Honors Scholarships and Grants
The Honors College has special funding of approximately $50K that can be awarded in scholarships each year. Here’s a list of the Honors scholarships that we give out each spring to eligible students:
- Honors Usibelli Scholarship: $15,000 available, with awards of $1000 or $1500 (any member of the Honors program enrolled full-time)
- Donald R. Theophilus Scholarship for Scholars: One award of $800 (Alaska resident and member of the Honors program)
- John Davies and Linda Schandelmeier Scholarship: One award of $1000 (Climate Scholars Program students in Honors enrolled full-time)
- Barbara Burrier Henrichs Endowed Scholarship: One award of $1000 (any member of the Honors program enrolled full-time)
- Patricia Andresen Scholarship: One award of $1000 (any member of the Honors program enrolled full-time)
- Helen Walker Memorial Scholarship: One award of $500 (any member of the Honors program enrolled full-time; preference to students majoring in music or art)
- Howard and Enid Cutler Scholarship: One award of $1500 (international student and member of the Honors program)
- Dorothy Sugg Rotary Scholarship: One award of $3000 or two awards of $1500 (Alaska resident and member of the Honors program; preference to students from north of the Alaska Range)
We distribute additional Honors College scholarships each fall. Any student enrolled full-time can apply. There are also many more scholarship opportunities available through UAF — including the Nanook Pledge, a four-year merit scholarship for incoming first-year, transfer and readmitted UAF students with awards ranging from $1,000 to $10,000.
To apply for Honors scholarships, you’ll need to complete the UAF scholarship application.
For more information on how to apply for Honors scholarships please contact Honors staff.
The deadline for submitting both the Honors scholarship and the UAF scholarship application
is February 15 each year.
Special conditions for the Honors scholarships are that you must be in good standing
with the Honors College (have a GPA of 3.00 or better) and you must be making good
progress on completing your Honors classes (the equivalent of about 6 credits per
year).
Undergraduate Research Initiative for Student Enhancement (URISE) program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is a scholarship program funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at the NIH. The goal of the URISE program is to increase the number of well-prepared underrepresented (UR) students who matriculate into high caliber Ph.D. or combined M.D.-Ph.D. programs in the biomedical sciences and eventually go on to research careers. This program addresses the need to reduce the disparity in the number of individuals from underrepresented backgrounds in biomedical research careers.
The long-term goal of this program at UAF is to prepare graduates to be leaders in biomedical research by improving their preparedness for Ph.D. programs. This program is specifically designed for sophomore who students who are interested in learning about research careers and in becoming academically prepared for them. During the scholarship, URISE scholars receive partial tuition and fees support as well as a generous monthly stipend. The URISE scholarship also cover in part the students' participation in research experiences in funded laboratories and/or at scientific conferences.
Students majoring in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, chemical engineering, mathematics, physics, and psychology are eligible to apply for the U-RISE Alaska program. Each year interested students will apply during the spring semester of their sophomore year. The URISE Program Steering Committee will then select applicants to participate in the program based on the criteria below:
- Strong commitment to matriculation into either a PhD or MD/PhD program in biomedical sciences upon completion of the Bachelor degree and strong commitment to a research career in biomedical sciences.
- U.S. citizen, noncitizen national or permanent resident.
- Full-time sophomore with selected major
- Overall GPA of at least 3.0
- Submission of two letters of recommendation
The Nanook Brotherhood Project (NBP) launched in 2018. The project included the establishment of a local chapter of the national Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB) organization and works to improve the educational outcomes for students of color at UAF. NBP's goal is to get more students of color going to college, getting good grades, graduating and finding jobs in their field.
UAF's SAAB Brother To Brother chapter (B2B), is open to students of all ethnic backgrounds and serves as a gateway to formal and informal support systems on campus, but beyond any institutional efforts, the B2B is its own safety net and accountability system. According to James Little, a founding member and petroleum engineering major. “We are going to push each other. When someone believes in you, that is powerful. That pushes you.”
Members of SAAB and Brother To Brother chapters nationwide also work with students in local K-12 schools to encourage college attendance. Several of the UAF chapter’s founding members said professional role models — students of color who earned college degrees — were rare when they were in high school. NBP is here to reinforce positive role models, rethink institutional systems and support young people of color.
Recipients are members of the Nanook Brotherhood Project (NBP) and the Brother 2 Brother Student Organization. Scholarship and leadership opportunities available for students of all backgrounds who support diversity, inclusion and equity in relation to social justice and are committed to academic excellence. Students are welcome to join the Nanook Brotherhood Project even if they are not awarded a scholarship.
Scholarship details:
10 students will be selected for award amounts of $2,000 split between fall and spring
semester.
1 student will be selected for the award amount of $5,000 split between fall and
spring semester.
Apply online at Academic Works:
Submit the application through Academic Works. Priority will be given to students that apply by August 12, with selected students notified on August 20.
Essay question:
In 500 words describe how the Nanook Brotherhood Project Scholarship will assist you in the pursuit of academic excellence while supporting efforts of diversity, inclusion and caring at UAF and beyond?
Scholarship Eligibility:
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New or returning UAF degree-seeking bachelor degree-seeking students taking classes online or in-person
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Full time enrollment
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3.0 cumulative GPA at UAF or the previous school attended
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FAFSA completion recommended
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Demonstrated commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity and caring.
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Demonstrated commitment to community engagement and volunteer service.