Scholarships Requiring Lafayette Nomination

  • Awards are substantial and recipients are held in high esteem to educational institutions and employers
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  • Awards are listed by Lafayette application deadline
Lafayette College Deadlines
17 September  Fall semester
Gilman International Scholarship

  • Award Amount- up to $5,000, additional $3,000 to study critical need languages
  • Eligibility -US Citizen, Recipient of a Federal Pell Grant Funds, all class years
  • For study abroad

19 November
Boren Scholarship

  • Award Amount- up to $10,00 for a semester abroad, $20,000 for a full academic year abroad
  • Eligibility -US Citizen, all class years
  • For Study Abroad in non-western countries
  • Service requirement

29 November
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

  • Award Amount- up to $7, 500 per year
  • Eligibility -US Citizen, Permanent Resident, or US nationals, GPA 3.5, Sophomores & Juniors
  • STEM fields (science, technology, engineering & mathematics)

1 December

Harry S. Truman Scholarship

  • Award Amount- up to $30,000 (funding for graduate/ professional school) plus other benefits
  • Eligibility -US Citizen, US Nationals, GPA 3.0, Juniors
  • Service requirement
  • All fields
  • LAF Application Instructions (PDF)

6 December
KWD- Projects For Peace Grants

21 December
Beinecke Scholarship

  • Award Amount- $34,000 for graduate school
  • Eligibility -US Citizen, or US nationals, 3.5 and above GPA, Evidence of Need- Based Financial aid
  • Funds for graduate study in Arts, Humanity and Social Sciences
  • Juniors by invitation only
  • LAF Application Instructions (PDF)

21 December
Morris K. Udall Scholarship

  • Award Amount- up to $5,000
  • Eligibility -US Citizen, US Nationals or permanent residents, 3.0 or above GPA
  • Environmental; Native American Tribal Policy or Health Care
  • Sophomores & Juniors
  • LAF Application Instructions (PDF)