Class of 1928 Scholarship

Award: $800, Deadline: None

Applicant must be an undergraduate student with a minimum of 80 completed credits. Minimum 3.5 GPA and major in teacher preparation required.

 

Ella Brehm Scholarship

Award: $600, Deadline: None

Applicant must be a Massachusetts resident with a minimum of 30 completed credits. Applicant must be majoring in chemistry, mathematics/computer science, physics, anthropology, psychology, or biology. Financial need required.

 

Knapp Scholarship in Political Science

Award: $5,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must have between 49 and 50 credits (or 12 to 40 competencies) with a minimum of four political courses.

 

Sam Wilson Memorial Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must be an undergraduate student enrolled in an Educational Opportunity Program in the College of Management.

 

Tony Helies Scholarship

Award: $1,500, Deadline: None

Applicant must be a resident of Massachusetts who is from an urban community with less than 60 completed credits.

 

Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Award Scholarship

Award: $2,500, Deadline: February 1 (priority)

Applicant must be an entering or current student. Minimum 3.0 GPA required.

 

Alumni Association Scholarships

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 13

Applicant must be a graduate student who has completed a minimum of 12 credits of graduate study at the school and who received an undergraduate degree from UNLV. Minimum 3.5 GPA required.

 

American Indian Alliance Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be an entering freshman, current student, or graduate student. Minimum 2.75 GPA (undergraduates) or 3.0 GPA (graduates) required.

 

Ann Horvath Memorial Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be an entering or current student who is a Nevada resident majoring in elementary education. Minimum 3.0 GPA required.

 

Association of Students In Communications Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be a junior or senior full-time undergraduate student majoring in communication or marketing.

 

Bank of America Business Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be a sophomore, junior, or senior undergraduate student majoring in a field of study within the College of Business. Full-time enrollment and FAFSA required. Preference given to Southern Nevada residents and previous recipients.

 

Barnette Family Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be an entering freshman or continuing full-time student. FAFSA required. Minimum 2.5 GPA required.

 

Blue Communities Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be a full-time entering student, current student, or graduate student majoring in environmental studies. Minimum 3.0 GPA and 500- to 1,000-word essay on a topic related to sustainability in arid urban environments required.

 

Boyer Family Foundation Millennium Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: February 1 (priority)

Applicant must be an entering freshman or current student. Minimum 2.75 GPA required.

 

Caesars Entertainment Scholarship

Award: $2,500, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be a full-time entering freshman, current student, or graduate student participating in the Harrah Hotel College Mentor Program. Applicant must be majoring in any major within the College of Hotel Administration. Minimum 2.5 GPA required.

 

Charles and Selma Knauss Scholarship

Award: $2,500, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be a full-time entering freshman, current student, or graduate student enrolled in the College of Business. Minimum 2.75 GPA (undergraduates) and 3.0 GPA (graduates) required.

 

Chester D. Simms Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be a full-time entering freshman or current student from Nevada who is majoring in special education. Minimum 2.5 GPA and FAFSA required.

 

Child of Alumni Scholarship

Award: $2,500, Deadline: February 1 (priority)

Applicant must be the child or legal dependent of a UNLV alumnus who is either a lifetime member of the UNLV Alumni Association or has been a dues-paying member of the UNLV Alumni Association for at least three consecutive years. Minimum 3.0 GPA and combined SAT Reasoning score of 1040 (composite ACT score of 22) required.

 

Clark County Medical Society Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be a full-time entering freshman or continuing sophomore or junior majored in nursing. Applicant must be a resident of Clark County, NV. Minimum 3.0 GPA required.

 

Commercial Roofers Inc. Scholarship

Award: $1,500, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be a full-time entering freshman, current student or graduate student majoring in architecture. Minimum 3.25 GPA required.

 

Conant, Trent, & Conant Company Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be a full-time junior or senior student who is majoring in accounting. Minimum 2.75 GPA required.

 

RiSE Scholarship

Award: $2,500, Deadline: January

Applicant must be a current high school, college-bound senior, who has submitted applications to and is planning to attend an accredited college or university. Applicant must have a documented learning disability. Minimum 2.5 GPA and letter of reference from a teacher, high school counselor, or principal of present high school required.

 

Daniels Scholarship Program

Award: -, Deadline: November 15

Applicant must be a high school senior graduating from any high school in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming with financial need. Minimum composite ACT score of 17 (combined SAT Reasoning score of 830 with math score no lower than 400 in critical reading and 440 in math).

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Essay & Video Contest

Award: $150, Deadline: November 20

Applicant must be a high school student at a Utah public, private, or charter school. Essay or video required.

 

ChooseHomeSecurity.com Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: September 1

Applicant must be currently enrolled at a college or university as a full-time student. Essay on the following question is required: What innovative idea would you implement in your community to improve the security and peace of mind of local citizens?

 

Asian Women in Business Scholarship

Award: $2,500, Deadline: October 1

Applicant must be female of Asian (includes those who can trace their ancestry from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam) or Pacific Islander ancestry who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Applicant must be enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited four-year undergraduate institution in the United States. Minimum 3.0 GPA and demonstration of leadership role in a community endeavor and/or record of entrepreneurial achievement.

 

Scholarship Program

Award: $3,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a California resident who is a full-time college junior or senior at a publicly funded college or university in California. Applicant must be studying a water resources-related field or discipline.

 

Les Watts Memorial Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: June 30

Applicant must from Bakersfield, CA who is enrolled in an accounting program or have declared accounting as a major or area of concentration. Minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA and 3.25 GPA in accounting courses required.

 

Central Coast Chapter Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: October 1

Applicant must be one of the following: (1) a Cuesta Community College or Hancock Community College applicant who has applied to an accredited four-year college or university with a concentration in accounting or (2) a Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo sophomore or junior accounting student. Minimum 3.0 GPA required.

 

California Strawberry Scholarship Program

Award: -, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must have a parent who is currently employed as a California strawberry fieldworker. Applicant must be a full-time student in a trade school, community college, four-year university, or graduate/professional program during the period for which scholarship is requested. Minimum 2.0 GPA required.