Scholarships and Grants

Award Amount: $6,000 ($3,000 per year for two years)
Eligibility: These scholarships are awarded to community college transfer students with a 3.0 – 3.49 overall transfer GPA or higher and 48 transferable community college credit hours. Students must be enrolled full-time to receive this award. This award cannot be stacked with Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships.
How to Apply: Students must complete the University of Mississippi admissions application. There is no additional application required.
For More Information: Office of Financial Aid, 800-891-4596
E-mail: finaid@olemiss.edu

Award Amount: $8,000 ($4,000 per year for two years)
Eligibility: These scholarships are awarded to community college transfer students with a 3.5 or higher overall transfer GPA and 48 transferable community college credit hours. Students must be enrolled full-time to receive this award. Non-residents will receive an additional $3,000 per year for two years toward the non-resident fee. This award cannot be stacked with Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships.
How to Apply: Students must complete the University of Mississippi admissions application. There is no additional application required.
For More Information: Office of Financial Aid, 800-891-4596
E-mail: finaid@olemiss.edu

Award Amount: $6,000 ($3,000 per year for two years)
Eligibility: Transfer students with at least a 3.0 GPA and 48 transferable community college credit hours and an exemplary record of leadership and service. Selection is competitive.
How to Apply: Complete the Community College Transfer Scholarship Application by March 1..

Award Amount: Full resident tuition per year for two years (fall and spring semesters)
Eligibility: Transfer students with at least a 3.0 GPA and 48 transferable community college credit hours and an exemplary record of leadership and service. Selection is competitive.
How to Apply: Complete the Community College Transfer Scholarship Application by March 1.

Award Amount: $10,000 (up to $5,000 per year)
Eligibility: These scholarships are awarded to a select group of 25 community college transfer students with a 2.5 overall GPA on at least 48 transferable community college credit hours. Student’s receiving this award must be resident of Mississippi and must be transferring from Mississippi community college. In addition, students selected must have remaining financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal student Aid (FAFSA) after other scholarships and grants have been awarded.
How to Apply: To be considered for this scholarship, transfer students must file the FAFSA by March 1 and complete the online Luckyday University Scholarship Application.
For More Information: Office of Financial Aid, 800-891-4596
E-mail: finaid@olemiss.edu

Award Amount: $8,000 ($4,000 per year)
Eligibility: Community College transfer students who are MS residents with at least 48 community college transfer hours and at least a 2.5 or higher overall transfer GPA. Students must be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant and have a family adjusted gross income of $30,000 or less (as reported on the previous year’s Federal tax return.). This is a competitive scholarship and 25 awards are made each year.
How to Apply: To be considered for this scholarship, transfer students must file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by March 1, and complete the online Community College Transfer Scholarship Application.
Deadline: March 1

Award Amount: Rates of scholarship are as follows (winter/spring, summer/fall):

	3.00 – 4.00 GPA	2.00 – 2.99 GPA
9-11 Hours	$750	$600
6-8 Hours	$500	$400
3-5 Hours	$250	$200

Eligibility: Awarded to regional campus students (in-state and out-of-state) attending Ole Miss-Booneville as their home campus. Students must be enrolled as part-time (3-11 hours each semester). Preference given to students with demonstrated financial need.
How to Apply: Students must complete the Next Step Scholarship Application. A 250-word essay explaining need and why you should be considered must be attached to your application. Complete a FAFSA if you have not already done so; the University of Mississippi financial aid school code is 002440.

Award Amount: Up to $2,500 per year ($1,250/semester) Awards are subject to availability of funds.
Eligibility: Students who are pursuing their first baccalaureate degree; have experienced a cumulative gap in their education of five or more years since high school graduation or attainment of GED; who are enrolled at least half-time; are US citizens between 25-50 years old; and have demonstrated financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
How to Apply: Complete the Osher Reentry Scholarship Application online beginning April 1, with a deadline of July 1.

Award Amount: $14,000 ($7,000 per year for two years)
Eligibility: Transfer students with a GPA between 3.25 and 3.49 on at least 48 transferable community college credit hours and membership in Phi Theta Kappa. Members of the All Mississippi Team will receive an additional one-time only $1,000 scholarship and an additional $1,000 one-time only scholarship will be awarded to those students who become members of the All American Team. Nonresidents will receive an additional $7,000 per year for two years toward the nonresident fee.
How to Apply: No separate application required; PTK indicated on official transcript or students may bring a copy of the PTK membership card to the Office of Financial Aid. or fax a copy to 662-915-1164.
For More Information: Office of Financial Aid, 800-891-4596
E-mail: finaid@olemiss.edu

Award Amount: $16,000 ($8,000 per year for two years)
Eligibility: Transfer students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher on at least 48 transferable community college credit hours and membership in Phi Theta Kappa. Members of the All Mississippi Team will receive an additional one-time only $1,000 scholarship and an additional $1,000 one-time only scholarship will be awarded to those students who become members of the All American Team. Nonresidents will receive an additional $7,000 per year for two years toward the nonresident fee.
How to Apply: No separate application required; PTK indicated on official transcript or students may bring a copy of the PTK membership card to the Office of Financial Aid. or fax a copy to 662-915-1164.
For More Information: Office of Financial Aid, 800-891-4596
E-mail: finaid@olemiss.edu

Award Amount: $2,000 ($1,000 per year for two years)
Eligibility: Community College Transfer students who served as the President of Phi Theta Kappa at their Community College. These scholarships are awarded to community college transfer students with a 3.25 overall transfer GPA or higher and 48 transferable community college credit hours. Students must be enrolled full-time to receive this award.
How to Apply: Provide documentation of status to the Office of Financial Aid. Documentation may be faxed to 662-915-1164.
For More Information: Office of Financial Aid, 800-891-4596
E-mail: finaid@olemiss.edu

Award Amount: Cost of portion of tuition charged to out-of-state students above the cost of Mississippi in-state tuition.
Eligibility: Out-of-state transfer students who have been admitted to an Ole Miss undergraduate degree program receive an out-of-state-fee scholarship; out-of-state graduate students admitted to a master's program at Ole Miss qualify for the scholarship.
How to Apply: Apply for admission to the University of Mississippi and enroll in regional campus classes.

Award Amount: Rates of scholarship are as follows: A student with a 3.5 to 4.0 GPA receives $1,000 per semester for four consecutive fall/spring semesters. A student with a 2.5 to 3.499 GPA receives $400 per semester for four consecutive fall/spring semesters.
Eligibility: Students must be transferring to a regional campus; award is available to Mississippians only; applicants must have at least a 2.50 GPA based on the University’s method of calculating the transfer GPA, and must have a minimum of 48 transferable community college hours.
How to Apply: Apply for admission to the University of Mississippi and complete the UM Regional Campus Scholarship Application online by June 30 or by January 1 for spring admission.

Award Amount: $1,000 scholarship $500 per fall and spring semesters for one academic year)
Eligibility: First generation undergraduate transfer students who have been admitted to one of the UM regional campuses. Students must be incoming full-time (12 semester hours) undergraduate transfers pursuing their first four-year degree through one of the UM regional campuses. The scholarship will be cancelled if full-time enrollment is not maintained. Student must maintain a 2.00 resident GPA and fulfill contract requirements in order to continue to receive the scholarship.
How to Apply: Complete the University of Mississippi First Generation Scholarship Application. Students should also file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by March 1, and maintain involvement in the First Generation Program.

Award Amount: Up to $6,195 is available to qualifying students. Award amounts are prorated based on the number of hours for which you are enrolled.
Eligibility: Determined by the federal processor based on a formula approved by Congress. The formula uses the information that is supplied by the parent and/or student on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Only undergraduate students who have not previously received a bachelor’s degree are eligible. Students may receive up to the lifetime limit, which is the equivalent of 6 full-time years in college or 600%.
How to Apply: Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online at www.fafsa.gov. Be sure to indicate our school code: 002440 on the application.

Award Amount: $1,000 per year ($500 per semester) This award is prorated for those students who receive a Federal Pell grant; therefore, students who receive the maximum Pell award will not be eligible for MTAG.
Eligibility: One-year Mississippi residency and full-time enrollment are required. A 2.50 minimum cumulative GPA is also required. 15 earned credit hours must be completed each semester.
How to Apply: Applications are available online at: https://www.msfinancialaid.org/ All requirements must be completed by September 15th of each year.

Students with no less than a 3.0 undergraduate GPA are eligible for a competitive award that covers up to half tuition for graduate-level classes taken at UM-Tupelo. In order to maintain the award, the student must receive a 3.0 resident GPA for each semester of coursework completed with UM. The application can be found online at olemiss.edu/regional_application (you must first apply for admission to UM in order to complete an application). Deadline to apply: June 30th

Participants selected for the MS Teacher Fellowship Program agree to employment as a licensed classroom teachers in a MS school district identified as a critical shortage area for three years. Tunica, Tate, Marshall, and North Panola counties are considered critical shortage areas. The program will provide a full-tuition scholarship for each graduate class, textbook costs, a laptop computer, and a classroom instructional enhancement grant.

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This scholarship is offered at UM regional campuses and covers the portion of tuition that is charged to out-of-state students above the cost of resident tuition. The scholarship is awarded to students who live in a county that borders the state of Mississippi and to international students interested in enrolling at UM-Tupelo. There is currently no stipulation on the number of hours the student must enroll in to receive the scholarship. Click here to apply by June 30.

The University of Mississippi School of Education offers "bank-hour" credit to those school districts that assist our internship/student teaching program. The term bank-hour is used to describe tuition credit assigned by Ole Miss to area-schools for serving as host sites for internship placement and student teaching. School districts receiving bank-hour credit can use those credits to offset the cost of UM tuition for their employees. The formula for bank hours is determined each year by the University based upon the number of reported student placements.

Please contact your individual district office to see if bank-hour funding is available.

TThe University of Mississippi Graduate School seeks to recruit an outstanding and inclusive student body. To that end, we have established a program to help departments and programs recruit such students to University of Mississippi graduate programs.

To be considered for the funding program, admitted students must be nominated by their department chair or graduate program coordinator. To be eligible for nomination a student must not be enrolled in an on-line program and must satisfy requirements given in either 1 or 2 below:

1. Academic Excellence – Demonstrate superior academic achievement by having at least one of the criteria given below. Preference will be given to students who will also be receiving an assistantship from another University source of at least $2500/semester.
   • Undergraduate GPA of 3.5
   • Master’s degree GPA of 3.75
   • Verbal GRE score of 158 or higher
   • Quantitative GRE score of 158 or higher and verbal score of 150 or higher
   • Analytical writing GRE score of 5.0 or higher
   • GMAT score of 600 or higher
   • Other measure of potential for excellence in graduate study
2. Excellence in Inclusivity – Because the University of Mississippi recognizes that benefits accrue to our students when they are part of a diverse community of learners, students may be nominated for the program on the basis that their presence will add diversity to the classroom, department or the campus. The nomination must include information about how the student will add to the diversity of the university community. To be eligible a student must be a US citizen or permanent resident.

The program for full-time students includes a fellowship (A) and tuition scholarship (B). Part-time students are only eligible for a tuition scholarship (C).

1. The fellowship is $1,000/semester for 4 semesters for master’s students and $1,500/semester for 8 semesters for MFA and doctoral students. The fellowships are paid during the Fall and Spring Semesters only. To receive this award, must be admitted into a degree program, must be enrolled on the Oxford campus for at least 9 hours of graduate coursework each semester and must not have a full-time job. Requests to extend the award beyond 4 or 8 semesters will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
2. The tuition scholarship for full-time students (those registered for at least 9 hours of graduate coursework) is valued at 75 percent of regular graduate tuition and 44 percent of the non-resident fee. The tuition scholarship is available for Fall, Spring and Summer Sessions and not applicable for any intersessions.
3. The tuition scholarship for part-time students (those registered for fewer than 9 hours of graduate coursework) is valued at 50 percent of regular graduate tuition and 44 percent of the non-resident fee. The tuition scholarship is available for Fall, Spring and Summer Sessions and not applicable for any intersessions.

Selection process:
Department chairs or graduate program coordinators should forward nominations by email to the Graduate School (gradfa@olemiss.edu) as soon as possible and no later than a month prior to the first semester for which the student plans to enroll. The nominations should include information about how the nominee fits the selection criteria as well as what financial support, if any, the department is providing to the student. Nominations will be reviewed by a faculty committee and funding recommendations will be made on a rolling basis.

Please send nominations to: gradfa@olemiss.edu. Only applicable during Fall, Spring and Summer Sessions. Not applicable to any intersessions. Online programs are NOT eligible at this time.

Graduate Assistantships may be available for students enrolled full-time (9 hours or more) in a graduate program offered on the UM-Tupelo campus. Students are required to work a specified number of hours each week in exchange for tuition scholarships. Please contact the UM-Tupelo office for more information.

Numerous grants are available each year through the Tri-State Educational Foundation to help Northeast Mississippians further their education. Applicants for this funding must reside in one of the following counties: Alcorn, Lee, Itawamba, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, or Union. The deadline to submit this application is April 15th. Requirements and information can be found online at: www.tristatescholarships.com Note: Typically, only Education students are awarded this scholarship at the graduate level.