Scholarships
Additional funding may be available through Academic Advising, Beyond120, or your Department/Unit website.
Undergraduate Scholarships
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) awards multiple scholarships to CLAS undergraduate students annually (some may also be awarded to CLAS graduate students.) Many of these scholarships may be applied for using one application. Additional scholarships however do require a unique application per award.
When to Apply:
- Early January – February 23
- Late January – March 31 (Dean’s Office Scholarships)
- Late January – May 31
- Early September – October 31
- Rolling Deadline
Dean’s Office Undergraduate Scholarships
Apply for up to three with one application. Scroll or click here to view these scholarships.
Additional Scholarships Available
Apply for these awards individually.
- Cynthia W. Colangelo Award for Breast Cancer Awareness | Early January – February 23$250 to $1,000 | Undergraduate or GraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For students who are actively involved in the fight against breast cancer through community service and activities.
- Ed Tancer Good Deed Scholarship | Late January – May 31UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For students who graduate from a high school in Palm Beach County.
- O. Ruth McQuown Scholarship | Early January – February 23$500 to $3,000 | Undergraduate or GraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For students who best exemplify O. Ruth McQuown's values, achievements, and commitment to social issues.
- CLAS Cares Fund | Rolling DeadlineUndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For students who are experiencing obstacles due to unexpected hardships or expenses.
- Galloway McFarland Family Scholarship | Early January – February 23 & Early September – October 31Undergraduate Transfer StudentsAdditional requirements / how to apply
For transfer students with preference to those from a Florida College System institution.
Dean’s Office Undergraduate Scholarships
To apply for a CLAS Dean’s Office Undergraduate Scholarship, you will complete one online application and select up to three scholarships from the list below (a maximum of one will be awarded per recipient). We recommend reviewing the requirements and selecting the ones that you feel you are most qualified for. Click here for Frequently Asked Questions, or reach out to the Dean’s Office Scholarship Coordinator at scholarships@clas.ufl.edu.
Applicants must be enrolled in UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences as a full-time student in the Fall following your Spring application and have a minimum UF GPA of 3.0. (Unless otherwise indicated, these are the only requirements for qualification.)
When to apply for Dean’s Office Undergraduate Scholarships: Late January – March 31
- Anderson Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
- Janie L. Bagley, Jeanette H. Jacobs and Anna M. Morris Endowment$1,500 | Undergraduate or GraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For students with success in overcoming barriers or helping others to overcome barriers to academic achievement.
- Charles E. and Dorothy J. Bennett Fund$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For students demonstrating academic achievement and financial need.
- William G. Carleton Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
- CLAS Dean’s Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
- Carol B. Currier Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
- Kathleen K. Diamond Scholarship for Foreign Language Studies$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For students in advanced modern foreign language.
- Genevieve S. Funk Student Support Endowment$1,500 | Undergraduate or GraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For students within the Humanities.
- Jonathan David Ingram Scholarship Fund$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For students who are impacted by a heart defect or majoring in pre-med.
- Holmes Endowed Scholarship$1,500 | Seniors who are incoming graduate studentsAdditional requirements / how to apply
- Rosario Arias Larrinaga Empowerment Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For students actively advocating on behalf of Hispanic and Latin immigrant communities.
- Russell and Mary Hyatt McCaughan Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
- W.W. Massey, Sr. Presidential Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For students recognized as National Merit OR National Achievement Scholars in high school OR qualifying as an honors students at UF.
- McGinty Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
- William G. Nash Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For students majoring in a science.
- Charles Vincent and Heidi Cole McLaughlin Endowment$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
- Albert C. and Vanda N. O’Neill, Jr. Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
- Hazen E. Nutter Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For students with active involvement in extracurricular activities.
- Winifred Todd Parker Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For Social Science majors.
- Jane and Alan Potter Scholarship$1,500 | Juniors or SeniorsAdditional requirements / how to apply
Merit award for junior or senior Liberal Arts and Sciences pre-med majors.
- Herbert and Edith Peterson Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
- Russell Corporation Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
- Susan Hitzler Schell Scholarship Fund$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
Cannot be combined with athletic scholarship.
- Stanley Taylor Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
- Peter J. Sones, Jr. Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
For students not majoring in a science and currently enrolled in pre-med courses.
- Trowbridge Family Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply
- John E. and May B. Turlington Scholarship$1,500 | UndergraduateAdditional requirements / how to apply