HSS Scholarships

 

College of Humanities & Social Sciences Scholarships

HSS SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE INFORMATION

LSU is excited to offer a new online scholarship system, Blackbaud Award Management, to help students in their scholarship search. This system will enable them to search for and apply to various available opportunities funded through the LSU Foundation. Students can log in using their myLSU credentials. To view a listing of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) related opportunities, click here. If you have questions about these scholarships, contact HSS at hss-scholarships@lsu.edu. For information about all scholarships at LSU, visit www.lsu.edu/scholarships. The scholarship application deadline closed on March 15, 2025.

 

Eligibility

  • Students must be pursing a major in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences, be enrolled full-time for both the fall and spring semesters of the academic year the scholarship is awarded, and have no more than 110 semester hours.
  • The recipients must have at least a 3.4 GPA, both overall and in the LSU system, unless otherwise indicated.

Judging Criteria

Primary

  • Scholastic achievement
  • Evidence of financial need

Secondary

  • Community activities

Application Information

  • Applications Open-November 1
  • Deadlines:
    • Incoming Freshmen-March 15
    • General Scholarships-March 15

Award Notification Timeline

  • Incoming freshman will be notified of scholarship awards in the spring.

 

College of Humanities & Social Sciences Undergraduate Students Scholarships 

  • Humanities & Social Sciences Athletic Scholarship 
  • Humanities & Social Sciences Student Scholarship 
  • George Warren Bofinger Endowed Scholarship  
  • Dr. John and Rosemary Butler Scholarship
  • Randy and Rosemary Ewing Student Achievement Award 
  • Cheryl Colletta Fasullo Scholarship 
  • Fussell Out of State Tiger Award 
  • Elise S. and Charles E. Kaufman Endowed Scholarship 
  • Genie Z. Laborde Endowed Scholarship
  • Herbert Huey McElveen Scholarship 
  • Nora McLin and John Evans McGowan Scholarship 
  • Mr. & Mrs. James S. McHugh Scholarship 
  • Mu Sigma Rho Outstanding Upperclassman Scholarship 
  • Pineda Family Scholarship 
  • Roddy L. Richard General Studies Scholarship 
  • Charles W. Richardson, Jr. Scholarship 
  • Evelyn Young Robinson Award of Excellence 
  • Karl and Sue Roider Undergraduate Scholarship 
  • Chris Roy, Jr. and Leila H. Roy Scholarship 
  • Joe and Gina Sanford Scholarship 
  • Schroeder Family Scholarship 
  • Harvey Jay and Betty Adele Jacobs Schwartzberg Fellowship 
  • Shepherd Family Scholarship 
  • Thomas Sullivan H&SS Scholarship 
  • Walkup Achievers Undergraduate Student Award 

 

College of Humanities & Social Sciences Study Abroad Scholarships

Students will be notified about scholarships in the spring.

  • Joy Louise Sullivan Memorial Travel Abroad Scholarship 
  • Robert B. Allen Scholarship for Student Travel Abroad 

 

College of Humanities & Social Sciences Incoming Freshman Scholarships

Students will be notified about scholarship awards in the spring.

  • Thomas A. and Peggy S. Collins Scholarship 
  • Thomas Clayton Simmons Memorial Scholarship 
  • Thomas E. & Rebecca Reeves Simmons Scholarship in Memory of Thomas Clayton Simmons 

 

 

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