2008-2009 Scholarships From The College of Education

Undergraduate Scholarships

The on-line application is available at the following website:

https://www.utexas.edu/education/scholap/

After submitting this application, you will automatically be considered for all College of Education scholarships.

Students who are entering the Professional Develoment Sequence (PDS) are eligible to apply for the laptop computer scholarship. Please visit the scholarship coordinator in SZB 216 for further information.

Students can access the website, complete the application on-line, and submit it on-line. We will no longer accept paper applications.

Students can access the application from May 1- May 31, 2008.

Committees meet throughout the summer and notices of award are typically emailed sometime in mid-August.

• DEPARTMENT/SPECIFIC AWARDS
• A.I.S.D. AWARDS
• ADDITIONAL AWARDS

Graduate Student Awards   

Eligibility for the following scholarships and fellowships is based upon guidelines established departmentally. Consideration for award is made only to those who submit the appropriate application to the appropriate department by the deadline indicated below.

Alexander Caswell Ellis Fellowship in Education

• $3000 award
• Must hold a bachelor's degree from a Texas College/University
• Graduate student in College of Education with intent to serve adult communities

Submit all application materials by May 31, 2008 to:

• Graduate Coordinator or Graduate Advisor of your department.

A.I.S.D. Awards

Austin Independent School District ( AISD) Future Teacher Scholarship

DEADLINE - FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2005 for Summer Session 2005, and FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2008 for Fall Semester 2008 (Note: Only students who are seeking initial teacher certification in one of the shortage areas listed below are eligible for this scholarship. )

The Austin Independent School District, in a collaborative effort with The University of Texas at Austin and other teacher preparation programs in Travis County, has established a fund for future teachers seeking certification in state recognized critical shortage subject areas. These areas include:

• Special Education
• Bilingual Education
• English as a Second Language
• Languages Other than English
• Mathematics
• Sciences
• Technology Applications

Undergraduate, Post-baccalaureate, or graduate students in last four semesters of coursework toward an initial teacher certification program in one of these areas are eligible to receive this scholarship if they are full-time students and have a 2.5 UT gpa. Students apply for this scholarship the semester before the first semester they wish to begin receiving the funds. Undergraduates can receive $1000, $1000, $1500, and $1500 for the last four semesters of their program, and post-baccalaureate and graduate students can receive $1500 for each of their last four semesters. Applications are due FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008 for Summer Session 2008, and FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2008 for Fall Semester 2008. If this applies to your situation, please see an advisor in SZB 216 to fill out the application, if you are an Education major, or your UTeach advisor, if you are in Natural Sciences or Liberal Arts.

Additional Awards   

Please visit the following sites for more information regarding merit and need based financial assistance:

• http://finaid.utexas.edu/sources/scholarships/index.html

Any awards listed can change at any time.
Please continue to visit this website and/or contact the Student Dean’s office for frequent updates to any published literature.