Scholarships and Fellowships
Scholarship and fellowship support can help you achieve your greatest potential at UConn. Below you’ll find information about need-based and merit-based undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships administered through the College and its departments, as well as financial aid available to CLAS students.
College Scholarships and Fellowships
The CLAS Office of the Dean offers scholarships and fellowships annually that consider merit and financial need. These opportunities are open to all eligible students across the College. Undergraduate and graduate students can apply for most of these opportunities by completing a standard electronic application.
Undergraduate Students
Available to students pursuing an undergraduate degree in CLAS.
- Agnes B. Harrison Scholarship
- Albert E. and Wilda E. Van Dusen Award for Undergraduate Study and Travel in the Fields of Ancient Greco-Roman History and Classical Languages
- Anne Kallina Sinha and Kumares C. Sinha Scholarship for CLAS
- Anthony Wallace Memorial Scholarship
- Anthony P. Zemetis and Helen Noonan Zemetis Scholarship
- Arthur O. Bayer College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Scholarship
- Arwood S. and Mary Northby Scholarship
- Barbara and John G. Hill, Jr. Scholarship Fund
- Belletsky Scholarship Fund
- Betty ’50 and Bish ’50 Bishop Scholarship
- Bryan K. and Alice M. Pollard Scholarship
- Christine N. Witzel Award Fund
- Christine N. Witzel Women’s Health Scholarship Fund
- CLAS Undergraduate Scholarship
- Crystal Molina Memorial Scholarship
- Deborah Lynn McIntosh Memorial Scholarship in Biology
- Dorothy Rossini Allen '48 Scholarship Fund
- Dr. Patrick E. Fontane Memorial Scholarship
- Dr. Victor Rizza Scholarship
- Edward and Olga (Dsuban) Platt Scholarship
- Ellington Scholarship for the Humanities
- Fleur and Jerry Lawrence Endowed Scholarship in International Relations and Human Rights
- Frank and Frances Nigro Scholarship
- Fred and Kathleen Otter Scholarship
- Gail Anne Shea Scholarship
- George C. Parker Memorial Scholarship
- Greenblatt Undergraduate Research Award
- Hogan Family Scholarship
- Innovations in Paleobiology Award
- Jacqueline Brown-Dickstein Award
- John R. Jenswold and William Mahoney Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Karen Libertoff Harrington and Leo Harrington Scholarship
- Lange Family Endowment Scholarship
- Linda Louro Petrella ’78 Scholarship
- Marbert '39 and Ronald '69 Margolin Scholarship Fund
- Margaret Jane Chiang Environmental Studies Scholarship Fund
- Marjorie Robinson Eckels Scholarship
- Marsha Pomerantz Roth Scholarship
- Michael and Brook Urban Scholarship
- Myles Martel ’65 Scholarship Honoring the Leadership of President Emeritus Philip E. Austin
- Nancy and Steve Kotchko Scholarship Fund
- Patrick M. Campion Scholarship
- Paul J. Volpe ’67 Award
- Pineault Family Scholarship
- Posselt Family Opportunity Scholarship
- Robert F. and Margaret Dodge Belden Scholarship
- Ron Roy Fund for Future Writers
- Rosen Family Scholarship for Science and Studies Abroad
- Slavik Family Endowment
- Susan Herbst and Douglas Hughes Family Scholarship in the Humanities
- William A. Dombi Scholarship Fund
- William and Lucretia Dewey Tanner Scholarship
Graduate Students
Available to students pursuing a graduate degree in a CLAS program.
- Christine N. Witzel Award Fund
- CLAS Graduate Fellowship
- Covenant Insurance Company Summer Fellowship
- Dean Ross MacKinnon Endowment for CLAS Graduate Fellows
- Dr. Ilpyong Kim Fellowship in East Asian Relations
- Fred and Kathleen Otter Scholarship
- Getulio P. Carvalho Pre-doctoral Fellowship for U.S.-Brazilian Relations
- Innovations in Paleobiology Award
- John R. Jenswold and William Mahoney Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Linda Louro Petrella ’78 Scholarship
- Marbert '39 and Ronald '69 Margolin Scholarship Fund
- Robert F. and Margaret Dodge Belden Scholarship
- Rod Swenson Graduate Fellowship
The application for academic year 2025-2026 is now open. The application opened Monday, August 25, 2025 and will close on Wednesday, September 24, 2025. To apply for a scholarship or fellowship, you will need to complete the electronic standard application. Information about available scholarships and fellowships, including criteria, is linked within the application.
Looking for more scholarship and fellowship opportunities?
The Office of Student Financial Aid Services offers additional scholarship and fellowship opportunities, as well as helpful links about financial literacy and student consumer information.