Our Opportunities

The priority date for Scholarships4Kats is November 1st. To ensure the greatest opportunity of an award, please complete your General Application by this date.

You must be accepted to Sam Houston State University before applying for scholarships

Browsing “All” Scholarships: To view a list of all scholarship opportunities, you may click “All” under “Opportunities” above. This list shows all scholarships, not scholarships for which you are receiving consideration. Automatch scholarships will appear with “None” listed under the “Action” column – this means an additional application is not required for consideration.

The November 1st Priority Date is not applicable to the Smith-Hutson Scholarship.

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External Opportunities can also be viewed here.

Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
Varies Entrepreneur Mindset, Grit, Persistence, and Determination Student Scholarship
The Department of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship at Sam...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Environmental Science Endowed Scholarship
The Environmental Science Scholarship Fund was established by the...
Deadline02/15/2027
$3,000 Eric Sullins Memorial Endowed Scholarship
The Eric M. Sullins Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established by Mr....
Deadline02/15/2027
$3,000 Erica Starr Live Your Dream Memorial Theatre Endowed Scholarship
The Erica Starr Live Your Dream Memorial Theatre Endowed Scholarship was...
Deadline02/15/2027
$2,500 Erica Starr Memorial Theatre Endowed Scholarship
Erica loved life and loved the SHSU Theatre Program. She enjoyed every...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Erma Keefer Farris Endowed Scholarship
The Erma Keefer Farris Endowed Scholarship was established by Maggie...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,300 Ernestine LeTarde Carroll and Ouida Carroll Endowed Scholarship
The Ernestine LeTarde Carroll and Ouida Carroll Endowed Scholarship is a...
Deadline02/15/2027
$2,000 Ernst and Young SHSU Alumni Scholarship
Deadline02/15/2027
Varies Esquire/Delta Tau Delta Endowed Scholarship
The Esquire/Delta Tau Delta Scholarship is awarded by Sam Houston State...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Estella Longoria Koryciak Scholarship
The Estella Longoria Koryciak Scholarship Fund was established by...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,500 Estill Family COBA Endowed Scholarship
The Estill Family COBA is established by Robert E. Estill of Houston,...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Ethel Brown Nicholson Endowed Scholarship
Ethel Brown Nicholson and her husband of 33 years, William F. Brown...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Ethel Nicholson Endowed Scholarship in Memory of James Bozeman Jr.
A fourth generation Houstonian, Jim Bozeman was fun loving and outgoing...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Eva Futch Westmoreland Endowed Scholarship
The Eva Futch Westmoreland Scholarship was established by Mr. and Mrs....
Deadline02/15/2027
$5,000 Everett Family Biology Endowed Scholarship
David and Laura Everett are both alumni of Sam Houston State University....
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Everett Wilson Biology Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Wilson came to then Sam Houston State Teachers College in 1962 and...
Deadline02/15/2027
$2,000 Facilities Management Family Scholarship
The Facilities Management Family Scholarship is a scholarship awarded by...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,500 Fannie Robinson Tyson Endowed Scholarship
Fannie Robinson Tyson was the daughter of Tod and Ora Lee McClanahan...
Deadline02/15/2027
$5,000 Faust Distributing Scholarship
The Faust Distributing Scholarship was established by Jake Haden with...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Ferol Robinson Endowed Scholarship for Tomorrow's Journalists
Dr. Robinson was a spirited and engaging partner in Sam Houston State...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Ferol Robinson Freshman Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Robinson was a spirited and engaging partner in Sam Houston State...
Deadline02/15/2027
$3,000 Fields Tugwell Endowed Scholarship
Melissa Fields Tugwell is a 2014 graduate of Sam Houston State...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 First Financial L.E.A.D. Endowed Scholarship
For more than 135 years, First Financial Bank has served Texas...
Deadline02/15/2027
Varies First-Generation Center Scholarship
Recipients of this scholarship actively engage in First-Gen Week and/or...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Fisher Tull Endowed Music Scholarship
The Fisher Tull Endowed Music Scholarship was established by the...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Fitz Family Endowment
This endowment was established in honor of Bessie Fitz Fritter, William...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Former Foster Youth Scholarship
The Former Foster Youth Scholarship was established by the Former Foster...
Deadline02/15/2027
Varies Former Library Science Professors Endowed Scholarship
The Former Library Science Professors Endowed Scholarship awards will be...
Deadline02/15/2027
$2,000 FORVIS Scholarship
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Frances Elmer Special Education Endowed Scholarship
The Frances Elmer Special Education Scholarship was established in 1979...
Deadline02/15/2027
$2,000 Frank and Mary McAdams Payne Banking Endowed Scholarship
Mary McAdams Payne received her Bachelor of Arts in education from then...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Frank Q. Dobbs Mass Communication Memorial Scholarship
The Frank Q. Dobbs Mass Communication Memorial Scholarship was...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Frank Ybarguen, Jr. Memorial Sigma Chi Endowed Scholarship
Frank Wright Ybarguen Jr. was born in 1955 in Harris County, TX to Frank...
Deadline02/15/2027
Varies Frankie Walker Smith Education Endowed Scholarship
Frankie Walker Smith graduated from Huntsville High School in 1939 and...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Franklin D. Rich Mathematics Endowed Scholarship
The Franklin D. Rich Mathematics Endowed Scholarship was established...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Franklin Wayne Ruda Memorial Scholarship
The Franklin Wayne Ruda Memorial Scholarship was established to honor...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Fred Blundell Memorial Scholarship
Fred Blundell was born in 1930. He attended Lockhart High School and...
Deadline02/15/2027
$5,000 Fred Pirkle Endowed Scholarship
Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Mr. Fred Pirkle graduated from Sam...
Deadline02/15/2027
Varies Friends of Rodeo Scholarship
Applicants should demonstrate strong character, leadership, academic...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 G. Scott and Mary S. McCarley Environmental Science Endowed Scholarship
Scott and Mary McCarley both earned their degrees at Sam Houston State...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 G. Scott and Mary S. McCarley Scholarship
Scott and Mary McCarley earned their degrees at SHSU. Scott earned his...
Deadline02/15/2027
$2,000 Gary Fickes Osteopathic Medicine Endowed Scholarship
The Gary Fickes Osteopathic Medicine Endowed Scholarship is established...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Gene P. Heinrich Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Gene P. Heinrich Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established by Dr....
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Geneva Wetzel Buschbom Memorial Scholarship
Geneva Carol Wetzel Buschbom was born on January 17, 1971 in Arlington,...
Deadline02/15/2027
Varies Genevieve H. Brown Scholarship
Deadline02/15/2027
$10,000 Genevieve Sandhop Endowed Scholarship
The Genevieve Sandhop Endowed Scholarship was established by Edwin G....
Deadline02/15/2027
Varies Geology Endowed Scholarship
The Geology Endowed Scholarship was established by the Sam Houston State...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 George G. and Grace D. Killinger Memorial Scholarship
The George G. and Grace D. Killinger Memorial Scholarship was...
Deadline02/15/2027
$2,000 George J. Beto Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Mrs. George J. (Marilynn) Beto, Dan Richard Beto, Mark Beto, and Beth...
Deadline02/15/2027
$1,000 Georgia Donna (Jordan) Mize Memorial Scholarshi
Donna graduated from Sam Houston State University in 1942 with a...
Deadline02/15/2027