Skip to main content

Scholarship Opportunities

Award selections for the 2022-2023 funding year have been made.

The review of departmental applications for 2023-2024 will begin in March and will continue until all scholarships have been awarded.  For scholarship consideration, contact the Program Coordinator in your department.

Below is a listing of scholarships offered to graduate students.

Beatrice and Roy Anderson Education Fund

Provides a scholarship(s) to Graduate student(s) majoring in Counselor Education who demonstrate a record of outstanding academic achievement and possess personal qualities of empathy and compassion in interpersonal relations.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Angie Smith, Teaching Associate Professor
Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development
Email: angie_smith@ncsu.edu

Norman Anderson and J. Conrad Glass, Jr. Fellowship

Provides one scholarship to a Graduate student enrolled in Adult and Higher Education and one scholarship to a Graduate student enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education.

For more information from the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Department, please contact:
Dr. Margaret Blanchard, Professor
Email: meg_blanchard@ncsu.edu

For more information from the Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development Department, please contact:
Dr. Sue Barcinas, Associate Professor
Email: susan_barcinas@ncsu.edu

Edgar J. and Ethel B. Boone Adult and Community College Leadership Award Endowment

Provides awards for doctoral students at the College of Education who are specializing in Adult and Community College Education or Higher Education to support professional and scholarly development, such as to give presentations and scholarly papers at conferences, provide materials for support of their doctoral work, and expenses related to dissertation research.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. James E. Bartlett, II, Associate Professor
Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development
Email: jebartl3@ncsu.edu

Kimberly F. Crews Memorial Endowment

Provides one scholarship for a first year Graduate student and one scholarship for a second year Graduate student majoring in Counselor Education. This endowment is awarded based upon your financial need, academic excellence, leadership, and extracurricular achievements.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Angie Smith, Teaching Associate Professor
Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development
Email: angie_smith@ncsu.edu

Thomas R. and Dorothy E. Koballa Endowment

Provides support for students enrolled in graduate degree programs in Adult or Community College Education with a preference for those students who are working at a North Carolina community college.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. James E. Bartlett, II, Associate Professor
Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development
Email: jebartl3@ncsu.edu

Moshakos Family Graduate Fellowship

Provides $2,000 annually to Graduate students enrolled in or accepted to a master’s degree program in Graduate Teacher Education curriculum in the College of Education. Recipient must be a practicing classroom teacher employed in the Wake County Public School System.

For more information, please contact:
The College of Education Scholarship Committee
Email: CED_scholarships@ncsu.edu

John and Nell Penick Fellowship in Science Education

The John and Nell Penick Fellowship is intended to benefit graduate students in science education who have completed at least 20 semester hours of course work for a doctoral degree and have indicated intent to seek a post-secondary position as a science teacher-educator and researcher. Preference will be given to female candidates. Students may apply directly or may be recommended by a faculty member. Each candidate must submit a research proposal (suggest 1500 words or less) for consideration.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Margaret Blanchard, Professor
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education
Email: meg_blanchard@ncsu.edu

Retired Faculty Scholarship Endowment

Provides awards for Graduate students in the College of Education. Special consideration will be given to the student’s professional impact, community engagement and/or creative leadership.

For more information, please contact:
The College of Education Scholarship Committee
Email: CED_scholarships@ncsu.edu

Agnes and Garfield Stiff Scholarship

Provides $500-$1,000 awards for Graduate students in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Department in the College of Education. Recipients must have presentations that have been accepted at a regularly scheduled conference, symposium or workshop sponsored by a national, regional or state professional organization, representing the disciplines in the Department.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Margaret Blanchard, Professor
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education
Email: meg_blanchard@ncsu.edu

Teaching and Leading Literacy Scholarship

Provides awards for Graduate students in the New Literacies and Global Learning program in the College of Education.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Dennis Davis, Associate Professor
Teacher Education and Learning Sciences
Email: ddavis6@ncsu.edu

Cassandra Lee Versteeg Mitchell Memorial Scholarship

Provides scholarships to Graduate students in Counselor Education who seek to work with persons with disabilities. Recipients are selected on the basis of exceptional aptitude and ability to work with persons with any type of disability.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Angie Smith, Teaching Associate Professor
Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development
Email: angie_smith@ncsu.edu

Epsilon Pi Tau Robert & Marilyn Wenig Scholarship

Provides scholarship to Epsilon Pi Tau graduate students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education in the College of Education, who demonstrate a genuine passion for servant first leadership, shown through service to EPT, extracurricular and community activities and continued involvement in similar activities.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Marissa Franzen, Teaching Assistant Professor
Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) Education
Email: mmfranzen@ncsu.edu

Wilcox-Hodnett Doctoral Fellowships

The Wilcox-Hodnett Fellowship is for doctoral students in the EdD in  Educational Leadership Program and students in the Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA) program are eligible if their dissertation will focus on K-12 leadership/administration/policy.

Please complete this application if you wish to be considered for the Wilcox-Hodnett Doctoral Fellowship. Application deadline is April 30, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. EST.

For more information, please contact:
Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development
Email: bonnie_fusarelli@ncsu.edu

Please carefully follow the requirements and deadlines pertinent to specific scholarship opportunities listed above. 

Contact your Academic Department and/or Graduate Coordinator for additional information regarding graduate scholarship opportunities.