Undergraduate Scholarships & Tuition Awards
Scholarship applications for the 2021-22 Academic Year are now closed. Award notifications will begin in early April and continue through June.
We post external scholarship opportunities and other resources as we become aware of them. We recommend checking this page regularly.
Important Scholarship Deadlines
- Evergreen scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year open in December 1, 2021.
- The Evergreen Priority Admissions deadline for Fall 2021 is March 1, 2021.
- The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and Washington Application for State Financial Aid (WASFA) open October 1, 2020, and the Evergreen Financial Aid priority deadline to receive your FAFSA or WASFA is February 1, 2021.
The following scholarships are also viewable as a single webpage.
Title | New or Current Student | Class Standing | Need-Based | Other Criteria |
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1st Sergeant (1SG) Samuel E. Avera Scholarship Amount: $1,615 |
SO, JR, SR | Preferred | Veteran with a service-connected disability. One or more Required:
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Alumni & Friends Scholarship Amount: $1,000; 2 awarded |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Required | Community service. |
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AmeriCorps Education Award Amount: Up to one quarter of resident tuition |
Not need-based | Commitment to community service through AmeriCorps. (No FAFSA required) Requirements: Essay (100 words), Letter of Recommendation, AmeriCorp Service Letter |
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AmeriCorps Education Award Amount: Up to one quarter of resident tuition |
Not need-based | Commitment to community service through documented participation with AmeriCorps. |
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AmeriCorps Service Award Amount: $1,800; 5 awarded Tuition Award, restrictions apply.* |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Not need-based | Completed one year of service with AmeriCorps. |
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Ann Gavell Scholarship Amount: $2,433; 2 awarded |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Economics or Political Economy. One or more Required:
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Art & Magda Costantino Scholarship Amount: $1,665 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Social sciences or education. One or more Required:
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Barbara McCann Art Scholarship Amount: $1,740 |
JR, SR | Not need-based | Demonstrates artistic merit. |
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Bennett Scholarship Amount: $1,798; 1 for a new student, 1 for a currently enrolled student |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Not need-based | Science or Technology. |
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Brooks MES Fellowship Amount: $1,000 |
Current | Not need-based | Awarded to one continuing MES student who is working on their thesis. |
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Byron and Bernice Youtz Memorial Scholarship Amount: $2,870 |
JR, SR | Not need-based | Cross-discipline interests: arts, computer studies, humanities, math, sciences. |
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Charles and Barbara McCann Scholarship Amount: $5,203; 2 awarded |
SR | Preferred | Ability to carry out a plan of study. |
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Charles and Miriam Matthews Scholarship Amount: $4,105 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Required | First-generation. |
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Chastain/Barnett Scholarship Amount: $5,535 |
JR, SR | Required | Computer science, digital media, and technology in any discipline. |
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Colin Reese Memorial Scholarship Amount: $3,805 |
JR, SR | Preferred | Political science, economics and/or political economy. |
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Colin Ross Memorial Independent Learning Scholarship Amount: $1,000 |
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Common Application Scholarships Amount: Varying amounts; 16 scholarships some with multiple awards |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Academic achievement. One or more Required:
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Cultural Diversity Award Amount: Varying amounts, multiple awards Tuition Award, restrictions apply.* |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Not need-based | Commitment to diversity. |
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Dan & Sheryl Tishman Scholarship Amount: $2,981; Multiple Awards (renewable) |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Sustainability or nature conservation and business. One or more Required:
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Dan Evans Scholarship Amount: $1,470 |
Required | One or more Required:
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Daniel Ira Klein Memorial Scholarship Amount: $5,453; 2 awarded |
Required | One or more Required:
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David L. Hitchens Scholarship in Honor of Frances Marie Rasmussen Amount: $4,325 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Required | Arts, humanities, social sciences. Preference given to female applicants. First-generation required. |
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David Whitener Memorial Scholarship Amount: $1,000 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Required | First generation. |
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Dennis E. Jones Memorial Scholarship Amount: $2,165 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Not need-based | Washington state employee or interested in working in Washington state government. Information management or computer science. |
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Don Finkel Memorial Scholarship Amount: $3,665; 2 awarded |
SO, JR, SR | Not need-based | Humanities. |
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DREAMership Scholarship Amount: $5,000; 7 awarded |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Required | Undocumented Immigrant or a United States resident whose first language is not English. |
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Eckerman Family Scholarship for Women in Science and Technology Amount: $1,000 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Not need-based | Science or Technology. Self-identifies as a woman. |
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Ed Kelly Memorial Scholarship Amount: $1,985 |
JR, SR | Preferred | Social Justice. |
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Edith K. Draham Scholarship Amount: $1,140 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Required | Demonstrated ability in fiction writing. |
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Edmond William Lapine II Scholarship Amount: $1,595 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Not need-based | Academic achievement, professional promise. |
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Emory Pyle Scholarship Amount: $500 |
Current | Preferred | Open to a continuing student who has not yet taken thesis credits. |
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Evergreen Alumni & Friends Fellowship Amount: $1,667 to one applicant |
Required | Demonstrated commitment to K-12 teaching and financial need. |
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Evergreen Foundation Graduate Awards Amount: Approx. $8,750 distributed among new and current students |
Not need-based | Commitment to a career in teaching. | ||
Evergreen Foundation Graduate Fellowship Amount: $4,375; two awards |
New | Not need-based | Incoming non-resident student; competitive award based on merit. |
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Evergreen Graduate Fellowship Trust Amount: $7,340 disbursed among one or more MES students Tuition Award, restrictions apply.* |
Current | Preferred | Open to continuing students who have not yet taken thesis credits. |
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Evergreen Parents’ Endowed Scholarship Amount: $2,765 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | One or more Required:
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Evergreen Trustees’ Scholarship Amount: $1,540 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Demonstrated leadership. One or more Required:
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First Peoples Scholarships Amount: Varying amounts; multiple awards, renewable |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Preferred | Potential to distinguish themselves after graduation. |
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Forest Ecology Scholarship in honor of Mrs. Suzanne Houts Stilson Amount: $2,230 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Not need-based | Forest ecology. |
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Foundation Graduate Fellowships Amount: $8,750 distributed among several applicants |
Required | Completion of “Basic Info” section of MPA Sponsored Aid Application online form required. (FAFSA received by Feb. 1 priority deadline required) |
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Foundation Scholarship Amount: Multiple awards in varying amounts contingent on class standing |
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Francisco Bautista Scholarship Amount: $2,335; 2 awarded |
Required | One or more Required:
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Fred Goldberg Scholarship Amount: $2,670 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Arts. One or more Required:
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Gail & Rudy Martin Scholarship Amount: $2,065 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Required | Demonstrates motivation, initiative, persistence and resourcefulness in pursuing educational and life goals. |
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George Washington Hayduke III Scholarship for Environmental Education Amount: $3,895; 1 award |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Environmental protection, enhancement or mitigation. |
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Girvin Family Scholarship Amount: $1,585 |
Preferred | Creative communications, and graphic design, visual art or creative writing One or more Required:
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Girvin Family Scholarship 2 Amount: $1,435 |
SO, JR, SR | Preferred | One or more Required:
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Graduate Assistantship Amount: Up to $2,000 |
Not need-based | Working with MiT staff to complete program projects. |
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Graduate Fellowship Trust Amount: $7,339 distributed among several applicants |
Required | Commitment to continued intellectual and professional development. (FAFSA received by Feb. 1 priority deadline required) Requirements: Essay (100 words) |
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Haefeli Family Scholarship Amount: $2,920 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Interest in making a difference in the lives of others. One or more Required:
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Hearst Endowment Award for Future Native American Teachers Amount: Up to two-thirds tuition dependent on number of qualified applicants |
Preferred | Commitment to a Native American community and the education of Native American youth. American Indian, Alaskan Native, or Hawaiian Native heritage identified on MiT application. One or more Preferred:
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Hearst Native American Scholarship Amount: If available, up to $3,081 distributed among one or more applicants |
Not need-based | First priority: Native American students in Master in Teaching program. For any remaining funds: American Indian, Alaska Native or other tribal affiliation, and commitment to the education of Native American youth and commitment to a Native American community (No FAFSA required) Requirements: Essay (100 words) One or more :
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Heck Family Scholarship Amount: $4,360 |
FR | Required | Thurston County high school graduate who is the first in their family to attend college. |
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Isabelle Lamb Leg Up Scholarship Amount: $1,560 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Required | Single Mother. |
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Jacinta McKoy Community Based Learning and Action Scholarship Amount: $1,600 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Community-based service and social change. One or more Required:
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Jackie Robinson Memorial Scholarship Amount: $3,182; 3 awarded |
SO, JR, SR | Preferred | Academic achievement, community service, social justice, students of color. Preference given to students transferring from Seattle Central Community College. |
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Jane Jervis Scholarship Amount: $1,500 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | One or more Required:
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Jason Andrew Oak Memorial Scholarship Amount: $1,695 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Performing arts. One or more Required:
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Jeanne Hahn Scholarship Amount: $3,940 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Political economy or history. One or more Required:
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John & Andrea Adams Scholarship Amount: $1,510 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Required | Interest in working in the environmental field. Preference will be given to a single parent. |
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John Walker Scholarship Amount: $400 to one applicant |
Required | Female applicant, preference given to women of color and/or women over thirty who have demonstrated a commitment to continued intellectual and professional development and financial need. (FAFSA received by Feb. 1 priority deadline required) Requirements: Essay (100 words) One or more :
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Joseph Albert Dear Memorial Scholarship Amount: $2,567; multiple awards |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Public policy/career in public service. One or more Required:
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Judge Carol Fuller Graduate Fellowship Amount: $1,400 to one applicant |
Not need-based | Past experience or future plans related to helping young children living in or near poverty conditions. (No FAFSA required) Requirements: Essay (100 words) |
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Judge Fuller Graduate Fellowship Amount: $1,445 |
Second Year MiT student with past experience and future plans related to helping young children living in or near poverty conditions. One or more :
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Judy Cushing Scholarship Amount: $3,000 |
Required | One or more Required:
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JUNO Scholarship Amount: $5,713; 2 awarded |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Painting, drawing or mixed media based on drawing or painting. One or more Required:
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K2 Scholarship Amount: $2,968; 2 awarded |
Required | One or more Required:
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Lamb Leg Up II Scholarship Amount: $2,220 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Preference will be given to students from Grays Harbor. One or more Required:
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Lamb Leg Up Scholarship Amount: $1,855 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Not need-based | Preference will be given to students from Grays Harbor. |
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Laura White Math Scholarship Amount: $1,335 |
JR, SR | Required | Science, technology, engineering or math. |
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Learning Seed Foundation Scholarship Amount: $3,240 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Community service. Preference will be given to students of color and students who are the first in their family to attend college. One or more Required:
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Lee Hoemann Scholarship Amount: $1,950 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Environmental Science or Environmental Policy. One or more Required:
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Les Purce Scholarship Amount: $5,238; 2 awarded |
Required | One or more Required:
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Life on Earth Scholarship Amount: $1,625 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Required | Incorporate the outdoors into their academic work. |
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Linda Kahan Scholarship Amount: $1,605 |
Required | One or more Required:
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Litchman Family Scholarship Amount: $2,993; 2 awarded |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Healthcare. One or more Required:
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Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin Endowed Scholarship Amount: $2,706; 8 awarded |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Technology. One or more Preferred:
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Mark Blakley Memorial Award Amount: $1,660 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Not need-based | Fine arts: writing, painting, sculpture, photography, etc. |
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Mark Stephen Souder Scholarship for Information Dissemination Amount: $3,220 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Preferred | Interest in information dissemination. Preference given to non-Caucasian, non-resident, and/or non-heterosexual students |
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Mary Ann Steele Scholarship Amount: $1,255; 2 awarded |
SO, JR, SR | Required | LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer). One or more Required:
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Mathew Slobodkin Memorial Award Amount: $2,935 |
SO | Not need-based | GED or other high school equivalency. Contributes to political, artistic, or cultural life of Evergreen or Olympia. |
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McConkey Trustee’s Scholarship Amount: $4,740; 2 awarded |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Required | Academic Achievement. Professional Promise. |
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Merrill & Rhea Gordon Scholarship Amount: $3,000 |
Required | One or more Required:
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Merv Cadwallader Scholarship Amount: $2,240 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Commitment to the betterment of society through good citizenship and community involvement. One or more Required:
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Microsoft Alumni Scholarship Amount: $2,090; 2 awarded |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Applied technology/computing - any discipline. |
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Miriam & Gerald Erlick Memorial Scholarship Amount: $1,710 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Orphaned or raised in foster homes or in another alternative living arrangement without parenting by biological parent(s). One or more Required:
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MPA Merit Award - Public & Nonprofit Administration and Public Policy Concentrations Amount: Varies depending on funding |
Not need-based | One or more awards for students in the Public & Nonprofit Administration and Public Policy concentrations who demonstrate excellence in their MPA application (new admits) or Core coursework (continuing students). Completion of “Basic Info” section of MPA Sponsored Aid Application online form required. (No FAFSA required) |
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MPA Merit Award - Tribal Governance Concentration Amount: Varies depending on funding |
Not need-based | One or more awards for students in the Tribal Governance concentration who demonstrate excellence in their MPA application (new admits) or Core coursework (continuing students). Completion of “Basic Info” section of MPA Sponsored Aid Application online form required. (No FAFSA required) |
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MPA Tribal Program Endowment Amount: $2,900 distributed among one or more applicants |
Required | Tribal Governance concentration students who show great potential to use their education to benefit tribal or indigenous communities and financial need. (FAFSA received by Feb. 1 priority deadline required) Requirements: Essay (100 words) |
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Mueller Family Scholarship Amount: $2,900 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Environmental Studies. One or more Required:
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Niels Skov Scholarship Amount: $3,260 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Entrepreneurship. One or more Required:
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Nonsequitur Scholarship Amount: $4,090 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Not need-based | Scholastic or personal achievement. |
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One Hardt Scholarship Amount: $2,300; 2 awarded |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Preferred | Entrepreneurial spirit, community service. |
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Oscar Soule Scholarship Amount: $1,720 |
Required | One or more Required:
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Pete Sinclair Memorial Scholarship Amount: $1,885 |
JR, SR | Required | English literature. Preference given to students interested in creative writing, the classics and/or poetry. |
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Phoenix Rising Scholarship Amount: $1,000 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Preferred | Female survivor of domestic abuse or sexual assault. |
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Political Ecology 1971–1972 Program Scholarship Amount: $1,960 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Preferred | Environmental studies |
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Rachel Corrie Memorial Scholarship Amount: $3,000 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Not need-based | Human rights, social change. |
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Rainwater/Ross Endowment Fund Amount: $3,040 |
FR | Preferred | Community service. |
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Randy Ray Memorial Scholarship Amount: $1,000; 2 awarded |
GR | Preferred | Interest in pursuing environmental policy with an emphasis on economic and business impacts at the state and local levels. Will be enrolled in Evergreen’s Masters in Environmental Studies program upon receipt of the scholarship. |
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Raquel Salinas Memorial Scholarship Amount: $1,000; 1 awarded |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Preferred | Engagement in First Peoples’ Advising programs, events, and/or services Demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in the broad field of education Preference will be given to students of color (African American, Asian, Latinx, Native American, Pacific Islander, Alaskan Native or students who self-identify as multi-racial) Preference will be given to students who identify as having any type of disability. One or more Preferred:
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Rita Sevcik Scholarship Amount: $1,000 |
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Robert J Meyer Organic Farming Scholarship Amount: $3,000 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Preferred | Be a resident of the south sound region of Washington (defined as the Washington counties of Thurston, Lewis or Mason and the southeastern portion of Grays Harbor county including the cities and surrounding areas of Montesano, Elma, McCleary and Oakville) Demonstrate a desire to focus their studies in organic farming or ranching, agricultural sustainability, or sustainable ecosystems within the south sound region of Western Washington. Demonstrate an intention to stay in and contribute back to the south sound region after graduation |
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Roberto Clemente Memorial Scholarship Amount: $1,950 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Preferred | Public service, academic achievement. Preference to first-generation Latin American or Puerto Rican. |
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Sara Ann Bilezikian Sustainability Fellowship Amount: Approximately $8,765 per year for 2 years, to one applicant |
Not need-based | 2 year award: approximately $8,765 per year for 2 years will be awarded to one student admitted in even years who is studying sustainability. (No FAFSA required) Requirements: Essay (250 words), Resume, Letter of Recommendation |
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Sarah and Stanley Rumbaugh Scholarship Amount: $1,470 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | One or more Required:
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Shauna May Memorial Scholarship Amount: $4,005 |
JR, SR | Not need-based | Literature, history, philosophy, anthropology, psychology or religion. |
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Soroptimist International of Olympia Endowment Scholarship Amount: $1,140 |
SO, JR, SR | Preferred | Female. Community service. |
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Soule Family Fellowship Amount: $2,375 to one applicant |
Required | Commitment to students doing work in the area of environmental studies and/or public health (FAFSA received by Feb. 1 priority deadline required) Requirements: Essay (100 words) |
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Steven Gibson Memorial Scholarship Amount: $2,485 |
FR, SO, JR, SR | Required | Community service. |
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Storytelling Scholarship Amount: $1,430 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Storytelling (creative or academic writing, media, music, visual arts or performance). One or more Required:
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Sue Crystal Memorial Fellowship Amount: Approximately $500 to $1000 per applicant, for up to three applicants |
Not need-based | NOT offered in 2021. Awarded in Spring 2022 through separate award process. Funding for final Capstone projects. Eligible students must be enrolled in the Tribal Governance "Capstone" course and be in good academic standing. (No FAFSA required) |
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Teacher Education Programs Diversity Scholarship Amount: Approx. $500 distributed to one or more MiT students. |
Not need-based | History of involvement with diversity issues and/or a considered plan for addressing diversity issues in their future classrooms. | ||
Thayer Raymond Memorial Scholarship Amount: $5,125; 7 awarded |
JR, SR | Required | Community service. |
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The Sara Ann Bilezikian Fellowship Amount: $9,143 |
New | GR | Preferred | Demonstrated experience and goals related to environmental protection, environmental advocacy and social justice. Financial need also considered. |
Tom Rainey History and Literature Scholarship Amount: $2,350 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Humanities, history, literature. One or more Required:
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TQ Berg Family Scholarship Amount: $1,575 |
Required | One or more Required:
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TRiO Scholarships Amount: $7,000 (split over 3 years), multiple awards |
SO, JR, SR | Preferred | Participation in a TRiO program. |
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TRiO Tuition Waivers Amount: varying amounts up to the value of resident tuition 18 credits Tuition Award, restrictions apply.* |
SO, JR, SR | Preferred | Participation in a TRiO program. |
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Tuition Waiver Non-Resident Amount: Up to 25% of non-resident tuition per award, for several out-of-state residents |
Required | Primary consideration to non-resident students who demonstrate excellence in their MPA application (new admits) or Core coursework (continuing students) + financial need. Completion of “Basic Info” section of MPA Sponsored Aid Application online form required. (FAFSA received by Feb. 1 priority deadline required) |
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Tuition Waiver Washington State Resident Amount: Awards typically range from approximately $500 to $1,500 per award; for several Washington State residents |
Required | Primary consideration to Washington State resident students who demonstrate excellence in their MPA application (new admits) or Core coursework (continuing students) + financial need. Completion of “Basic Info” section of MPA Sponsored Aid Application online form required. (FAFSA received by Feb. 1 priority deadline required) |
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Tuttle Baldwin Scholarship Amount: $1,720 |
Required | One or more Required:
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United Faculty of Evergreen Solidarity Scholarship Amount: $1,000; 5 awarded |
SO, JR, SR | Required | Washington resident. Community Service. One or more required: Facing high levels of student loan indebtedness; African American; Latinx; Native American; Asian, Pacific Islander, Pan Asian; DREAMers and DACA; A first generation student, e.g., a student whose parents did not graduate from a 4 year college or university; LGBTQ; Parent |
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Wayne Garrett Kostin Scholarship Amount: $1,505 |
SO, JR, SR | Required | LGBTQ (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer). One or more Required:
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Work Study Graduate Assistant Award Amount: $15/hour part-time employment, for one or more students |
Required | Demonstrated academic excellence in public administration coursework and the ability to perform high quality research + financial need. (FAFSA received by Feb. 1 priority deadline required) |