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

SCHOLARSHIPS HOUSED WITHIN THE A&S DEAN’S OFFICE   

• 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 (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 and Sue Ann Foster Family Scholarship 
  • 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

• Jones Family Scholarship
  • Demonstrates financial need

• 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

• Tommie S. Schlamp Scholarship
  • Sophomore, Junior or Senior status student
  • Underrepresented major
  • Demonstrates financial need

• 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

• Madie Lee Walker Scholarship
  • Demonstrates financial need

• MacFarland Fund
  • Full-time student in the College of Arts & Sciences
  • Demonstrates financial need
  • Renewable award

• Henry Ward Endowed Scholarship
  • Kentucky high school graduate
  • Demonstrates financial need
  • Renewable award

• Waddell Scholarship Fund
  • Incoming Freshman
  • Graduating senior from a Kentucky high school
  • 2.5 GPA
  • Demonstrates financial need
  • Assumed a parental or caregiver roll while still a minor

• 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

• 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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