Our Opportunities

Welcome to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Scholarship website! The opportunities listed below are SIUE Scholarships offered by various schools, departments, and units throughout the University.

Prospective Students:
If you are considering applying to SIUE, please click the Show Filters button to the right and indicate that you are a prospective student to learn more about our prestigious opportunities for incoming freshmen and transfer students.

Current Students:
For a more accurate list of opportunities you may be eligible for, click the red “Sign In” button on this page to begin your General Application. You must have an SIUE username and password to be able to sign in and begin the application process. Once you complete your General Application, the system will automatch it with all scholarships in which you meet the criteria. Meeting the qualification criteria means you will be entered into the pool of applicants for a particular scholarship. It does not guarantee you will receive a scholarship.

The system will also provide a drop down menu of opportunities for you to review, that include:

  • Recommended – These are scholarship currently open that may be recommended for you to review because you have completed your general application and appear to meet the basic criteria. Typically these scholarships have additional questions or criteria that you must meet to apply.
  • Ours – Lists all SIUE Scholarships, excluding external scholarships.
  • External – These scholarships are posted for non-SIUE scholarship organizations. They have their own application and deadlines. For more information, click on their hyperlink.
Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
$1,000.00 Paul J. Baeske Incoming Statistics Student Scholarship
The purpose of this scholarship is to support an incoming student –...
Deadline10/06/2023
$200.00 Barbara Regnell Leadership in Media Award
Recognizes a senior for outstanding leadership and who exhibits...
Deadline12/15/2023
$1,000.00 Barbara Tirre-Regnell Scholarship in Broadcast Journalism
This scholarship is available to students majoring in Mass...
Deadline12/15/2023
$200.00 Belleville News Democrat Mass Communications Jourrnalism Award
The award is open to students enrolled in the Department of Mass...
Deadline12/15/2023
$200 Bill Ward Legacy Award
This award is given to a promising student in Mass Communications that...
Deadline12/15/2023
$2,000.00 Bob Hardy Scholarship in Broadcast Journalism
Established in memory of Bob Hardy to encourage and support students of...
Deadline12/15/2023
$5,000.00 Buezetta Meyer and Charlot Hentz Scholarship
This scholarship may be used for tuition or applied educational costs....
Deadline12/15/2023
$200.00 Creativity and Advertising Award
This award recognizes an outstanding student who shares Professor...
Deadline12/15/2023
$200.00 Dewayne Staats Award in Sports Journalism
Recipient must be a Mass Communications student who exhibits Dewayne...
Deadline12/15/2023
$200 Eric Thomas Achievement Award
This award is given to a promising student in Mass Communications who...
Deadline12/15/2023
$2,500.00 Industrial Engineering Scholarship for Freshmen & Transfer Students
Industrial Engineering is a unique discipline that combines engineering...
Deadline12/15/2023
$200.00 Jack Shaheen Media and Film Award
This award recognizes an outstanding student who shares Dr. Shaheen’s...
Deadline12/15/2023
$500.00 Jessica McCaskill Champion Scholarship
This scholarship is available to a full time student majoring in Mass...
Deadline12/15/2023
$1,000.00 John F. and Diane L. Schrage Scholarship in Mass Communications
This scholarship is for SIUE students pursuing a degree in the area of...
Deadline12/15/2023
$200.00 John Regnell Media Policy and Law Award
This award recognizes an outstanding student who has demonstrated Dr....
Deadline12/15/2023
$250.00 John Rider Graduate Achievement Award
An annual award will be made to student in the M.S. program in Mass...
Deadline12/15/2023
$200.00 Mass Communications Alumni Scholarship
The award is open to students enrolled in the Department of Mass...
Deadline12/15/2023
$200.00 Nora Baker Women in Media Award
This award is given to a promising woman in the Mass Communications...
Deadline12/15/2023
1,000.00 Rhine Latowsky Harrison Scholarship
This scholarship alternates annually between students majoring in Mass...
Deadline12/15/2023
$200.00 Riley Maynard Excellence in Media Production Award
This award is given to a promising a student in Mass Communications who...
Deadline12/15/2023
$5,000.00 Rising Communicators Scholarship
To provide scholarship support for SIUE Students majoring in Mass...
Deadline12/15/2023
$200.00 Rosie Githinji Diversity in Journalism Award
The Rosie Githinji Diversity in Journalism Award will be awarded to an...
Deadline12/15/2023
$250.00 The Kamil Winter Achievement Award
As part of the annual Honors Day ceremony, at least one award will be...
Deadline12/15/2023
$1,500.00 The Robert L. Emig Mass Communications Scholarship
Applicants must be a currently enrolled Junior or Senior Mass...
Deadline12/15/2023
$500.00 Daisy Yen Merit Based Art Therapy Scholarship
First year full time graduate students in the Art Therapy Counseling...
Deadline12/31/2023
Varies A. Edwin Graham Memorial Award
As part of the annual Honors Day Program, this award is presented to an...
Deadline01/05/2024
$100.00 AIGA (Graphic Design Award)
Award for work juried into the SIUE Annual Student Exhibition
Deadline01/05/2024
$100.00 Dan Havens Award in American Literature
As part of the annual Honors Day program, an award of $100 will be made...
Deadline01/05/2024
Varies English Student Scholarship
The recipient(s) of this award will be chosen by a committee established...
Deadline01/05/2024
Varies Garry N. Murphy Memorial Award
This award goes to an undergraduate English major or minor who, in the...
Deadline01/05/2024
$500.00 George Soule Scholarship in English
This scholarship is for graduate or undergraduate students in the...
Deadline01/05/2024
$100.00 Gertrude C. Drake Award for Excellence in Classical Languages
The Gertrude C. Drake Award for Excellence in Classical Languages is...
Deadline01/05/2024
$0.00 Muriel Z. Melvin Crome Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students majoring in Mass...
Deadline01/05/2024
Varies Nicholas T. Joost Award for Graduate Thesis in Literature
The award is open to graduate students enrolled in the Department of...
Deadline01/05/2024
Varies Outstanding English Student Award
As part of the annual Honor’s Day program, one or more awards of at...
Deadline01/05/2024
$100.00 Schaefer Linguistics Award
This Honors Day award is available to students majoring in English...
Deadline01/05/2024
Varies The Mimi Zanger Memorial Award in Fiction
This award recognizes outstanding fiction by an SIUE undergraduate or...
Deadline01/05/2024
$200.00 William Carlin Slattery Memorial Award in Poetry or Drama
This award encourages creative and original endeavors by recognizing...
Deadline01/05/2024
$2,000 SIUE Alumni Association License Plate Scholarship
This scholarship opportunity has been made available through the SIUE...
Deadline01/07/2024
Various amounts ranging from $500-$5,000 will be awarded based on funds available. SIUE Alumni Association Scholarship
The SIUE Alumni Association Scholarship is made possible through...
Deadline01/07/2024
$1,000 Airman David Lee Jenkins Scholarship
This scholarship is available to any full-time enrolled SIUE student...
Deadline01/10/2024
$500.00 Ambassador Hussein Moussawi International Travel Scholarship
This scholarship is given in honor of Ambassador Hussein Moussawi, an...
Deadline01/10/2024
$1,000.00 Bill & Jean Luan STEAM Scholarship - College of Arts and Sciences
This scholarship is available to a graduate or undergraduate student...
Deadline01/10/2024
$500.00 Dr. Laura McCullough Scholarship
This scholarship will support underrepresented minority students that...
Deadline01/10/2024
$1,000.00 Edna and Frithiof Carlson Endowed Award for Creative Expression in a CAS Discipline
In honoring the lives of Edna and Frithiof Carlson, this fund will...
Deadline01/10/2024
$1,000 Elevate East St. Louis Scholarship
This opportunity provides scholarship support for SIUE students from...
Deadline01/10/2024
$500.00 Greg and Mary Ann Budzban Scholarship for Data Analysis
Available to Graduate students majoring in any College of Arts &...
Deadline01/10/2024
1,000.00 La'Trina D. Brown Memorial Scholarship
The La’Trina Brown Memorial Scholarship support for SIUE students...
Deadline01/10/2024
$500.00 McPike Scholarship in the College of Arts and Sciences
This scholarship is available to junior- or senior-level students who...
Deadline01/10/2024
$1,000.00 Michael, Al, Rich, Len, Fred, David Bernard Scholarship
This scholarship is open to SIUE students majoring in any area of the...
Deadline01/10/2024