BUCHTEL COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES

Scholarships and financial aid

The University of Akron offers thousands of scholarships. Scholarships are offered through:

the Office of Student Financial Aid,
the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences (see below),
the schools and departments that compose the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences (see below), and
the Graduate School.

Arts & Sciences scholarships

College scholarships are available to current students in the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Akron. Application Instructions.. These scholarships are administered by the Dean's Office of the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences:

Scholarship	Grade Level	Academic Merit	Financial Need	Other Criteria
BCAS Alumni	SR*	yes
Bulger, Ph.D. and Foltz, M.D.	FR, SO, JR, SR	yes	yes	commitment to UA
Marna Darst McGrath Endowed Scholarship in Social Sciences	FR, SO, JR, SR	yes (3.0)		major in a Social Science degree program
Judith A. and Roger T. Read	JR*	yes (3.0)	yes	preference to those who work
Pauline Franks	FR, SO, JR, SR	yes (3.25)		major in School of Music, DTAA, or Art
Dr. Linda L. Moore	FR, SO, JR, SR			major School of Music, DTAA, FCS, Art or Communication

FR-freshmen, SO-sophomore, JR-junior, SR-senior

* Must be at this level during the coming academic year for which the scholarship is awarded; students at the freshmen level would be continuing freshmen, not incoming freshmen

List of college scholarships

How to apply for these scholarships

Scholarships administered by the schools and departments of the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences are found in the table below so please contact them directly with questions:

Title	Department	Majors Only
Alberta M. and William C. King Scholarship Fund	Theoretical and Applied Mathematics	Yes
Alice and Walter Macior Graduate Scholarship in Botany and Plant Sciences	Biology	Yes
Anthropology Student Scholarships and Internships	Anthropology and Classical Studies	Yes
Arthur L. Robinson Memorial Chemistry Scholarship	Chemistry	Yes
Beatriz and James Houmard Scholarship	College	Yes
Betty and George Crisp Scholarship	Biology	Yes
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Scholarship	College	Yes
Burgner Memorial Medical Scholarship	Biology	Yes
Calista Cumings Award	English	Yes
Carl H. and Dorothy S. Bauer Scholarship	English	Yes
Cathryn Carroll Taliaferro Phi Sigma Alpha Scholarship	College	Yes
Charles E. Bulger, Ph.D., and Esgar Bowen Foltz, M.D., Endowed Scholarship	College	Yes
Christian Stinner Memorial Award	Biology	Yes
Christian Stinner Memorial Scholarship in Psychology	Psychology	Yes
Delbert L. Gibson Scholarship	Modern Languages	Yes
Department of Psychology Community Service Award	Psychology	Yes
Department of Psychology Merit Scholarship	Psychology	Yes
Department of Psychology Travel Award	Psychology	Yes
Department of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics Professors' Scholarship	Theoretical and Applied Mathematics	Yes
Donald A. and Laura Jane Keister Memorial Essay Prize in Literature	English	Yes
Donald E. Miller Professional Writing Prize	English	Yes
Dorothy Garrett Martin Memorial Scholarship in History	History	Yes
Dorris B. Harris Endowed Scholarship	English	Yes
Dr. Charles Alexander McClelland Endowed Scholarship	Biology	Yes
Dr. Charles C. Rogler Scholarship	Sociology	Yes
Dr. E.B. Foltz Premedical Prize	Biology	Yes
Dr. Franklin Strain Memorial Graduate Chemistry Scholarship	Chemistry	Yes
Dr. Gwendolyn Lutz Scott Scholarship	Biology	Yes
Dr. Harold G. Cassidy Chemical Endowment Fund	Chemistry	Yes
Dr. Harvey A. and Annetta Karam Endowed Scholarship for BS/MD Students	BS/MD	Yes
Dr. Hezzleton E. Simmons Memorial Scholarship	Chemistry	Yes
Dr. John Samuel Phillipson, Jr. Scholarship	English	Yes
Dr. Joseph C. Ambelang Endowed Scholarship	Chemistry	Yes
Dr. Kevin E. Kelleher Memorial Fund Scholarship	Biology	Yes
Dr. Leora E. Straka Endowed Scholarship in Chemistry	Chemistry	Yes
Dr. Loren and Emma Scholarship Fund	Biology	Yes
Dr. Lung-ho Lin Memorial Scholarship in Economics	Economics	Yes
Dr. Mary E. Maxwell Memorial Scholarship	Theoretical and Applied Mathematics	Yes
Dr. Paul Acquarone Award in Plant Sciences	Biology	Yes
Dr. Roger F. Keller, Jr. Award	Biology	Yes
Dr. Samuel M. Selby Memorial Scholarship	Theoretical and Applied Mathematics	Yes
Dr. Sheldon B. Liss Endowed Scholarship	College	Yes
Dr. William R. Murphy, Jr. Endowed Scholarship	Chemistry	Yes
Emanuel and Rose Gurin Scholarship	Chemistry	Yes
Ernst von Meerwall Endowed Scholarship	Physics	Yes
Evan B. Brewster, Jr. Scholarship	College	Yes
Exxon Chemical Company Scholarship	Chemistry	Yes
Flexsys America L.P. Scholars in Chemistry	Chemistry	Yes
Gary M. Harris Physics Scholarship	Physics	Yes
Geology Alumni Memorial Scholarship	Geology & Environmental Science	Yes
George E. Wilkinson Scholarship	Biology	Yes
Gertrude A. Lancaster Memorial Scholarship Fund	Chemistry	Yes
Gilbert W. and Marguerite H. Dilley Scholarship	History	Yes
Harold E. and Anne T. Nixon Scholarship	Institute for Lifespan Development & Gerontology	Yes
Householder Physics Prize	Physics	Yes
James F. Fitzgerald, Jr. Memorial Scholarship	Geology & Environmental Science	Yes
Janet C. Fisher Endowed Scholarship	Sociology	Yes
John Franklin Coleman Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry	Chemistry	Yes
John Morris Davies and William Olin Davies Memorial Fund in Physics	Physics	Yes
John T. Dukes Memorial Essay Prize in Composition Studies	English	Yes
Judith A. and Roger T. Read Scholarship in the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences	College	Yes
Julius Muehlstein Scholarship	Chemistry	Yes
Lazarus Walter Macior Graduate Scholarship in Botany and Plant Sciences	Biology	Yes
Lester E. and Kathleen A. Coleman Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry	Chemistry	Yes
Literary Guild Excellence in Literary Criticism Prize	English	Yes
Literary Guild Student Service Award	English	Yes
Lois E. Finley Memorial Scholarship	English	Yes
Lubrizol Corporation Scholarship in Chemistry	Chemistry	Yes
Marjorie J. Karlson Memorial Scholarship	Computer Science	Yes
Mary K. Kirtz Literary Essay Prize in International Literature	English	Yes
Mary Mostenic Award for Composition	English	Yes
Petro-Tex Scholarship	Chemistry	Yes
Phi Sigma Alpha Scholarship	College	Yes
Pixley Scholarships	English	Yes
Ray C. and Ellen P. Bliss Scholarship	Bliss Institute	Yes
Raymond E. Sanders Research Scholarship	Psychology	Yes
Richard L. and Elisabeth A. Hurley Scholarship for Excellence	Bliss Institute	Yes
Robert Blaser Family Scholarship	Physics	Yes
Robert F. Harris and Lucille S. Harris Scholarship in History	History	Yes
Royal C. and Betty J. Gardner Memorial Scholarship in Physics	Physics	Yes
Sam Ella Dukes Memorial Poetry Prize	English	Yes
Shakespeare Essay Prize Contest	English	Yes
Summerfield Baldwin III Scholarship	History	Yes
Summit Data Communications Internship in Computer Science	Computer Science	Yes
The Ashton Prize Fund	Communication	Yes
The Ernest E. and Lois M. McClellan Endowed Scholarship	Chemistry	Yes
The Ricardo Francisco Garzia Endowed Scholarship for Graduate Students in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering	Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering	Yes
Walter and Meg Heintz Memorial Physics Fund	Physics	Yes
Wei-Jen Chang Endowed Scholarship	Biology	Yes
William and Dora Martin History Endowment Scholarship	History	Yes
William H. Beyer Statistics Scholarship	Statistics	Yes
Zora M. Ledinko Endowed Memorial Scholarship	English	Yes