School of Journalism Scholarships
The School has scholarship funds that are memorials to faculty or students or are intended to help students in certain majors or from certain locales. The application deadline for current undergraduate students was Dec. 1, 2009.

• Journalism School Scholarship FAQs
• Scholarship Application for Current Undergraduate Students

External Scholarships
KU's external scholarship site, www.scholarships.ku.edu, is an excellent resource for external scholarship listings. Also, use scholarship search services to learn of other opportunities: www.fastweb.com, www.finaid.org and www.collegeispossible.org

Freshman & Transfer Students
Freshmen should apply for KU scholarships on their KU admission application by December 1, 2009. Transfer students must apply by February 1, 2010. Visit the KU Office of Admissions and Scholarships for more details.

The deadline for frosh is Dec. 1 (Nov. 1, 2009, is the OAS early scholarship deadline). The deadline for transfer students is Feb. 1, 2010.

Financial Aid Information
Visit the KU Office of Student and Financial Aid for more information.Most of the scholarships and award funds benefiting students in the School of Journalism are administered by the KU Endowment Association, which is an independent, nonprofit organization serving as the official fund-raising and fund-management foundation for the University. Founded in 1891, the Endowment Association is the oldest foundation of its type at a public university in the United States and one of the largest.

The J-School annually honors its outstanding students with about 20 named awards. Awards are established in honor or memory of faculty members or graduates of the School. Award recipients are chosen by the faculty members in the specialty represented by the award.

The multicultural scholars program is a scholarship/mentoring program for KU students from under-represented groups. Along with providing students with scholarships, the program helps students with the academic, social and personal transition to a university setting.Prof. John Hudnall is coordinator of the program. Please contact him at 785-864-7625 or hudnall@ku.edu with questions.

Two of the School of Journalism’s former multicultural scholars had this to say about the program:

“The multicultural scholars program helped me meet younger, pre-journalism students that I might not have met otherwise,” said Katie Nelson, Shoreview, Minnesota, senior. “The journalism school helped lead me to the internships that formed the groundwork for a career in newspapers. It exposed me to quality teachers and students with infectious enthusiasm. And most important, it helped me start developing into the writer I hope to be someday.”

“My first year would have been more difficult without the multicultural scholars program,” said Chris Moore, Tulsa, Okla., junior. “The MCS program helps you with your academic troubles, as well as socially. Each month we do something as a group and it helps us to keep in touch with each other so we know what's going on and try to lend our help if possible. I will always know that my time at KU would have been far more difficult and rough without the MCS program.”