Category: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Undergraduate
Contact: Office of the Dean,
2014 Turlington Hall,
(352) 392-0780

Graduate
Contact: Arlene Williams,
2014 Turlington Hall,
(352) 392-2230

https://clas.ufl.edu/undergraduate/undergrad-scholarships/
Every fall the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) awards approximately fifteen, one-semester dissertation fellowships to deserving graduate students whose projects are judged by the selection committee to be highly meritorious. Successful applicants receive a stipend and paid tuition during the following spring or summer semester.

Joan S. Mendenhall Fellowship Fund

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Graduate statistics graduate students; selected by chair and two faculty.


Value:

Varies

Degree:

Graduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Statistics

John E. and May B. Turlington Scholarship

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Junior liberal arts and sciences majors who have completed at least 48 credit hours at UF and have participated in the UF lower-division honors program.

All CLAS Dean’s Office scholarships have an application window in early spring for awarding in the following fall term.


Value:

Varies

Degree:

Undergraduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

John M. Goggin Memorial Scholarship Fund

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Dissertation-level graduate students in anthropology; preference to descendants of Robert W. Goggin.


Value:

up to six $1,000 awards annually

Degree:

Graduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology

John R. and Fawn T. Dunkle Geography Award

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


most distinguished geography major


Value:

$1,000 award, anually in spring

Degree:

Undergraduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography

Joseph Jay Deiss Memorial Scholarship or Fellowship for Summer Studies in Rome

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Students studying classics; expected to write a brief report to the Department of Classics at the conclusion of the term describing his/her study activities in Italy; nominated by a department faculty member and selected by department’s award committee. Student must be enrolled in a major or minor graduate degree program in Classics at the time of the nomination and must demonstrate the superior writing skills, curiosity, scholarship and deep interest in Rome legacy exemplified by the late author, Joseph Jay Deiss.

Application Information:
Contact the Department of Classics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.


Value:

Varies

Degree:

Graduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Classics

Katherine Spessard Fellowship Fund

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Support fellowship for Creative Writing program.

Application Information:
Contact the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.


Value:

Varies

Degree:

Graduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of English

Katherine Spessard Fund

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Creative writing program fellowship.


Value:

$1,000 for one year

Degree:

Graduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of English

Kathleen Diamond Scholarships for Study Abroad

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Spanish and Portuguese majors.


Value:

$1,000

Degree:

Undergraduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies

Kenneth and Janet Keene Endowed Fellowship Fund in the Mathematical Sciences

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Incoming graduate students; based on academic merit. This scholarship rotates annually between the Departments of Mathematics and the Department of Statistics.

Application Information:
Contact the Department of Mathematics or the Department of Statistics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.


Value:

Varies

Degree:

Graduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics

Kermit Sigmon Scholarship

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


promising mathematics majors


Value:

$200, awarded spring

Degree:

Undergraduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics
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