SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

There are many sources for scholarships and financial aid. The key is to be willing to spend the time searching and applying for them. A web search is probably the most effective. Some sites worth checking out:

Scholarship Information from the Office of Student Life
Osher Reentry Scholarship: ***deadline extended!***
To download information and the application for the Bernard Osher Reentry Scholarship, click here.
If you are a previous Osher Scholar and wish to fill out a renewal application, click here.
Gherty-Moore Nontraditional Student Scholarship:
To download the application for the Gherty-Moore Nontraditional Student Scholarship.
(This application available only through the University Awards process. See Honors and Awards page)


We have found some scholarship information below for nontraditional students. Please click on the links to find out more specific information.

NAME OF SCHOLARSHIP/DONOR
WEBSITE
NON-GENDER SPECIFIC

AAIA Displaced Homemakers Scholarship
Association on American Indian Affairs (must be partially American Indian)

Adult Students in Scholastic Transition Scholarship/ Executive Women International (men & women can apply) (if a chapter is not located where you are, contact them)
AFCEA Undergraduate Scholarships/ AFCEA Educational Foundation (Military Vets have freshmen priority)
ASL National Honor Society Scholarships/ Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society
Charles R. Ford Scholarship/ U.S. Jaycees
Datatel Angel Scholarships/ Datatel Corporation (for military vets who served in Vietnam between
1964 and 1975)
GEICO Adult Scholar Awards/ Golden Key, Inc
Kazimour Scholarship/Association of Nontraditional Students in Higher Education
Nontraditional Scholarships/Royal Neighbors of America (must be a member to apply)
Returning Students Scholarship/Datatel Scholars Foundation
Rural American Scholarship Fund/Rural American Scholarship Fund
The Non-Traditional Student Scholarship/American Legion Auxiliary
GENDER SPECIFIC
AAUW Awards/American Association of University Women (women only)
Amelia Kemp Scholarship/Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (Minority group women only)
http://www.womenoftheelca.org/
Click on "What we Do"
Heloise Werthan Kuhn Scholarship/Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (women only)
(must be pregnant or a parent)
Maude Keisling Homemakers Scholarship/ Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
(women only)
Reentry Scholarships/Society of Women Engineers (women only)
Talbots Women Scholarship Fund/ Talbots
(women only)
Women in Transition Scholarship/Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting (women only)
Women's Educational Fund Grants/Jeannette Rankin Foundation (Women over age 35 only)
Women's Opportunity Awards/Soroptimist International (women only)
From "501 Ways for Adult Students to Pay for College" by Gen and Kelly Tanabe (found in bookstores)
NON-GENDER SPECIFIC
A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Scholarship/ National Association of Gifted Children
Continuing Education Awards/Medical Library Association
FDWU Foundation Scholarship Program/
First Data Western Union
Wal-Mart Higher REACH Scholarship/Wal-Mart
GENDER SPECIFIC
Raise the Nation Grants and Scholarships/Raise the Nation (women only)
P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education/P.E.O. (women only)

Other scholarships:

Ella Travis Edmunson and Mercy Travis Davis Scholarship

Applicants should be undergraduate women who are currently attending the University of Oregon and will be full-time student on the Eugene campus during the entire academic year; are of good character; have demonstrated potential leadership capabilities through campus/community involvement; are of superior scholastic ability (GPA 3.2 or above); and are in need of financial aid.

ASUO Women's Center Book Aid Scholarship

The ASUO Women's Center offers three $50 Book Aid Certificates per academic term for students with financial need who are enrolled at the UO. Preference given to single parents and nontraditional students.