Scholarships

Barbara Jaffe Silvers Memorial Fund

• Open to History undergraduate students who have completed at least 45 hours of undergraduate study (including 9 credit hours in HIST) and maintained a minimum of a 3.2 overall GPA and at least a 3.5 GPA in HIST courses
  • The same criteria apply to undergraduate transfer students
• Open to history graduate students
• Undergraduate student awards may be applied toward diverse academic uses including but not limited to: tuition, research funding, and internships
• Graduate fellowships may be used for diverse academic uses including but not limited to research funding, assistantship-buyout (i.e. paying a student a stipend comparable to a graduate assistantship to allow them to focus on research), and internships
• All applicants must submit:
  • A 200 to 250-word essay, which answers the following three questions:
    • Why did you choose your particular field of study?
    • What do you plan to do in the field (e.g. PhD study or teaching career)?
    • How will you use these funds?
• Applicants seeking funding for research, an internship, or similiar activity must also submit an itemized budget explaining the costs associated with the project to justify the amount requested
• Awards capped at $3000
• Apply here.

Morton A. Brown Scholarship Endowment

• Open to any junior or senior undergraduate History major, or graduate student in History with a minimum GPA of 3.0.
• Applicants must submit:
  • A cover letter addressing their academic career to the current moment, including a description of topical focus, and/or how this scholarship will advance their studies (i.e. research, internships, etc.)
  • The name and contact information for two references from the History Department or in a related position (i.e. work supervisor in a history setting such as a museum or historic site) should be included at the end of the cover letter
• Apply here.

Crawford-Williams Scholarship Endowment

• Open to any member of the History Department, ideally targeted toward a someone about to begin a research project.
• The Crawford-Williams Scholarship cannot be used to reimburse the applicant for expenses already incurred nor to supplement other funding sources after a project is already started.
• Applicants must submit:
  • A brief description of the project
  • Estimated total expense of the project (i.e. an itemized budget including costs of travel, materials, etc.)
  • Detailed explanation of where the money from the CWF will be spent
  • Statement showing how the project will aid the History Department
• Apply here.

Henrietta Marsh Hopkins Jernigan Scholarship

• Open to any rising senior History major with a minimum GPA of 3.0.
• Applicants must submit:
  • A letter of application discussing their future education plans and how they fit the Jernigan idea of being a well-rounded and enthusiastic person with a love of history and life-long learning.
• Apply here.

William Flinn Rogers Scholarship Endowment

• Open to any undergraduate History major who has demonstrated academic excellence.
• Applicants must submit:
  • A cover letter addressing their academic career to the current moment, including a description of topical focus, and/or how this scholarship will advance their studies (i.e. research, internships, travel, etc.)
  • The name and contact information for two references from the History Department or in a related position (i.e. work supervisor in a history setting such as a museum or historic site) should be included at the end of the cover letter
• Apply here.

Maxine Matthews Scholarship

• Open to any undergraduate History major who has demonstrated academic excellence.
• Applicants must submit:
  • A cover letter addressing their academic career up to the present, including a description of topical focus and/or how this scholarship will advance their studies (i.e. research, internships, material cost, etc.)
  • The name and contact information for two references from the History Department or in a related position (i.e. work supervisor in a history setting such as a museum or historic site) should be included at the end of the cover letter
• Apply here.