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Jacob Alfred Anderson
To an entering first-year student who is a graduate of an Iowa High School from Allamakee or Clayton counties. Value: Amount and number varies. Contact: No application required, qualified students are automatically considered. Arens Undergraduate Achievement Scholarship To an entering first-year student from Waverly-Shell Rock High School who demonstrates academic achievement and shows financial need. Value: Amount varies (one award). Contact: No application required, all qualified candidates will automatically be considered. Deadline: Valid Admissions to the U of I by April 1st. Arnold Trust Fund Award To selected students who are orphans not over the age of 25 and who are residents of Linn County, Iowa. Based on financial need. Value: Amount and number vary. Contact: Applications available from St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 1340 Third Ave. S.E., Cedar Rapids, IA 52406. Deadline: Applications accepted January through May. Leslie Asher Scholarship To incoming freshmen graduates of Clarksville (Iowa) High School based on academic merit, with possibility of renewal. Need is a secondary consideration. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Amount Varies (up to four awards). Wendell L. Bailey Fund To entering first-year students from Clay Central High School with preference given to first-year students who resided in Royal, IA. Second preference given to all graduates from Clay Central High School. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Up to full resident tuition (one award). Helen Bennett Scholarship To an entering first-year student who is a resident of Bennett, Iowa, and a graduate of Bennett High School. Financial need is considered. Student must be nominated. Value: Amount varies (one award). Contact: Bennett High School guidance counselor, Bennett Community Schools, Box D, Bennett, IA 52721. Foster O. Blake Memorial Fund Awarded to an incoming first-year student who is a graduate of Marshalltown (Iowa) High School. Must be enrolled full-time, making satisfactory academic progress, and have financial need. FAFSA should be completed as soon as possible after January 1 for upcoming academic year. No other application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Amount varies (up to two annual awards). Gwen and Lyle Brown Scholarship To first-time students from Fort Madison, Iowa, High School or Clinton, Iowa, High School; or if no qualified candidates, then first-time graduates of Southeastern Community College or Clinton Community College. All candidates to demonstrate need and merit. Value: Number and amounts vary. Contact: No application is required; all qualified candidates will be considered from Admissions records. Deadline: April 1 Eva M. Byerly Student Fund To selected entering first-year students from Cedar Rapids (Iowa) public high schools who rank in the upper 25 percent of their graduating class. No application required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Up to resident tuition (number varies). James & Zoe Connor Scholarship Fund To an entering first-year students from Dubuque Senior High School with highest grade-point average of those planning to attend Iowa. Must have also been a member of the National Honor Society at Dubuque Senior. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Up to resident tuition and fees (number varies). Loretta and Leslie Copeland Scholarship To a U.S. citizen, undergraduate student; first preference to students from Clarksville, Iowa, then from Butler, Bremer, or Floyd (Iowa) counties. Students with lower grade-point average have first preference. Based on financial need. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Up to resident tuition and fees (number varies). Ruth Ann Daly Scholarship To freshmen students from Johnson County, Iowa who demonstrate financial need. Value: Number and amount vary. Contact: No application is required. All qualified candidates will be considered. Alice and Eldon Davis Scholarship To a graduating senior from Dubuque (Iowa) Senior High School. The scholarship attempts to identify students with high academic potential who may have not yet achieved that level. Potential recipients will be in the upper half of the graduating high school class and at or above the 75th percentile on the ACT test. Financial need a secondary consideration; award based on Dubuque Senior High School recommendation. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: $1,000 (one award). Marja and Sabrina Davis Debate Scholarship To an entering first-year student from Dubuque (Iowa) Senior High School in upper one half of graduating class, and minimum 27 ACT. Preference shown to those who have participated in a debate program at Dubuque Senior High School, or who have an interest in or intent to participate in the intercollegiate debate program at The University of Iowa; financial need a tie-breaker. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Amount varies (one award) Sharon Anthony Davis Scholarship To a female senior from Dubuque (Iowa) Senior High School who ranks in the upper one third of her graduating class. Financial need is considered. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: $1,500 (one award). Wilbur H. Dosland Fund To an incoming first-year student from Calamus-Wheatland, Midland, or Central Clinton (Iowa) high schools. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Up to resident tuition (one award). Charles E. Fahrney Foundation To selected full-time students who are residents of Wapello County (Iowa) attending an Iowa college or university and making satisfactory progress toward a degree; renewable. Value: Up to $1,500 (number varies). Contact: Trust Department, Firstar Bank Ottumwa, 123 E. Third Street, Ottumwa, IA 52501. Applications available December 1 at main bank location or Ottumwa High School. Deadline: Set by Fahrney foundation. Scott German Scholarship To selected entering first-year students from Maquoketa, Iowa. Financial need is considered. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Up to resident tuition (number varies). William and Joy Greene Scholarship To first-time undergraduate students who have graduated from an Iowa high school located in either Johnson or Linn County. Value: Number and amounts vary. Contact: No application is required; all qualified candidates will be considered from Admissions records. Deadline: April 1 Harry H. & Nellie B. Griffith Fund To entering first-year students from Wilton, Iowa, or any town within a 25-mile radius of Wilton, Iowa, with full-time enrollment status. May be renewed up to three years if full-time enrollment status and 2.00 UI cumulative grade-point average maintained. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Amount and number vary. Jay Gross Scholarship Fund To an entering first-year student from Jefferson High, Cedar Rapids, IA. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Amount Varies (one award). Donald and Ethel Hamdorf Scholarship To provide support to first-year students from Clinton County, Iowa, who demonstrate financial need. No application is required; qualified students from the April 1st first-year student admissions list are automatically considered. Value: $1000 (one annual award); non-renewable. Otto H. & Ethel Bohart Henningsen Awarded to a worthy University of Iowa student from Clinton County (Iowa). Academic merit primary factor and need secondary. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Amount varies (one annual award). Terry and Pam Hopper Fund To provide support to needy first-year students from Webster County, Iowa. Value: $2,000 renewable depending upon funding and academics. Contact: Candidates will automatically be considered from the APRIL 1st Freshman Admit list - no application is required. Walter and Ida Kansky Memorial Scholarship To needy entering first-year students who are graduates of an Iowa High School from Linn County, IA. Value: $1000; 5 awards. Contact: No application required, qualified students are automatically considered. This award is not renewable. Elmer H. and Florence Krueger Gabel To an incoming freshman graduate of Muscatine or Charles City (Iowa) high schools. Based on academic merit, with need as a secondary consideration. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Resident tuition (one award). Joan Lahart-Van Bortel Endowed Scholarship To an entering freshman woman who resides in or has graduated from a Lucas County (Iowa) high school. Based on academic merit; financial need also will be considered. Value: Up to resident tuition and a book allotment (one non-renewable award). Contact: If your browser includes the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in you may view and print an application for the Joan Lahart-Van Bortel Endowed Scholarship. (If you do not have the Acrobat plug-in, you may download it for free from the Adobe website. Once you have installed the plug-in, you are then ready to view and print the application.) If you are unable to download or use the plug-in, you may request an application from high school counselors at Chariton and Russell High Schools (available in early February). Deadline: April 15. Lappin Family Scholarship Fund To graduates of Rock Island High School who plan to attend The University of Iowa as undergraduates. Must be a member of the National Honor Society. Financial need a minor consideration. May be renewed for up to an additional three years if a 2.50 UI cumulative grade-point average is maintained. Value: $750 (renewable). Contact: High School Guidance Office, Rock Island High School, Rock Island, Illinois. Deadline: Set by High School. Dr. Carl E. and Edna Liabo ScholarshipTo an entering freshman who shows financial need by filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) with preference given to students from Linn County, Iowa. The scholarship may be renewable for up to three additional years as long as the recipient remains in good standing at The University of Iowa and shows financial need by filing the FAFSA each year. Value: Number and amounts vary. Contact: No application is required; all qualified candidates will be considered from Admissions records. Morris & Lenore Mandelbaum Family Fund Awarded to graduates of a Des Moines (Iowa) area high school with financial need who intend to pursue a career in the social sciences, i.e., political science, economics, history, sociology, or international relations. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Amount varies (five annual awards). John T. and Thelma V. McColm Scholarship To an entering freshman graduate of West Liberty or Louisa-Muscatine (Iowa) high schools. May be renewed. Financial need is considered. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: Amount varies (one award). Dick and Donna McKay Scholarship
To first-time students who graduate from Waterloo, Iowa high schools or second priority to high schools in Blackhawk County, Iowa. Based upon financial need and potential for academic success.
Value: Number and amounts vary.
Contact: No application is required; all qualified candidates will be considered from Admissions records.
Deadline: April 1
Edward Arthur Mellinger Education Foundation, Inc.
To selected residents who live in the following western Illinois counties: Fulton, Henderson, Knox, McDonough, Mercer, Warren. Application and additional information is available at www.mellinger.org.
Value: $300-$1200 (up to 300 awards); renewable.
Contact: Edward Arthur Mellinger Educational Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 770, Monmouth, IL 61462 or e-mail at info@mellinger.org.
Deadline: Applications accepted February 1 through May 1.
H.S. Ostlin Memorial Scholarship (This scholarship is temporarily unavailable.) To incoming first-year students from high schools in the central Iowa counties of Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren, Story, Marshall, and Dallas. Preference given to engineering students. Academic achievement in high school considered. May be renewed. It may not be possible to award this scholarship in future years due to funding shortage. Value: $1,000 (one award). Mary L. Padovan Scholarship Fund To needy first-year student graduates of Centerville High School, Centerville, Iowa. Value: Varies (depending on funding) Contact: No application is required; qualified students will automatically be considered. Timothy O. Peck Memorial Scholarship To an entering first-year student who graduated from Bettendorf (Iowa) High School in the top 30 percent of the class. Must have ACT composite of 24 or better. Financial need is considered. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: $800 to $1,000 (one award). Willard A. Peterson Scholarship To students from Rock Island County, Illinois, preparing for a career in public health. Value: Number and amount vary. Contact: No application is required; all qualified candidates will be considered. Mary & Bill Richardson Fund To provide support to first-year student graduates from Clarinda and South Page CSD(1st), Page County high schools(2nd), then Taylor County high schools. Awarded on the basis of academic achievement and financial need. If no qualified candidates from above, then may consider ANY Iowa resident!!!! Value: $1000, renewable for an additional 3 years Contact: Candidates will automatically be considered from the APRIL 1st Freshman Admit list Virginia Es'Dorn Rigler and Robert R. Rigler Scholarship To first generation students of promise as identified by the Office of Admissions. Preference to needy rural Iowa residents. Value: Varies (depending on funding) Contact: No application is required; qualified students will automatically be considered. Ronald Rohling Scholarship To an entering first-year student who is a graduate of Muscatine (Iowa) High School and who plans to enroll full-time. Value: $1,250 (one award). Contact: Applications available from the Muscatine High School Scholarship Committee, Guidance Department, Muscatine High School, 2705 Cedar St., Muscatine, IA 52761. Roller Family Memorial Scholarship To selected graduates of English Valley (North English, Iowa) High School planning to major in medicine, law, business administration, or music. Financial need is considered. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: $1,000 (two awards). Edward J. Schwartz Perpetual Educational Trust Fund Awarded to residents of Wapello County (Iowa) who are attending The University of Iowa full-time, based on scholastic performance, leadership, citizenship, and financial need. Value: Up to $1,500 (number varies). Contact: Applications are available from South Ottumwa Savings Bank, Trust Department, P.O. Box 516, Ottumwa, IA 52501-0516, (515) 682-7541. Deadline: March 1. Kevin Sinnard Memorial Scholarship To a college junior or senior in good academic standing who is a resident of Iowa or Illinois majoring in business, engineering, medical technology, or biochemistry. Financial need is considered. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: $1,000; one award per year (rotated among designated majors). Frederick and Mary Sperry Family Scholarship To an entering first-year student from Clarinda (Iowa) High School with a minimum high school grade-point average of 3.50. Must be premedicine, predentistry, engineering, business, or liberal arts and sciences major. No application is required; qualified students are automatically considered. Value: $2,500 (one award). Robert P. Stack Memorial Scholarship To an entering first-year student from each of the three Iowa City (Iowa) high schools who shows academic merit, potential, and financial need. No application is required; students must be nominated. Value: Up to $1,000; 3 annual awards. Contact: High school guidance counselor. L. R. Stock Scholarship
To first-year students who demonstrate financial need and academic merit who are graduates of high schools in either Allamakee or Winneshiek counties.
Value: Number and amounts vary.
Contact: No application is required; all qualified candidates will be considered.
Henry B. Tippie University of Iowa Scholarship
To selected graduates of Belle Plaine (Iowa) Community Schools, with preference to business majors. May be renewed dependent upon maintaining a 2.50 UI cumulative grade-point average and full-time enrollment status. Students must be nominated by Belle Plaine High School Scholarship Committee.
Value: $3,000 (two awards).
Contact: Superintendent, Belle Plaine Community Schools, Belle Plaine, IA 52208.
University of Iowa Community Credit Union (UICCU) Scholarship
To entering first-year students with preference given to those who are UICCU members and residents of the following Iowa counties: Johnson, Linn, Washington, Muscatine, Iowa, Louisa, Cedar, Poweshiek, Benton, Tama, Jasper, Marshall, Keokuk and Mahaska. Based on financial need and students will be selected from the University of Iowa Old Gold Scholarship pool. This scholarship is not renewable.
Value: Ten annual scholarships for $1,000 each. At least three of the ten scholarships will be awarded to students to help fulfill the UI commitment to diversity.
Contact: No application is required. All qualified students who meet the above requirements will be considered for the scholarship.
Randall Wallace Van Oel Scholarship
To first-year students who demonstrate financial need and academic merit who are graduates of Des Moines, Iowa Roosevelt High School.
Value: Number and amounts vary.
Contact: No application is required; all qualified candidates will be considered.
Florence Warnock Scholarship
Awarded annually to a graduating senior from a Black Hawk County (Iowa) high school who has a 3.00 high school grade-point average. Must have filed a financial aid application and show need, be an active member in a church-synagogue, and demonstrate character, citizenship, and leadership qualities.
Value: $1,250 (one award).
Contact: The Florence Warnock Scholarship Committee, First Presbyterian Church, 505 Franklin St., Waterloo, IA 50703, (319) 233-6145.
Deadline: Mid-March.
Larry & Jeanette Waters Endowed Fund
To entering first-year students with need from Corning, Cumberland-Massena, or Greenfield-Fontanelle high schools (in descending order of preference). If no qualified candidates from these specific high schools, all high schools from southwest Iowa may be considered. No application is required; students will be chosen by appropriate high school scholarship committees.
Value: Resident tuition, fees and a book allotment (one award).
Contact: No application is required; student must be nominated.
Donna R. Wollenberg Scholarship
To first-year Iowa students. Must demonstrate financial need and have a minimum 2.5 grade point average. May be renewed depending upon available funding.
Value: Number and amounts vary.
Contact: No application is required; all qualified candidates will be considered.