National Scholarships and Fellowships
Numerous organizations have made available nationally competitive scholarship and fellowship opportunities for students across a variety of disciplines at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Listed below are links to awards for which university students may be eligible, along with the name of the award contact at Shepherd. Please be aware that each award has its own requirements, so it is important to make sure that you are working with the correct award contact, as well as the appropriate faculty members within your department, to fulfill all application requirements in a timely manner.
As new opportunities arise, they will be placed on this website. For general information about these awards, please contact Dr. Jason Best, Assistant Provost for Distance Education and Strategic Research Initiatives. For more information on the Paul and Lisa Welch Scholarship Program, please click here.
Recent Successes
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient
- Alyssa Nazarok, 2023
Gilman Scholarship Recipients
- Kerns, Noah, March 2020
- Proctor, Peter, October 2021
- Hernandez, Joanna, October 2021
- Fleming, Madalaine, March 2022
- Bevan, Rebecca October 2022
- Hernandez, Jasmine, October 2022
- Kimbrell, Paris, October 2022
- Sloane, Nychy, March 2023
Truman Scholarship Finalists
- Jordan Jalil, 2020
- Alyssa Nazarok, 2021
- Chloe Baily, 2023
Marshal Scholarship Finalist
- Alyssa Nazarok, 2022
Fulbright Semifinalists
- Fiona Tracey, 2022
- Mikayla Hamrick, 2022
- Joanna Hernandez, 2023
Udall Scholarship Honorable Mention
- Eli Hall, 2023