Foundation Scholarship Listings

Foundation scholarships play an important part in paying for your college education.

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Scholarships can help you pay for college

Wondering how you’ll pay for college? We’ll help you find a way. Every year Stout Foundation awards approximately $1.2M in scholarships. Helping you become a Blue Devil is our top priority.

If you have any questions, please contact Foundation Scholarships at 715-232-1151 or by email to scholarships@uwstout.edu.

General Undergraduate Scholarships

General Scholarships

Scholarship

Major/Concentration/Minor

Requirements

• Full-time undergraduate
• 3.0 or higher GPA
• Financial need
• Involvement in extracurricular and/or community activities

• 2.5 GPA or higher
• Full-time or part-time student
• Sophomore, junior or senior
• Active in leadership position on campus.

• Demonstrated leadership with student organization(s)
• Preference to student government leaders (such as SSA)
• GPA of 3.0 or greater

• Active member of UW-Stout's Alpha Phi Sorority
• Junior or senior in good academic standing
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater

• Sophomore, junior, senior
• GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Preference to student with demonstrated leadership in an organization that supports women, such as, but not limited to, Greek organizations, Society of Women Engineers, Women in Information, Technology and Security, or similar university sanctioned student organizations that support women.

• Undergraduate student with at least 60 completed credits, and ten credits in a minor, specialty or second major
• Participation in university and community activities and groups

• Incoming freshman
• Minimum of 2.4 high school GPA
• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office

• Preference to someone who participated in the Stoutward Bound program or living in a campus multicultural living community

• Graduate of Baraboo High School

• Junior or senior who has received Chancellor's Award three or more times
• Involvement in community and extracurricular activities

• Freshman, sophomore, junior or senior
• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office

• Fox Valley Technical College transfer to Stout

• American multicultural student

• Full-time undergraduate
• GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Involvement in extracurricular and/or community activities
• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid office

• Involvement in humanitarian concerns

• High scholastic standing
• Financial need

• Preference to (1) a family member of veterans (spouses, children, grandchildren)
• Sophomore, junior or senior
• GPA of 2.8 or higher.
• If no qualified applicants, consideration will be granted to a single parent or any applicant based on the above criteria.

• Undergraduate
• 3.0 or higher GPA
• Demonstrated leadership potential as evidenced by participation/leadership roles in civic, school or college, or other types of organizations
• Financial need
• Requires interview

• Minimum GPA of 2.7
• Hold a Delta Zeta office or chair position
• Full-time student who is also a member of at least one other Stout organization

• Student is a military veteran
• Preference given to a Watertown, WI high school graduate. Followed by a Jefferson or Dodge County resident, then WI resident, then another state.
• 3.0 GPA or higher
• Full-time student who attends UW-Stout classes on campus

• To be considered for this scholarship, you must submit an essay restricted to 500 words on one of the five rights of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
• Financial need
• Open to all UW-Stout students and admitted students are eligible to apply
• Questions: e-mail scholarships@uwstout.edu or call 715-232-1320

• Sophomore, junior, senior or grad student
• Financial need
• Demonstrated involvement in service organizations and/or humanitarian activities such as membership in Newman Student Association, volunteering with agencies that provide service to homeless, special needs, elderly and food pantry and teaching religious education, choir, etc. Preference given to individual who is actively involved in the Catholic Church.
• Wisconsin resident

• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid office
• Preference given to members of the Native American Student Organization or students that demonstrate support of the Native American culture

• Incoming freshman who is a full-time student
• Minimum GPA of 2.5
• Student had/has a family member attend UW-Stout.

• Undergraduate
• First-generation college student
• Demonstrated financial need

• Student comes from a single parent household
• Financial need

• Full-time student
• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office
• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Active member of one of the Greek fraternal organizations (sorority/fraternity) at UW-Stout

• Junior or senior
• Wisconsin resident
• Financial need
• Involvement in extracurricular and community activities
• Rotates among the colleges

• Demonstrates academic excellence
• Preference to students with financial need
• Preference to first generation students

• Full-time student
• GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Demonstrated academic excellence by previous education record
• Financial need.

• Financial need
• Junior
• First-generation student
• 2.75 or higher GPA
• Wisconsin resident
• Renewable senior year (maximum one additional year) if above criteria is met and the student applies to the Foundation for a scholarship

• Single parent
• Full-time student
• 2.75 GPA
• Financial need

• GPA of 2.25 or greater
• Sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate student
• Involved with on-campus and/or Menomonie community-wide service, with a preference to a student actively involved in a service group, with committed hours of service to the UW-Stout campus or greater Menomonie community.

• Senior

• Minimum GPA 3.0
• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office
• Preference given to first-generation college student
• Preference given to members of Latinos Unidos or students that demonstrate support of Latin culture
• Preference given to previous recipients of the Iluminado el Futuro Scholarship

• Freshman
• Financial need

• Financial need

• Preference to disabled student--must provide verification of physical disability with application form

• 2.7 or higher GPA
• Sophomore, junior or senior
• Financial need
• Active involvement and leadership on LGBTQIA+ issues at UW-Stout

• Financial need
• Demonstrated participation and volunteerism

• Hometown of La Crosse, WI
• Financial need

• Preference for a student participating in resident hall leadership, a resident hall leadership assistant
• Member of the Stout Student Association (SSA)

• Preference given to students from Bayfield or Ashland, Wisconsin counties

• Student of West Central Wisconsin (counties include: Barron, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Polk and St. Croix)
• Preference to a student from a one parent household

• First generation student
• Minority student
• Demonstrated financial need

• Sophomore, junior, senior
• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Or an incoming freshman with high school GPA of 3.5 and majoring in Professional Communications and Emerging Media major

• Preference to a Fostering Success student
• Any class year
• Demonstrate financial need
• If no applicant meets preferred criteria, can be awarded to student in Early Childhood Education major who meets the other criteria

• Prior collegiate work at or above a 2.5 GPA
• Preference to a single parent with dependent children under the age of eighteen
• Preference to first-generation college student
• Financial need.

• Leadership, scholarship, citizenship

• Freshman, sophomore, junior or senior
• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office
• Participate in one or more of the following: Multicultural Student Services, Stoutward Bound, Fostering Success, Multicultural Community Living Floor, TRIO Student Support Services, Early Bridge Program, TRIO McNair Scholarship Program, Disability Services, The Qube, Veteran's Services

• International student

• Incoming freshman from Eleva-Strum or Menomonie High School
• 2.0 GPA

• Incoming student from Wisconsin
• Financial need
• 2.5 GPA
• Requires interview

• Incoming freshman
• Financial need
• Preference given to students who are first in their family to attend college and who are from rural areas, small towns or core area of large cities

• Student who will be participating in the Wisconsin in Scotland study abroad program in fall or spring
• Financial need

• Full-time junior or senior
• Demonstrated financial need
• Minimum GPA of 2.5
• Preference to student from Barron County, WI. Specifically from school districts of Barron, Cameron, Chetek, Cumberland, Rice Lake or Turtle Lake

• Incoming full-time freshman
• Wisconsin resident
• Financial need
• Minimum GPA of 3.0

• Financial need

• Member of the Tau Chapter Phi Upsilon Omicron
• 3.5 GPA

• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office

• Open to freshman, sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student
• Financial need
• Participation and leadership roles in activities and organizations geared toward LGBTQ students, including involvement in high school, college or the community

• Career, Technical Education and Training
• Science Education
• Technology Education
• Technology and Science Education
• Health, Wellness and fitness
• Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
• Computer Networking and Information Technology
• Applied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Applied Science
• Computer Engineering
• Environmental Science
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Packaging
• Plastics Engineering
• Computer Science
  

• Financial need
• GPA of 3.0 or higher
• WI resident with a preference for a student from the county of Milwaukee and school district of West Allis – West Milwaukee, which includes Nathan Hale High and Central High Schools.

• Financial need

• 3.0 GPA
• Financial need

• International student
• Financial need

• Wisconsin resident
• Financial need

• Incoming freshman from Menomonie High School in WI

• Student from Northwestern Wisconsin
• Financial need

• Preference for a Chetek-Weyerhaueser High School graduate

• Sophomore, junior or senior class year when awarded
• GPA of 2.5 or greater
• Preference to a student with financial need
• Preference to a Sigma Sigma Sigma Beta Pi member or member of another UW-Stout Greek organization in good standing with their chapter

• Preference to a student who will study abroad during the academic year
• If travel is restricted by the university, it can be awarded to a student who is enrolled in the applied social sciences major

• Full-time incoming freshman
• First-generation student
• 3.0 or higher GPA

• Full-time student
• Junior or senior status
• Preference given to a "returning adult student"

• Junior or senior
• Financial need
• Outstanding achievement

• Full-time undergraduate student
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater
• First generation student
• Financial need as indicated via the Financial Aid office

• Junior, senior or graduate student
• Preference to a non-traditional student

• Full-time student
• 3.0 GPA or higher
• Financial need as determined by Financial Aid Office

• Full-time student
• 3.0 GPA or higher
• Financial need as determined by Financial Aid Office

• Financial need

• Junior or senior
• 3.0 or greater GPA
• Preference to student who will be studying abroad during the academic year; if travel is restricted by the university, it can be awarded to a junior or senior with a 3.0 GPA or greater

• Wisconsin resident
• Financial need

• SSA member
• Financial need

CAHS Undergraduate Scholarships

College of Arts and Human Sciences (CAHS) Scholarships

Scholarship

Major/Concentration/Minor

Requirements

• Junior or senior level
• 3.0 or above GPA

• Full-time undergraduate student
• Minor in psychology
• Minimum GPA 3.5 or above
• Non-traditional student
• Preference given to student involved in the community

• Junior or senior

• Junior or senior

• Priority given to a studio art major
• Financial need

• Financial need
• Incoming freshman
• Preference for minimum high school GPA of 3.0
• Preference for first-generation student
• Preference for student who is involved in community and extra-curricular activities
• Preference for students that have overcome personal challenges

• Junior or senior
• 3.25 GPA

• Full-time junior or senior
• Minimum GPA of 3.0

• Junior or senior
• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Financial need
• Preference to U.S. citizens, or are in the U.S. lawfully on a non-temporary basis
• Rotates yearly between Manufacturing Engineering/Art & Design/Dietetics/Food Science Technology

• Students must be enrolled in music classes at Stout
• Student demonstrates potential by virtue of their past and current leadership and scholastic accomplishments in vocal or instrumentation;
• Financial need.

• 1st generation college student
• Financial need as determined by Financial Aid Office
• Sophomore, junior or senior standing

• Junior or senior
• 3.0 GPA

• 3.33 GPA

• Junior or senior
• 3.0 GPA

Scholarship

Major/Concentration/Minor

Requirements

• Full-time incoming freshman
• Minimum GPA of 2.5

• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office
• Juniors or seniors
• Full-time student

• 2.75 GPA
• Wisconsin resident
• Junior or senior

• Sophomore, junior or senior
• Financial need

• Preference to incoming freshman

• Sophomore, junior or senior
• 2.5 GPA
• Financial need

• Must be student teaching in the fall or spring

• Freshman, sophomore, junior or senior

• Junior

• Junior or senior
• 2.5 GPA
• Financial need

• Full-time undergraduate student
• Minor in psychology
• Minimum GPA 3.5 or above
• Non-traditional student
• Preference given to student involved in the community

• Sophomore, junior or senior
• 2.5 GPA
• Financial need

• Junior
• Transfer from Madison Area Technical College

• 3.0 GPA
• Junior or senior
• Financial need

• Sophomore, junior or senior
• 2.5 GPA
• Financial need

• Incoming freshman
• Minimum high school cumulative GPA of 2.8
• Full-time student - Wisconsin resident
• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid office
• Can be renewed for three more years as long as maintains a 2.8 cumulative GPA in the major and applies each year to the Foundation with an application

• 3.0 or higher GPA
• Financial need
• Student teaching during the year of the award

• Full-time junior or senior
• Demonostrates financial need
• GPA of 3.0 or greater
• Demonstrates leadership in an organization that supports women, such as, but not limited to Society of Women Engineers or Women in Information, Technology and Security.

• Junior or senior

• Pursuing an education degree (majoring in School of Education)
• Full-time student - senior status
• Assigned or actively placed as a student teacher
• Cumulative GPA of 3.5

• Preference to an incoming freshman

• 3.0 GPA or higher
• Financial need

• Junior or senior
• 3.0 GPA
• Strong commitment to affecting the quality of life of people with disabilities

• Junior or senior
• Preference to a nontraditional student (has been out of school at least five years before returning)

• Freshman, sophomore, junior or senior

• Sophomore, junior or senior
• Preference to a veteran

• Junior status
• 3.0 or higher GPA
• Wisconsin resident
• Financial need

• Undergraduate with education major

• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid office
• Full-time freshman, sophomore, junior or senior
• Minimum GPA 3.0

• Wisconsin resident
• Preference to first-generation student
• Financial need

• Full-time sophomore, junior or senior
• GPA of 2.5 or higher
• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office
• Involvement in either university organizations, recreational activities or community
• Applicants may be a transfer student from a community college

• Sophomore, junior or senior
• 3.0 GPA

• Junior or senior
• 3.0 GPA
• Preference to ADA members

• 3.0 GPA
• Member of related professional organization

• Senior
• 3.5 GPA
• meet requirements for admission into the School of Education

• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office
• Junior status
• Preference to a first-generation college student

• Junior or senior
• 3.0 GPA
• Leadership and/or participation in extracurricular organization

• Available to all class years, freshmen through senior

• Graduate of any Dunn County High School

• Sophomore or above status
• 3.0 or higher GPA
• Concentration in criminal justice
• Preference to a resident of Dunn County
• Leadership and participation in student and community service activities

• Junior or senior
• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Financial need
• Preference to U.S. citizens, or are in the U.S. lawfully on a non-temporary basis
• Rotates yearly between Manufacturing Engineering/Art & Design/Dietetics/Food Science Technology

• Full-time undergraduate or graduate student
• 3.5 GPA or above
• minimum of 30 credits completed
• leadership skills and potential of contributing to the home economics profession

• Full-time junior, senior or graduate student

• Prefer background in metals

• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
• Has completed or will complete student teaching experience during the award period of the scholarship
• If no senior meets the student teaching criteria, may award two incoming freshmen with Technology Education as a major.

• Junior or senior status
• Preference given to students from Bayfield and Ashland counties in Wisconsin, if none, then students from Waukesha South High School, high schools in Waukesha County, WI, or a resident of the state of Wisconsin

• Full-time undergraduate student
• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Financial need as determined by financial aid office

• Undergraduate
• 2.5 GPA

• Undergraduate or graduate

• Sophomore of which can be renewed as a junior if complete the Foundation scholarship application and meet the criteria .
• 2.8 or higher GPA
• Financial need
• Preference to student from Wisconsin or Minnesota

• Full-time student
• Financial need
• Minimum GPA of 2.5

• Preference to students from Manitowoc, Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay, or WI resident

• Junior or senior
• 3.0 GPA

• 3.0 or higher GPA
• Sophomore or higher standing
• Interest in career in the food service industry
• Wisconsin resident

• Nontraditional undergraduate
• Preference to a student considering a career in education

• 2.75 GPA
• Involvement in MBEA

• A citizen or legal resident of the United States.
• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Full-time student
• Junior or senior standing

• Junior or senior
• GPA of 2.5 or higher
• Preference given to students with financial need

• exhibits leadership qualities through involvement in professional and other organizations

• full-time undergraduate student
• minimum GPA of 3.0

• Full-time undergraduate Wisconsin resident with GPA 3.0 or higher
• Renewable if meets criteria and for Senior year if completes elective class, Foundations of Autism, by end of junior year
• Preference if involved in community, works with disabilities, or involved with associations related to Special Education
• Financial need

• 2.5 GPA

• Full-time student who is an incoming freshman, sophomore, junior or senior
• Minimum GPA of 2.8
• Wisconsin resident
• Involved in community or extracurricular activities such as music, welding, woodworking, machine shop or assisting those with any disability. Recipient demonstrates service in the community to "make the word a better place"
• Preference to a student who submits a written statement on "What changes would you like to see in the field of technology or special education"

• Preference to technology education or family and consumer sciences major
• Incoming freshman

• Financial need
• Preference to active Chi Lambda or Alpha Phi member

• Full-time junior or senior
• GPA of 3.0 or above
• Wisconsin resident, with a preference to a student from Barron County

• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Preference to a female student
• Preference to a student with financial need

• Undergraduate
• Financial need

• Residents of Michigan, Minnesota or Wisconsin
• Preference to U.S. citizens, or are in the U.S. lawfully on a non-temporary basis

• Sophomore, junior or senior
• Wisconsin resident
• Financial need

• Must be a graduate of a Walworth County High School

• Full-time undergraduate student majoring in education who aspires to teach
• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office
• A student that contributes financially to their degree through work-study, summer or part-time employment, or military service to include national guard
• Preference to a first-generation college student
• Preference given to student that demonstrate the responsibility, caring, citizenship, fairness, and focus needed to have a pathway to a brighter future

• Involvement in community and extra-curricular activities

• Technology education major who will be a senior during the academic year
• Cumulative GPA of 3.25
• Submit an essay that lists the organizations you have been involved in, describe the leadership roles you held and goals achieved, describe how you provided service to others, describe how as a beginning Technical Education teacher in a 9-12 high school, you would strive to implement a program that prepares "all" students in their school, for life and work in a sophisticated technical society
• Active in student organizations and has provided service to others
• Demonstrated leadership ability

• Minimum GPA of 2.5
• Financial need as determined by the Financial Aid office
• Preference for a veteran or spouse of a veteran

• Undergraduate or graduate student
• 3.0 GPA

• Full-time student in Colleges of STEMM or CEHHHS
• Financial need due to unexpected circumstances arising after the student has decided to attend UW-Stout, such as the loss of a parent or significantly reduced family income, determined by the Foundation scholarship application

• Junior or senior
• Preference to a student from the West Allis area (SE Wisconsin)

• Junior or senior

• Junior or senior
• Involvement in professional student organization - preference to applicants who are state officer level
• Letter of recommendation should indicate applicant's involvement at state level

• 3.0 GPA
• Student pursuing a vocational-technical teaching position at a post high school level setting or a junior or senior technology education major

• Full-time junior or senior
• Rotating each year (1) transfer student from Wisconsin Technical College into an education program with preference to Technology Education or Career and Technical Education program. (2) graduate from Menomonie High School majoring in a program that has at least an 80% placement rating
• Preference to 2.5 - 3.0 GPA
• Preference to student in ROTC

• Financial need

• Full-time junior or senior
• GPA of 2.5 or above
• Financial need
• Preference to an active member of MBEA (Marketing and Business Education Association) or DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America

• Sophomore, junior, senior
• MBEA member
• 2.75 GPA

• Undergraduate

• 3.0 GPA
• Preference to women
• Preference financial need

• Preference to a student in any major who will study abroad during the academic year
• If travel is restricted by the university, it can be awarded to a student who is enrolled in the applied social sciences major

• Junior, senior or graduate student
• 2.5 GPA
• Financial need

• awarded to Dietetics in odd years
• Minimum GPA of 2.5
• Full-time sophomore, junior or senior
• Preference to students who are legal residents of the United States

• Junior or senior
• 2.33 GPA
• Financial need
• Evidence of leadership in the College of Education, Health and Human Services

• preference to student who wishes to become a machine shop or metal shop instructor

• Junior, senior or graduate
• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Financial need

• Sophomore or above standing
• Minimum GPA of 2.7
• Preference to students with financial need

• Sophomore, junior or senior
• Active duty, retired or honorably discharged service member or the son or daughter of any active duty, retired or honorably discharged military service member; from any branch of the military

• Junior or senior
• 3.0 GPA

• Financial need

• Full-time freshman, sophomore, junior or senior
• GPA of 3.25 or higher
• Preference given to Family and Consumer Sciences Education
• Interest and involvement in recreational activities

• Rotating each year between the majors
• Financial need as determined by Financial Aid Office

• Financial need
• 3.0 GPA

• Financial need as determined by Financial Aid Office
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Demonstrated leadership potential as evidenced by participating/leadership roles in civic, school or college or other types of organizations

• 3.0 GPA
• Financial need
• Involvement in community activities or service organizations

• Financial need as determined by Financial Aid office
• 3.0 GPA
• Preference given to WI residents of Dunn, Chippewa, Jackson or Clark County or military veterans or family member of a veteran or first-generation college student or student participating in student teaching in the year of the award or unpaid internship or participation in professional organization of their field or who demonstrates leadership potential as evidenced by participation in student or community activities

CSTEMM Undergraduate Scholarships