A&S Academic Awards
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All A&S scholarship recipients must be a full time student and a declared major in A&S (with the exception of the Rosenbaum Scholarship).

Apply for a scholarship 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

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

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 (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
- Demonstrates 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
- Science major

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
- Demonstrates financial need
- Actively involved in extra-curricular activities
- Renewable award

Doris Fooks Rosenbaum and Harold D. Rosenbaum, M.D. Scholarship
- Graduating senior from Robertson County, Kentucky AND from Adair County, Kentucky
- Maysville Community & Technical College in Mason County, Kentucky, who are originally from Robertson County, Kentucky
- 3.2 GPA or top 15% of high school class
- Demonstrates substantial unmet financial need
- Pursuing a major or minor in the College of Arts and Sciences
- Actively involved in community service
- May be renewed for up to four years. Students must reapply each year to be considered

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 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

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