General Scholarships
Earl B. Bolling Memorial Scholarship
- Incoming freshmen
- Must be graduate of a high school located in Elizabethton or Carter County, Tennessee
- Minimum GPA - 3.5
- Minimum ACT score - 25
- Documented financial need
- Include letter of recommendation from high school principal
- Application deadline - March 1st
James E. Broach Scholarship
- Tennessee residents enrolled full-time in a bachelors degree program
- Must apply for federal financial aid, have unmet need, qualify for student loans and not receive any federal or state grants
- Incoming freshmen minimum GPA - 3.5
- Incoming freshmen minimum ACT score - 26
- Enrolled student minimum cumulative GPA - 3.2
- Application deadline - March 1st
Brock Services Ltd. - Tom and Doris Little Memorial Scholarship
- Dependents of Brock Services Ltd. employees
- Application deadline - March 1st
Barbara Murphy Brooks Women's Studies Scholarship
- Full-time or part-time students with a declared major or minor in Women's Studies
- Submit applications to Women's Studies Program, 211 Campus Center or PO Box 70262, Johnson City, TN 37614
- Application available at www.etsu.edu/cas/comm/wsp/scholarships/wsprogram.jsp
- Contact Karen Chaka at 439-4135
- Application deadline - March 1st
The George S. Brown Memorial Scholarship
- High school graduate of Carter County, Tennessee
- Minimum GPA - 2.5
- Documented financial need
- Application deadline - March 1st
Roy T. Campbell Family Scholarship
- Undergraduate of from Cocke County, Tennessee
- Minimum GPA - 2.5
- Financial need may be considered
- Application deadline - March 1st
Challenge 2000 Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Minimum ACT score - 29 or minimum SAT score -1280
- Demonstrated scholastic success and achievement in extracurricular experiences
- Application deadline - March 1st
Jack and Sally Church Scholarship
- Undergraduates
- Academic good standing
- Demonstrated financial need
- Applicants should be of good moral character
- Preference to students from Carter and Johnson counties in Tennessee
- Application deadline - March 1st
Christina Clarke Scholarship
- Full-time undergraduate
- Must be resident of Unicoi County, Tennessee
- Minimum GPA - 2.8
- Demonstrated ability and commitment toward completing and graduating with and undergraduate degree
- Application deadline - March 1st
Ralph and Cornelia Clark Memorial Non-Traditional Student Scholarship
- Non-traditional student who is late in beginning college, or who is returning to or enrolling at ETSU to complete a degree
- Documented financial need required
- Minimum GPA - 2.8
- Demonstrated ability and commitment to complete and undergraduate degree
- Application deadline - March 1st
Coca-Cola Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Minimum GPA - 3.0
- Demonstrated record of outstanding community service, leadership, and academic achievements
- Application deadline - March 1st
Tommy Deakins Scholarship
- Undergraduate
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Applicants will be considered in the following order:
- Graduates of Sullivan North High School
- Residents of Holston Methodist Home at the time of high school graduation
- All others
- Minimum high school or cumulative GPA - 2.5
- Demonstrated financial need
- Application deadline - March 1st
John Richard Diehl, Jr. Scholarship
- Undergraduate from Holston Home for Children, David Crockett High School or any other Washington County, Tennessee high school
- Minimum GPA - 2.0
- Demonstrated financial need
- Must have strong desire to complete their education
- Application deadline - March 1st
Diversity Scholarship
- Entering freshmen and transfers
- Tennessee residents
- Awards are competitive. Most freshmen recipients have earned at least a 3.0 gpa and an ACT of 20. Most transfer recipients have earned at least a cumulative gpa of 3.0
- Must be a member of an underrepresented population
- Priority application deadline - March 1st
Dr. Burgin E. and Nell Jennings Dossett Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Minimum GPA - 3.0
- Demonstrated financial need
- Preference given to Tennessee residents
- Application deadline - March 1st
EdScholar Scholarship
- First-time freshmen
- TN residents
- Minimum high school GPA - 3.25
- Minimum ACT score - 25 (or minimum SAT score of 1130)
- Demonstrated financial need
- Evidence of community service and leadership
Wiley and Clara Arnold Estep Memorial Scholarship
- First semester junior undergraduate
- High school graduate of Johnson County or Carter County, Tennessee
- Demonstrated financial need
- Application deadline - March 1st
ETSU Family Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Dependents of full-time, permanent ETSU employees
- Financial need considered
- Application deadline - March 1st
ETSU Reentry Student Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Primary caretaker of his or her household
- Desire to reenter the job market through academic preparation
- Applicant must be primary caretaker of his or her household
- Applications available in the Adult, Commuter, and Transfer Office
- Application deadline - March 1st
ETSU Retirees Association Scholarship
- Freshmen or transfer students
- Freshmen minimum GPA - 3.2
- Freshmen minimum ACT composite score - 26
- Transfer student minimum GPA - 3.0
- Demonstrated leadership skills and potential for future success
- Financial need considered
- Application deadline - March 1st
ETSU Students of Distinction Scholarship
- Currently enrolled ETSU students
- Rising juniors or seniors
- Designated for outstanding students who are not receiving another ETSU scholarship
- Primary consideration will be cumulative college GPA
- Secondary consideration will be financial need
- Application deadline - March 1st
Elizabethton Rotary Club Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Carter County residents
- Attended Elizabethton or a Carter County High School for at least two years
- Freshmen, transfer, or currently enrolled
- Minimum GPA - 2.5
- Financial need considered
- Application deadline - March 1st
Harry O. Fine Scholarship
- Entering freshmen
- Elizabethton High School graduate
- Minimum three years in interscholastic athletics or cheerleadering for two years
- Minimum GPA - 2.5
- Financial need considered
- Application deadline - March 1st
First Horizon National Bank Scholarship
- Currently enrolled undergraduate
- High school graduate dependents of employees of First Horizon National (First Tennessee) Bank
- Minimum GPA - 3.0
- Minimum ACT score - 21 or SAT score - 970
- Apply at any First Horizon or First Tennessee Bank (do not use standard ETSU scholarship application form)
- Application deadline - March 1st
Margaret Campbell Flanary Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Sullivan County or Washington County, Tennessee resident
- Demonstrated financial need
- Application deadline - March 1st
Friends of the Reece Museum Art Scholarship
- Full-time art majors
- Demonstrated financial need
- Contact the Reece Museum for application information (do not use standard ETSU scholarship application form)
- Application deadline - March 1st
Ira M. Gambill Medical Education Trust
- Undergraduate
- Graduate of Johnson County High School, Mountain City, Tennessee
- Apply to principal of Johnson County High School (do not use standard ETSU scholarship application form)
- Application deadline -March 1st
George H. Garrett Memorial Scholarship
- Freshmen
- Tri-Cities area, East Tennessee resident
- Demonstrated ability, character and scholastic performance
- Confirmed financial need
- Application deadline - March 1st
Buford J. and Mary Jane Goldstein Scholarship
- Full-time students pursuing a bachelors degree
- Minimum high school or cumulative GPA - 2.5
- Demonstrated financial need
- Application deadline - March 1st
Jonnie Melissa Graybeal Memorial Scholarship
- Full-time junior or senior in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program
- Minimum GPA 3.0
- Demonstrated financial need
- Application deadline - March 1st
Greene County/Greeneville Scholarship
- Rising juniors or seniors
- Residents of Greene County
- Minimum GPA - 2.5
- Preference given to previously enrolled or current students at the ETSU Greeneville Center
- Demonstrated financial need
- Application deadline - March 1st
Ben and Jeanne Greene Family Scholarship
- Undergraduate and graduate
- Residents of Blount County, Tennessee
- Minimum GPA - 2.8
- Financial need considered
- Application deadline - March 1st
Harrell Educational Fund
- Graduates of Volunteer High School in Hawkins County, Tennessee who would not otherwise be able to attend college
- Maximum award is $1,000 per year
- Minimum GPA - 2.0 for renewal eligibility
- Apply at Volunteer High School or the Trust Department of AmSouth (Regions) Bank, Kingsport, Tennessee
- Application deadline is March 1st
Edna Harrison Family Scholarship
- Freshmen, undergraduate and graduate student
- Minimum GPA - 3.0
- Demonstrated good character and promise for future career and professional achievement
- Application deadline March 1st
Heritage Federal Scholarship
- Undergraduate and graduate
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Applicants will be considered in the following order:
- Dependents or employees of Heritage Federal
- College of Business and Technology students with primary residence in the primary marketing area of Heritage Federal
- Minimum GPA - 2.5
- Application deadline March 1st
Holston Ruritan Club Scholarship
- Entering freshmen
- First priority to dependents (or grandchildren) of members in good standing of the Holston Ruritan Club
- Second priority to students who attended Holston Middle School
- Third priority to graduates of Sullivan Central High School
- Applicants should be a person of good character, achievement and integrity
- Application deadline - March 1st
Jardin Zinc Products Scholarship
- Preference to a Greene County High School graduate/ Greene County resident
- Employee or dependent of employee of Jardin Zinc Products (at least on year of service required)
- Minimum GPA - 3.2
- Must be a full-time student
- Demonstrated financial need
- Application deadline March 1st
Aubrey Hunter Jobe Memorial Scholarship
- Entering freshmen
- Graduates of Roanoke County, VA public high school with priority given to graduates of Northside High School
- Demonstrated leadership, participation in school activities and academics
- Application deadline March 1st
Johnson City Lions Club Memorial Scholarship
- Disabled students primarily those with a vision or hearing disability
- Junior, senior, or a graduate student planning a career in working with the disabled
- Demonstrated financial need
- Application deadline March 1st
The Edward D. Jones Investments Scholarship
- Freshmen from Carter, Sullivan, or Washington County, Tennessee
- Nomination from high school principal or guidance counselor
- Minimum GPA - 3.3 or minimum ACT score - 26
- Application deadline March 1st
J.C. Kensinger Memorial Scholarship
- Incoming freshmen, undergraduate or graduate
- Resident of Hawkins County, Tennessee
- Hawkins, County high school graduate
- Minimum GPA 3.0
- Application deadline March 1st
Bill and Lynne Stamm Kovach Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Freshmen minimum GPA 2.5
- Freshmen minimum ACT score 24
- Currently enrolled minimum GPA 3.0
- Demonstrate potential academic success
- Documented financial need
- Application deadline March 1st
Lyle Family Re-Entry Scholarship
- Undergraduate students with at least 24 credit hours
- Minimum GPA 2.5
- Must be a resident of Carter, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi or Washington Counties in Tennessee
- Documented financial need
- Must have had, or continue to have, significant family care-taking responsibilities or work-related responsibilities to support his or her family
- Must be re-entering the higher education process in order to complete an undergraduate degree
- Application deadline: March 1
Dr. Richard A. and Lois A. Manahan Family Tennessee Scholars
- Incoming freshmen
- Graduates of Science Hill High School, Johnson City, TN
- Application deadline March 1st
Minifibers, Inc. Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Resident of southwest Virginia or northeast Tennessee
- High school or college minimum GPA 2.5
- Application deadline March 1st
The Charles and Martha Montgomery Scholarship
- Full-time undergraduate or graduate
- Preference given to students from northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia, western North Carolina or eastern Kentucky
- Minimum GPA 2.7
- Financial need considered
- Application deadline March 1st
Giles W. Morrill Memorial Scholarship
- Undergraduate
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Preference given to:
- Residents of Unicoi County, Tennessee; specifically to residents of Flag Pond, Rocky Ford, Shallow Ford, and the south end of Sandy Bottom up to Sams Gap
- Students with demonstrated financial need
- Minimum GPA 3.0
- Application deadline March 1st
Mountain City Rotary Club Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Graduate of Johnson County High School (minimum two years attendance)
- Minimum GPA 2.5
- Demonstrated potential for successfully completing college and having a successful career
- Application deadline March 1st
Nebraska Book Scholarship
- Full-time or part-time undergraduate or graduate
- Documented financial need
- Application deadline March 1st
Non-traditional Student Scholarship
- Students other than typical freshmen entering college directly from high school
- Students upgrading career skills on a part-time or full-time basis
- Minimum of 21 years of age
- Documented financial need
- Application deadline March 1st
North American Rayon Corp. Scholarship
- Undergraduate
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Applicants will be considered in the following order:
- Established or immediate descendant of the company
- Resident of Carter County, Tennessee
- A historical research project on the Corporation must be completed with no more than 10 hours of research
- Minimum GPA 2.8
- Demonstrated financial need
- Application deadline March 1st
James H. Quillen Scholarship
- Undergraduate or graduate
- Must be a resident of one of the following counties in Tennessee: Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington.
- Freshmen minimum GPA 2.5 and minimum ACT score of 19 (or comparable SAT score)
- Enrolled, transfer and graduate minimum GPA 3.0
- Documented financial need required
- Demonstrated achievement in scholastic endeavors, school and community leadership, volunteer services and activities, other extracurricular activities and/or work experience.
- Application deadline March 1st
Olive Jane Raber Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Preference given to graduates of Sullivan South High School and then to residents of Sullivan County, Tennessee
- Minimum GPA 3.0
- Documented financial need may be considered
- Application deadline March 1st
Boyd S. Ray Memorial Scholarship
- Undergraduate and graduate
- Graduates of Johnson County High School
- Minimum GPA 3.0
- Application deadline March 1st
Rotary Club of Johnson City Scholarship
- Incoming freshmen
- Johnson City and/or Washington County high school graduate
- Preference given to Interact Club members
- Minimum GPA 3.5
- Minimum ACT score 28
- Scholarship is non-renewable
- Application deadline March 1st
Martin and Louise Smith Endowment for Physically Challenged Students
- Undergraduates
- Documented financial need
- Students with physical challenges documented through the ETSU Office of Disability Services
- Application deadline March 1st
Maude Stewart Smyre Memorial Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- ETSU at Kingsport Center student and resident of Scott County, Virginia; Eastern Hawkins County, Tennessee; or Western Sullivan County, Tennessee
- Application deadline March 1st
Scotty L. Snyder Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Spouses or dependent children of full-time permanent, retired or deceased employees of East Tennessee State University
- Financial need considered
- Application deadline March 1st
Street Family Scholarships
- Entering freshmen and transfers
- Resident of the southwest Virginia counties of Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and Wise.
- Financial need and academic ability considered
- Application deadline March 1st
Scott A. Sullivan Endowment for Disability Services
- Undergraduate
- Full-time or part-time students
- Documented financial need
- Disability documented through the ETSU Office of Disability Services
- Application deadline March 1st
Tetrick - Oakley Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Preference given to dependents of employees of Tetrick-Oakley Funeral Homes and residents of their service areas
- Established by Heritage Family Funeral Homes
- Minimum GPA 2.8
- Financial need considered
- Application deadline March 1st
Esther Elizabeth Whitaker-Carder Memorial Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Residents of Sullivan, Carter, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Johnson, Unicoi or Washington Counties in Tennessee or Lee, Scott or Washington Counties in Virginia
- Minimum GPA - 3.0
- Application dedline March 1st
Eddie Williams, Jr. Memorial Rural Health Scholarship
- Rising junior or senior with an interest in rural health issues
- Resident of Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia or Western North Carolina
- A 500-word essay describing applicants interest in rural health issues is required
- Minimum GPA 2.5
- Demonstrated financial need
- Recipients will be required to make at least one public presentation about their work/interest in rural health while receiving this scholarship
- Application deadline March 1st
Nancy Vaughn Williams Scholarship
- Incoming freshmen or currently enrolled undergraduate
- Minimum GPA 2.8
- Demonstrated financial need
- Application deadline March 1st
Robert L. Wyatt Memorial Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Specialization in Geographical Information Systems or Urban Studies
- Application deadline - March 1st