkins or Felming County High Schools, Kentucky).
  • 3.5 GPA
  • 90% completion towards Pre-Professional requirements in medicine, dentistry, or pharmacy
  • One Time Award

• Scott, Sue Ann and Foster Family Scholarship Fund
  • Sophomore, Junior or Senior
  • 3.0 GPA
  • Demonstrate extracurricular involvement in Official University-Sponsored organizations

• Andrew Jackson Gardner Scholarship Fund
  • Full-time undergraduate student
  • Renewable Award

• Robert P. & Carla H. Hay Scholarship Fund
  • Kentucky or Tennessee resident
  • 3.0 GPA
  • Demonstrates Financial Need
  • Renewable Award

• Bush-Holbrook Undergraduate Scholarship in the College of Arts and Sciences
  • Demonstrates Financial Need

• J. Wesley Johnson Scholarship Endowment Fund in Arts and Sciences
  • Kentucky resident
  • Sciences major

• Jones Family Scholarship
  • Demonstrates Financial Need

• Kash Senior Pre-Med Scholarship
  • Senior
  • Completed all Pre-Professional requirements in medicine
  • One Time Award

• David and Lauri Perry Scholarship Fund
  • Freshman or Sophomore
  • 3.25 Unweighted GPA in high school
  • Exhibits financial need
  • Actively involved in extra-curricular activities
  • Renewable Award

• Doris Fooks and Harold D. Rosenbaum, M.D. Endowed Scholarship for Adair and Robertson Counties
  • Graduating senior from Deming High/Robertson Co., Kentucky AND from Adair County High/Adair Co., Kentucky
  • 3.2 GPA or top 15% of class
  • Only where selections end in a tie will financial need be given consideration.
  • Volunteer community service
  • Two Renewable Awards

• David A. and Michelle Schwarte Scholarship in Political Science
  • Sophomore, Junior or Senior
  • 3.5 GPA
  • Political Science major
  • Must enroll in a minimum of 3 hours of UK Writing courses per calendar year
  • Renewable Award

• Ralph M. Shearer Endowed Scholarship
  • Kentucky Resident
  • Graduated from High School in Pulaski or Wayne County, Kentucky; Graduates from High Schools located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall next be considered.
  • Renewable Award

• Hajja Razia Sharif Sheikh Islamic Studies Endowed Scholarship
  • Undergraduate or Graduate (students will be considered)
  • 3.0 GPA
  • Pursuing a course of study in Islamic Studies
  • One Time Award

• Thomas E. Shown, MD, Scholarship
  • Freshman
  • 2.75 GPA
  • Must be a minimum of 20 years old "Second Start" student (less than 30 hours earned when entering UK a second time)
  • Must work 20 hours per month off campus

• Thomas M. and Jeri A. Tippett Scholarship in Arts and Sciences
  • Sophomore, Junior or Senior
  • Must take a minimum of 3 credit hours of Business courses per semester
  • Renewable Award

• Madie Lee Walker Scholarship
  • One Time Award

• Henry Ward Endowed Scholarship
  • Kentucky High School Graduate
  • Demonstrates Financial Need
  • Renewable Award

• Mimi Ward Undergraduate Research Award
  • 2.75 GPA
  • Students must have received less than 2 other academic scholarships.
  • Participation in academic research required (faculty lab, as part of a course requirement or as an independent study project).
  • One Time Award

• Whitehouse Pre-Med Award
  • 90% completion towards Pre-Professional requirements in medicine, dentistry, or pharmacy
  • MCAT performance given consideration
  • Demonstrates Financial Need
  • One Time Award

• Myrtle M. and Orvan R. Whitlow Scholarship Fund
  • Incoming Freshman
  • Kentucky Resident
  • ACT of 30 or above (SAT 1190)
  • GPA 3.5
  • Demonstrates Financial Need
  • Renewable Award
     
• Robert and Anne Trunzo Scholarship in Political Science and Pre-Law
  • Open to Political Science majors or Arts & Sciences majors who plan to attend law school
  • Must be minimum junior status at time of internship or education abroad
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA

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