American University Scholarships

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Name Amount
2023/2024 College Scholarship $1,000
Sponsored: There is no GPA requirement and no essay to write!
AB & LM Harris Memorial Scholarship $1000
Awarded to a junior or senior philosophy major each year.
Abdul Aziz Said Phi Epsilon Pi Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Al-Khalifa Family Scholarship Endowment Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Allan Carney Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Alma Thomas Award Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Alumni Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Ann Bennett Edgerton Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Anthony M. Schwartz Fellowship Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Arnold & Porter Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a second-year student who has shown potential for academic achievement.
Art Department Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
ScholarshipPoints $10,000 Scholarship $10,000
Sponsored: Thousands available in scholarships this year.
Art Department Student Award Prize Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Art History Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Arthur Mathews Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a student whose record of commitment demonstrates that he or she will follow Mr. Mathew’s example.
Athletic Scholarship Tuition
Awarded to outstanding freshman and transfer athletes.
Athletics Academic Support Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
$2,000 "No Essay" Scholarship - Niche $2,000
Sponsored: Open to all students and those planning on enrolling in either 2023 or 2024.
AU Fund for Excellence Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
AUSOC Assistantship Tuition
Graduate assistantships are merit-based awards that provide the recipient with a monetary stipend and tuition remission of 6 to 24 credit hours of degree-related courses.
Barbara Bohn Wright Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Barbara J. Reimann Postgraduate Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Belva A. Lockwood Fund Tuition
Awarded to a law school student with a good academic record.
CaptainU Student-Athlete Scholarship $2,000
Sponsored: This opportunity is offered to current high school athletes for 2023-2024. Only athletes that want to play in college should apply!
Billinis Family Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a student from a middle-income family who has demonstrated financial need.
C.W. Lim Professorship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Campus Life Discretionary Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Catharina Baart Biddle Art Award Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Centennial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with demonstrated need who is in the top 10 percent of his or her class.
Monthly University Scholarships $1,000
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Charles Kligman Central High School Alumni Endowed Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Charlotte W. Newcombe Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Chemistry Chairman’s Discretionary Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Class of 2004 Senior Gift Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Cliff Martin Memorial Scholarship Varies
The award is given to a part-time student with financial need.
Monthly University Scholarships $1,000
Sponsored: Open to High School students and adults looking to head back to school, current college students and anyone else looking to attend college or graduate school this year or in 2024.
Darrell Randall Fellowship Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Dean and Rosina Carter Prize Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Deans’ Scholarship $6000-$10,000
Awarded to freshman and transfer applicants with above average accomplishments demonstrated by grades, test scores, community involvement.
Donald D. Dennis Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Donald Zauderer Key Executive Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Dora Palkin Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a deserving law student.
Dorothy Gondos Beers Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Dr. Hanna Miriam Sandler Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Eagle Endowment for Public and Community Service Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Ed Bliss Scholarship Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Edward J. Walker Clinical Scholarship Varies
This scholarship is awarded to a student with financial need in the clinical program.
Elizabeth Maiden Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Elliott S. Milstein Endowed Scholarship Varies
The award is made to a third-year WCL student with demonstrated financial need who intends to go into practice representing the poor in either civil or criminal cases. The commitment to such ...
Emalee C. Godsey Scholarship Varies
This scholarship is awarded to a second- or third-year student demonstrating financial need.
Fred R. Joseph Memorial Scholarship Varies
This need-based award is for a student interested in public interest, civil rights, or criminal law as demonstrated through service to the community, work experience, or participation in ...
Frederick Douglass Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Gary D. Cohn Endowed Research Professorship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Gary Speigler Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Ally Resource Center Program Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
General Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Government Service Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Grace Markel Daish Fund Tuition
Awarded to a law school student with a good academic record.
Hall of Nations Scholarship Varies
Available to international students who do not have permanent resident status or U.S. citizenship. The Hall of Nations Scholarships provide tuition remission and are administered by the ...
Hanna Miriam Sandler Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Harold and Ruth Pearson Endowment Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Harold J. and Ruth Pearson Prize $1000
Awarded each spring semester to a graduating senior or seniors majoring in philosophy for their outstanding performance in philosophy.
Honors Scholarship Varies
Generally, students admitted to the University Honors program as freshmen receive academic scholarships. In awarding the scholarships the University looks most closely at the high school GPA,
Howard Dvorkin/Consolidated Accounting Faculty Competitiveness Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Jack B. Sacks Foundation Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Jack Jurey Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
James and Leona Cobb Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a first- or second-year student. The recipient is selected based on scholastic achievement and financial need.
James B. Simpson Fellowship Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
James C. Eastman Scholarship Varies
Awarded to part-time law students at the Washington College of Law.
James Edward Miller Chapman Educational Foundation Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Janet Oppenheim History Prize Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Jerrold & Jane Goodman Judaic Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Jewish History/Jewish Studies Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Jo Williams & Richard T. Stout Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
John and Tyna Karl Employee Rights Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a student who, through his or her academic and extracurricular commitments, demonstrates promise for a career advocating on behalf of employees in the workplace.
John D. Yound Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
John Sherman Myers Alumni Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a student who has excelled both in academics and extracurricular activities.
Joy Schwan-Best Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a second- or third-year student with financial need, academic merit, and demonstrated service to the community.
Judge Seymour Korn Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a deserving Washington College of Law student with financial need.
Kappa Beta Pi Award Varies
Awarded to a student who has displayed an interest in women’s issues in the field of law.
KSB Dean’s Discretionary Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
KSB Faculty Competitiveness Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
KSB Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
KSB Student Loan Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Leadership Scholarship $1000-$6000
Awarded to freshman and transfer applicants of high academic ability who demonstrate exceptional leadership skills through community involvement and service.
Legion of Honor Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Lenoure Van Swearingen Award $15,000
Awarded to a female ”in the writing arts.” May be given as a single grant or divided into multiple, smaller grants. Award given primarily on the basis of academic merit.
Leo Schubert Award in Chemistry Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Leonard and Miriam Melrod Scholarship Varies
This scholarship is awarded to a deserving WCL student.
Lilyan Evans Music Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Lois & George Schaefer Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Lonore Kent Van Swearingen Memorial Award Varies
Awarded to deserving students with a good academic record.
Lura Bradfield Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Mark K. Wilson Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded annually to a member of the Senior Editorial Board of the Law Review who demonstrates financial need.
Mary C. Arends Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a first-year female student who is entering law school after several years in the workplace and who is interested in public interest or public service law, civil rights, or ...
Mary Canfield Memorial Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Mary S. Robertson Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Massey Foundation Award $1000
Awarded each academic year to one or more Canadian students studying full-time at American University.
Merit-Based Assistance Scholarship Varies
Only full-time students are eligible to receive merit-based assistance, which includes fellowships, assistantships, and study grants. Each college or school administers the selection process ...
Merit-based Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students who have excellent academic credentials and exhibit exceptional leadership skills. Renewable for three years.
Michael Cochran Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a WCL student in the clinical program interested in civil litigation.
Michael Forman & Bonnie Brae Endowed Scholarship Varies
Awarded to deserving students with a good academic record.
Michael Trilling Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Millidge P. Walker & Irene Tinker Graduate Fellowship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Milton & Sonia Greenberg Endowment Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Miriam Ottenberg Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to deserving students with a good academic record.
Miriam Ottenberg Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Morley Segal & Edith Whitfield Seashore Fellowship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Jason Ginsburg and Frederick B. Gaynor Scholarship Tuition
Awarded to a student from a middle-income family with demonstrated financial need.
Muriel Oxfeld Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Myers Law Scholarship Tuition
Awarded to full-time students who show promise and demonstrate need.
Myers Society Scholarship Varies
The recipient of this award is selected based on academic merit, financial need, and service to the law school community.
Nancy C. Reynolds Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
National Achievement Scholarship $750-Tuition
Awarded to National Achievement finalists who designate AU as their first choice college with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation by February 1 in their senior year.
National Hispanic Scholarship $10,000-Tuition
Awarded to National Hispanic Achievement semi-finalists who demonstrate outstanding academic ability.
National Merit Scholarship $750-Tuition
Awarded to National Merit finalists who designate AU as their first choice college with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation by February 1 in their senior year.
National Press Club/Dennis Feldman Fellowship $5000
Applicants must be enrolled in, or in the process of applying for, admission to an accredited graduate program in journalism.
Nina M. Roscher Travel Fund for Women in the Chemical Sciences Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Paul J. Sedgwick Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a deserving student with financial need.
Paul P. Purta Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a WCL student who has previously worked in a profession such as social work, counseling, or the ministry, is active in a religion, and has financial need.
Pauline Frederick Robbins Award $2500
Awarded to a woman who is concentrating in broadcast journalism.
Peace Studies Program Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Performing Arts Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Peter Stapleton Ridley Jr. Memorial Scholarship Varies
The recipient must be a first- or second-year law student who possesses distinct leadership qualities as evidenced by his or her involvement in the progression of WCL or the community at ...
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship Varies
Awarded to transfer students only. Students must identify themselves as PTK members on the admissions application and provide a PTK advisor letter of recommendation. Applicants who have ...
Phyllis Freeman Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a student based on need.
Presidential Scholarship $14,000-Tuition
Awarded to freshman applicants who demonstrate outstanding academic excellence through grades, test scores, rank in class, community involvement, and service.
President’s Scholarship Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Professor Jose D. Epstein Award Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Professor Mary Miller Patton Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Public Communication Quest Systems Computer Science Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
R. Bruce Poynter Endowment Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
R. Bruce Poynter Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Rapp-Swanson Graduate Fellowship Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Reed-Salisbury Scholarship Tuition
This fund provides tuition assistance for a student demonstrating scholastic achievement, involvement in the law school community, and financial need.
Robert Bunnell Award $5000
Awarded to a journalism graduate student. Both financial need and academic merit are considered in making the award.
Robert J. Holden Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Robert J. Woldow Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to one second-year student with financial need who is interested in practicing corporate or securities law.
Robert P. & Arlene R. Kogod Endowment Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Robert P. & Arlene R. Kogod Program Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Roger H. & Nancy Brown Library Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Ruth McFeeter Scholarship Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Samuel & Lucy Keker Library Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Sandra P. Grosso Memorial Scholarship Varies
The award is for a WCL student, and is based on need and a commitment, demonstrated through service, to the improvement of WCL and AU.
Sara Presciutti Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Seymour J. Rubin Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
SIS Dean’s Discretionary Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
SIS Dean’s Prize Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
SIS KF-Building Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
SIS Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
SIS Steve Arnold Innovative Small Grants Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
SOC and Center for Public Integrity Create New Fellowship Tuition
Awarded to a journalist, in Investigative Journalism, with at least four years of professional experience.
SOC Dean’s Discretionary Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
SPA Amos Perlmutter Award Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
SPA Business Relations Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
SPA Government Relations Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
SPA Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Spanish and Latin American Studies Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Special Opportunity Award Varies
These assistantships and graduate study grants are for U.S.-born minority students. The awards are administered by the individual schools.
Stephen and Beatrice Dodd Toth Scholarship Varies
Awarded to a WCL student with financial need who places in the top 20 percent of the class.
Stephen C. Grebe Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Steve M. Saferin Sports Communication Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Sylvia & Harold Greenberg Scholarship in the Performing Arts Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Thelma Casto Southard Award Varies
This scholarship recognizes a student for distinguished service to the law school community and for anticipated involvement as an alumnus.
Tuition Exchange Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students whose parents are employed by one of over 160 colleges participating in the Tuition Exchange Program.
United Methodist Graduate Scholarship Varies
Awarded to new full-time graduate students who have held membership in the United Methodist Church for at least two years, have strong academic skills, and are either U.S. citizens or ...
United Methodist Graduate Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
United Methodist Scholarship Varies
Awarded to children of an active, ordained Methodist minister. Applicants must submit a letter identifying themselves as the children of a Methodist minister and complete an application.
United Methodist Undergraduate Scholarship Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Visual Arts Scholarship Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Visual Media Gifts Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Washington Semester Dean’s Discretionary Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
Washington Semester Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
WCL Dean’s Discretionary Fund Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
WCL Dean’s Merit Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
WCL Scholarship Varies
Awarded on the basis of financial need, is the gift of an anonymous donor.
WCL Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
William Kermit Barclift Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded to deserving students with a good academic record.
Wilson and Amelia Young Memorial Scholarship Varies
Awarded based on financial need and academic achievement.
Young Women’s Leadership Board Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.
ZBT Endowed Scholarship Varies
Awarded to students with a good academic record.