Scholarships

Current SoHE students will use the College of Natural Sciences Common Scholarship Application to apply for college-wide and Health Professions scholarships, Out-of-State Tuition Waivers, and departmental awards for the School of Human Ecology.

This application is for continuing undergraduate students only and will determine awards for the 2025-2026 academic year. Students graduating in May or August 2025 are not eligible to apply. The application deadline is March 15, 2025. 

• Andrea and Scott Mason Scholarship
• Gordon Clark Bennett Endowed Scholarship in Human Ecology
• Amy Gaston Smith and Beulah M. Smith Centennial Scholarship
• Betty Ann Willmann Smith Endowed Scholarship
• C. J. Davidson Scholarship Fund
• Carl and Agnes Stockard Memorial Endowment Fund
• Carolyn Frost Keenan Endowed Scholarship
• Dr. Ardis Rewerts Memorial Scholarship
• Jack S. Gray, Jr. Endowed Presidential Scholarship
• Julian Gold/Gail & Bob Gurwitz Scholarship
• Les Dames d’Escoffier Delores Simmons Snyder Scholarship
• Louise Shelley Hewlett Brame Scholarship in Human Ecology
• Margaret Dunlap Thompson Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Human Ecology
• Martha Ann Goss McGonigle Fellowship in Child Development
• Mary E. Gearing Human Ecology Council Scholarship
• Mary E. Gearing Scholarship in Human Ecology
• Merle Virginia Voss Bommer Endowed Scholarship Fund in the School Of Human Ecology
• Sallie Beth Moore Scholarship**
• Sharon Elizabeth Wilson Endowed Excellence Fund in Human Ecology, Textiles And Apparel, Conservation and Museum Studies
• Sonia Wolf Wilson Endowed Scholarship
• Susan T. Jastrow Outstanding Undergraduate Nutrition Scholar Award
• Texas Exes in Human Ecology Scholarship Fund**
• Virginia Heisler Woodside Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Nutrition

1. The CNS Common Scholarship Application is for current CNS undergraduates only. Prospective CNS freshmen can find more information on CNS scholarships for incoming freshmen on our Scholarships for Future Students website.
2. Be sure to carefully read the instructions page before beginning and submitting your application.
3. Applications are not evaluated on a rolling basis. There is no advantage given to those who submit their application first. Students should take time to thoroughly answer each question and to carefully craft the essay responses. Proofread all answers and essays before submitting.
4. This application will determine awards for current students for the 2025-2026 academic year. Students graduating in Spring 2025 or Summer 2025 are not eligible to apply.
5. Out-of-state prospective CNS undergraduates interested in applying for an out-of-state tuition waiver should contact scholarships@cns.utexas.edu for information on how to apply. The deadline for all students (current or prospective) to apply for a waiver is March 15, 2025 (11:59 PM CT). Late applications are not accepted.

Questions? Contact scholarships@cns.utexas.edu.

Scholarship recipients will be sent an award letter that includes the CNS & SoHE scholarship policy, how many awards they've received, for which semester(s), the criteria they're required to maintain eligibility, and thank-you letter submissions. All undergraduate scholarship recipients are required to write thank you letters to the donor(s) of their award. Recipients must submit a digital copy of their letter through email to Tomas Krivocenko, tomas.krivocenko@austin.utexas.edu.