General Scholarships
These scholarships are open to most UHCL degree plans. The application process for general scholarships is available each year during the month of February. Awards are made for the following academic year and are contingent on availability of funding.
Learn more about application information.
UHCL Alumni Association
- Major: Any degree plan at UHCL
- GPA: GPA minimum 3.0
- Status:
- Undergraduates enrolled in a minimum of 6 credit hours
- Graduates enrolled in a minimum of 5 credit hours
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
Air Products
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA:
- Undergraduate minimum 2.5
- Graduate minimum 3.0
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Demonstrated leadership
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Annual Fund
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA: No specific requirement but will be a factor
- Status:
- Undergraduate full time enrollment (12 hours hours enrollment)
- Graduate full time enrollment (9 hours enrollment)
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Emyre Barrios Robinson
- Major:
- Any UHCL degree program
- Preference given to undergraduate students pursuing a concentration in women's studies at UHCL
- GPA: Minimum 3.0
- Status: Preference given to students enrolled in a minimum of 6 credit hours undergraduate / 5 hours graduate in the semester of scholarship application
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Submit a paragraph (500 - 700 words) on how receiving this scholarship will benefit females in the Mexican American community
Barbara Bowers Memorial
- Major:
- Any UHCL degree program
- Must be a UHCL first semester student at time of application
- GPA: Undergraduate minimum 2.5 GPA / Graduate minimum 3.0 GPA
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment / Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Preference given to college or university staff OR UHCL professional or support staff who are first semester UHCL students
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Bill & Helen Crowder Foundation Scholarship Endowment
- Major: any Undergraduate UHCL degree program
- GPA: Academic good standing
- Status:
- Undergraduate
- Previously or currently in foster care or currently homeless
- Financial Need: Will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Provide evidence of time spent in foster care, copy of College Tuition Fee Waiver letter from CPS or copy of Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) verification of homelessness.
Billie Fowler International Connections of Houston
- Major:
- Any UHCL degree program
- Prior recipients of the Billie C. Fowler International Connections of Houston scholarship will not be considered. This scholarship does NOT provide a waiver of non-resident tuition.
- GPA: minimum 3.0 GPA
- Status: Undergraduate International student / minimum enrollment 6 hours
- Financial Need: Financial need will be a factor although International students cannot file a FAFSA
- Additional Documentation: Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Canteen
- Major: Any UHCL degree plan
- GPA:
- Undergraduate minimum 2.0 GPA
- Graduate minimum 3.0 GPA
- Status: Undergraduate International student / /Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment / Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Caren Colley
- Major: Any UHCL degree plan
- GPA:Undergraduate minimum 2.5 GPA / Graduate minimum 3.0 GPA
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment / Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Students with disabilities who are registered with UHCL's Office of Health and Disability
- Financial Need: Preference given to students with demonstrated financial need (you can submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
UHCL Development & Advisory Council
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA: minimum 3.0
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Distinguished Alumni
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA:
- Undergraduates minimum 2.5 GPA
- Graduate minimum 3.0 GPA
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 9 hours enrollment
- Graduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Descendent (child or grandchild) of a UHCL alumni
- Financial Need: Financial need is preferred / FAFSA not required, but recommended to submit a FAFSA to UHCL
- Additional Documentation: Brief paragraph to include name of person who graduated or attained a certification from UHCL of whom you are a descendent; their major and date of graduation
DSLabs/ISA
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA: minimum 3.0
- Status:
- Graduate full time enrollment (9 hours)
- Must be a current active member of the Indian Students Association at UHCL
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Eve Mieszkuc
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA: No specific requirement but will be a factor
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Evaline D. Schergens
- Major: Any Undergraduate UHCL degree program
- GPA: No specific requirement but will be a factor
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Must be a female
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Glenn and Joyce Goerke
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA: No specific GPA, but will be a factor
- Status:
- Undergraduate
- Must be a transfer student from a community college
- Must be a first generation college student
- Must exhibit leadership qualities
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
June Hyer - Josephine Sobrino
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA: No specific requirement but will be a factor
- Status:
- Must be a graduate student as of Fall 2019
- Exhibit academic achievements and leadership potential
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Hays
- Major: Preference to students in any degree plan in the College of Science and Engineering or the College of Education
- GPA:
- Undergraduate minimum 2.5 GPA
- Graduate minimum 3.0 GPA
- Status: Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment /Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment AND Preference given to first generation college students and students who attended one of the following Houston area high schools listed in Additional Documentation below.
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: Are you a first generation college student? Which Houston area high school did you attend? Austin, Chavez, Davis, Milby, Regan, Sam Houston, Waltrip, Washington, Houston, Wheatley, Yates, Lee, Sterling, Ball, LaMarque or Texas City. List NONE if N/A.
Hall Family Endowment for Presidential Scholars
- Major: Any degree plan in UHCL's College of Business
- GPA: Minimum 3.0 GPA
- Status:
- Undergraduate full time enrollment (12 hours)
- Graduate full time enrollment (9 hours)
- Non-traditional student, exemplary students based on academic merit and leadership or having overcome personal challenges.
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community AND if applicable, 1 to 2 page essay explaining how you overcame personal challenges
Katharine Justice Employee
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA: 3.0 minimum GPA
- Status:
- Undergraduate 6 hours minimum enrollment
- Graduate 5 hours minimum enrollment
- Full-time UHCL employee with at least one year of full-time service.
- No docoumented disciplinary action within the last 12 months.
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation:
- List of honors and achievements
- Personal statement (1 page minimum, 2 page maximum)
- Brief paragraph that includes job titla and years of ull-time service.
Houston Coca-Cola Bottling Company
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA: No specific requirement but will be a factor
- Status: Full-time enrollment of at least 12 credit hours
- Financial Need: Will not be a factor.
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Hugh Lea Leadership
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA:
- Undergraduate minimum 3.0 GPA
- Graduate minimum 3.3 GPA
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Serving as a UHCL student organization leader
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
International Paper
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA: Minimum 3.5 GPA
- Status:
- Undergraduate full time enrollment (12 hours)
- Preference given to East Texas high school graduates
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: List the name of the Texas high school from which you graduated
Lynette Autrey
- Major: Social Sciences, Humanities or Business
- GPA: minimum 3.25 GPA
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Strong moral character
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Patricia Mann Memorial
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA: 2.5 minimum
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Financial Need: Will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Essay explaining why college plans had to be put on hold and what personal and academic goals you are now seeking. Please provide specific details and dates regarding the circumstance of the withdrawal and re-enrollment.
Lunar Rendezvous Festival
- Major:
- Any UHCL degree program
- First consideration given to students who graduated from a Clear Creek School District high school
- GPA:
- Undergraduate minimum 2.5 GPA
- Graduate minimum 3.0 GPA
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Special consideration given to students or children of those who participated in the Lunar Rendezvous Festival
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation:
- List the Clear Creek high school from which you graduated
- Provide evidence of participation or immediate family member's participation in the Lunar Rendezvous Festival
Mary Ann Holton
- Major:
- Any UHCL degree program
- First consideration given to students who graduated from a Clear Creek School District high school
- GPA:
- Undergraduate minimum 2.10 GPA
- Graduate minimum 3.10 GPA
- Status: Undergraduate and Graduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: One page essay relating to this topic: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us". One recommendation letter that reflects on your humanitarian nature
Nanette Joan Bruckner / Women's Studies
- Major: Any UHCL degree program with a Concentration in Women's Studies
- GPA: No specific requirement, but will be a factor
- Status:
- Undergraduate with a minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Graduate with a minimum 5 hours enrollment - Graduate preferred
- Financial Need: Will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Submit a brief statement about your class(es) regarding Women's Studies
Nina Cullinan
- Major: Any UHCL degree program with a Concentration in Women's Studies
- GPA: Minimum 3.5
- Status: Undergraduate enrolled full time (12 hours)
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
David & Stephanie Palmer Family
- Major:
- Any UHCL degree plan
- Must be taking at least one class at UHCL at Pearland during the semester(s) of the award
- GPA: Undergraduate minimum 2.0 GPA
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrolled
- Must exhibit leadership
- Preference to students living in one of these zip codes: 77581, 77584, or 77588
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation:
- If you live in one of the preferred zip codes, please list it
- Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Jean Nettles University Staff Association
- Major: Any UHCL degree plan
- GPA: No specific requirement
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment / Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Must be a benefits-eligible exempt UHCL employee for at least one year.
- Active member of USA.
- Must be taking at least one class at UHCL in pursuit of a degree or for legitimate professional development. Preference given to degree-seeking applicants.
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Brief statement to include: 1) job title and department; 2) objective for taking course(s); and 3) list of involvement in USA over the past year.
Perry Homes
- Major: Any UHCL degree plan
- GPA: 2.75 minimum
- Status: Full-time enrollment of at least 12 credit hours
- Financial Aid: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: Must live in the Houston area (Harris, Waller, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Brazoria, Galveston, Liberty, Chambers or Austin counties)
Peter P. Bermudez
- Major:
- Any UHCL degree plan
- Must be taking at least one class at UHCL at Pearland during the semester(s) of the award
- GPA: minimum 3.5
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment / Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Previous recipient will be given preference for a max of 5 semesters (must continue to meet criteria)
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Preston and Joslen B. Johnson
- Major: Any UHCL degree plan in the College of Education or College of Business
- GPA: Minimum 2.8
- Status: Undergraduate enrolled full time (12 hours)
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Specifics: Must exhibit leadership qualities. Preference given to applicants involved in co-curricular activities.
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Phi Kappa Phi
- Major:Any UHCL degree program / Must have an approved CPS on file
- GPA: Top 10% of most recent graduating class
- Status:
- College senior or graduate student
- Agree to complete an application to join Phi Kappa Phi if selected to receive this scholarship
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Specifics: Must exhibit leadership qualities. Preference given to applicants involved in co-curricular activities.
- Additional Documentation: Summary of education and statement clarifying education and career goals Two letters of recommendation that show capacity for original grad work, personal characteristics showing potential for success in advanced studies and career goals
Kathryn F. Dickerson International Programs
- Major: Any degree plan at UHCL
- GPA: 3.0 minimum
- Status:
- Undergraduate enrollment minimum is 6 hours
- Graduate enrollment minimum is 5 hours
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Applicant must have participated or currently participating in an international education program, such as, but not limited to study abroad or exchange program.
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: Submit a 1-2 page essay describing an international education program in which you are participating in.
Removing Educational Barriers
- Major: Any Undergraduate UHCL degree program
- GPA: Academic good standing
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
- First generation college students
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
Sue Fellman Servant Leadership
- Major:Any UHCL degree program
- GPA: No specific requirement but will be a factor
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Must demonstrate exceptional performance through the Servant Leader Scholar Program within the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership
- Financial Need: Financial need is not a factor
- Additional Documentation: Submit list describing activities with the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership
Williams A. Staples University Staff Association
- Major:Any UHCL degree program
- GPA: No specific requirement but will be a factor
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Benefits-eligible, non-exempt UHCL employee for at least 6 months or a qualified employee's eligible dependent
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Two-paragraph essay providing the following information: 1) job title and department; 2) objective for taking course(s); and 3) list of involvement in USA.
Todd Davis Memorial
- Major: Any degree program at UHCL
- GPA: no specific requirement
- Status:
- Undergraduate with 6 hour minimum enrollment
- Graduate with 5 hours minimum enrollment
- Must exhibit leadership qualities and have participated in leadership activities
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
University Endowment
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA:
- Undergraduate minimum 2.5 GPA
- Graduate minimum 3.5 GPA
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Must exhibit leadership qualities
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community.
UHCL Veterans
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA: Minimum 2.5 GPA
- Status:
- Undergraduate with minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Must be active or reserve duty military personnel or an honorably discharged veteran
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community
M. L. Wismer
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA:
- Undergraduate-high school minimum 2.7 GPA
- Graduate-minimum 3.0 GPA
- Status:
- Undergraduate-minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Graduate-minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Preference given to Wismer Distributing Company legacy; employee or family member is a current/former employee.
- Preference given to students from East Harris County.
- Must be US Citizen or Permanent Resident.
- Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
William P. Hobby
- Major: Any UHCL degree program
- GPA:
- Undergraduate minimum 2.75 GPA
- Graduate minimum 3.0 GPA
- Status:
- Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
- Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
- Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL)
- Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community