Scholarships may be applied for by downloading the application and following the instructions. Each academic year we award approximately $55,000 in undergraduate scholarships.
One application covers all scholarships for all students in each department and are also available in hard copy in Gearing Hall, Room 115 at the beginning of each Spring Semester.
Scholarships are awarded for the following academic year.
Applications for the 2008-2009 academic year will available during the first weeks of the Spring 2009 semester.
For information contact:
Mike McKinley
512-471-4934
Eligibility: Students majoring in the School of Human Ecology; awarded on basis of financial need and scholastic ability.
C.J. Davidson Scholarship
Eligibility: Preference given to female sophomore students majoring in the School of Human Ecology. Based on character, leadership, personality, demonstrated financial need and scholastic performance. Scholarships are renewable.
Mary E. Gearing Scholarship
Eligibility: Students majoring in the School of Human Ecology; awarded on basis of financial need and scholastic ability.
Mary E. Gearing Student Chapter Scholarship
Eligibility: Junior or senior student majoring in the School of Human Ecology with at least 30 hours completed at U.T.-Austin; minimum GPA of 2.5.
Louise Shelley Hewlett Brame Scholarship in Human Ecology
Eligibility: Senior student in the School of Human Ecology.
Susan T. Jastrow Outstanding Undergraduate Nutrition Scholar Award
Eligibility: Outstanding undergraduate students in Nutrition.
Delores Simmons Snyder Scholarship in Nutritional Sciences
Eligibility: Junior or senior female undergraduate in Nutritional Sciences who maintains a 3.5 GPA in major courses and a overall 3.0 GPA with a career focus on the food or hospitality industry. Sponsored by the Dallas Chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier.
Amy Gaston Smith & Beulah M. Smith Scholarship in Human Ecology
Eligibility: Students majoring in Nutrition/Dietetics areas; awarded on basis of financial need and scholastic ability.
Amanda Stoltzfus Scholarship from the Mary E. Gearing Estate
Eligibility Student majoring in the School of Human Ecology; awarded on basis of financial need and scholastic ability.
Margaret Dunlap Thompson Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Human Ecology
Eligibility: Student majoring in the School of Human Ecology; awarded on basis of financial need and scholastic ability.
Sonia Wolf Wilson Endowed Scholarship
Eligibility: Undergraduate students in the College of Natural Sciences, with a preference for students in the School of Human Ecology and who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States.



