Scholarships

The Scholarship Team in the Financial Aid & Scholarships Office coordinates and administers Sam Houston State University scholarship programs for all student classification levels. SHSU utilizes a streamlined application, Scholarships4Kats. This application dramatically simplifies the process for students by importing key information from their student data record and allowing them to be automatically considered for all relevant scholarships. A student has to be accepted to Sam Houston State University to apply for scholarships.

English Scholarships

Genevieve Sandhop Endowed Scholarship
Award $10,000

J. Philip Gibbs, Jr. Endowed Scholarship in English
Award $1,000

Mary Louise Embry Estill Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Award $1,500

Paul Ruffin Creative Writing Award
Award Varies

Paul Ruffin Fellow in Publishing
Award $5,000

Pease Family Endowed Scholarship
Award Varies

Ruthannah Brown Endowed Scholarship in the Teaching of English
Award $1,000

Texas Review Journal Editorial Fellow
Award $1,000

College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Academic Affairs Scholarships

Academic Affairs Distance Learning
Award $10,000

Academic Affairs Generations Scholarship
Award $1,000

Anna Pennybacker Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Award $500 Fall Only

Arleigh B. Templeton Endowed Scholarship
Award $1,000

B. Carroll and Mae S. Tharp Endowed Scholarship
Award $1,000

Beulah Turner East/Bertha Turner AAUW Scholarship
Award $1,000

Long-McRaven Endowed Scholarship
Award Varies

Carol Hail Weller Endowed Scholarship
Award $2,500

Charles Patrick Estill Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Award $1,500

Don and Janet McMillan Endowed Scholarship
Award $1,000

Drs. Wilfred and Bobbie Dietrich Endowed Scholarship
Award $1,000

Freshman Scholarship
Award $1,000

Fred Blundell Memorial Scholarship
Award $1,000

Goodson-Coe Endowed Scholarship
Award $1,000

Katy and E. Don Walker Sr. Endowed Scholarship
Award $2,000

Ryan Osborn Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Award $2,000