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.

David L. Niddrie Memorial Scholarship

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


The author of the best proposal in any discipline by a UF graduate student intending to conduct field research in Africa.

Application Information:
Contact the Center for African Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.


Value:

Varies

Degree:

Graduate

College:

Center for African Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

David Robert Ferguson Memorial Award

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Deserving undergraduate or graduate students with a declared major by the Department of Psychology ; preference to out of state students.

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


Value:

Varies

Degree:

Graduate, Undergraduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology

Developmental Psychology II Fund

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Graduate students attending summer terms.

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


Value:

Varies

Degree:

Graduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology

Distinguished Professor Goran Hyden’s Fellowship Fund

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Graduate students of African descent and/or who is working in the intellectual tradition of Distinguished Professor Goran Hyden, with summer stipends to accomplish field research.

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


Value:

Varies

Degree:

Graduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Doughty Memorial Fund

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Graduate students pursuing research in Latin America and in Latino communities in the United States.


Value:

Varies

Degree:

Graduate

College:

Center for Latin American Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Dr. Andrea Trescot Fund for Graduate Studies in Zoology

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Graduate students in the Department of Zoology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

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


Value:

Varies

Degree:

Graduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Dr. Barbara Noreen Roth Memorial Award

College Awarded Aid
Need-based


Political science students; prefer non-traditional students with financial need and commitment to teaching and social justice in research or community service.


Value:

$500

Degree:

Graduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science

Dr. Benjamin L. Gorman Graduate Student Award for Excellence

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Graduate student in the Department of Sociology demonstrating excellence in quantitative methods; must be enrolled full-time for fall term immediately prior to award and not be a previous recipient. Award given every year in perpetuity to one recipient only, chosen by an appropriate faculty committee.

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


Value:

Varies

Degree:

Graduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology and Criminology

Dr. Elizabeth M. Eddy Awards

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


a fellowship award for anthropology graduate students in applied anthropology


Value:

Varies

Degree:

Graduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology

Dr. John Henry Davis, Jr., Graduate Fellowship in Botany

College Awarded Aid
Not Need-based


Support graduate students in the Botany major track conducting field work in plant ecology. Fellowship may be used to support travel by graduate students in Botany presenting the findings of their field work at a conference and/or symposium.

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


Value:

Varies

Degree:

Graduate

College:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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