Scholarship Programs
Wake Forest’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions offers merit scholarships to fewer than 3% of first-year applicants.
Most scholarships (including the full-cost of attendance Signature Scholarships) do not require a scholarship application, but only a completed admission application by November 15. Finalists for scholarships that require comprehensive interviews or auditions are notified by April.
Merit scholarship programs recognize extraordinary achievement, leadership, and talent. Recipients since 1986 have subsequently earned international and national honors including thirteen Rhodes Scholarships, three Marshall Scholarships, twelve Truman Scholarships, over ninety Fulbright Scholars, and other honors including Gates, Goldwater, Beinecke, and Luce. The Wake Forest Scholars Office provides profiles of selected previous merit scholarship recipients.
Some merit-based scholarships also require financial need. A family can estimate financial need by using the Net Price Calculator.
Applicants who believe they might qualify for need-based aid should apply by January 1. Most scholarships at Wake Forest consider financial need as a recipient selection criterion. Separate applications are not required, as recipients are selected based on data from the admission applications and the FAFSA® and CSS Profile® applications.
Please refer to the Scholarships Available to All Students section below for descriptions of permanently endowed need-based scholarships and other scholarships. A separate application is required only if specified in the scholarship description.
Please email scholarships@wfu.edu with questions.
Merit Scholarship Program Descriptions
Merit Scholarships for first-year applicants include the Signature Scholarships (full-cost of attendance), other scholarships that require an additional application or materials, and additional scholarships that do not require any additional application or materials. First-year applicants are also automatically considered for scholarships that are available to all students.
- Signature scholarships
- Scholarships requiring an additional application or materials
- Additional renewable scholarships offered to first-year applicants
- Scholarships available to all students
Signature scholarships
Begun in 1968, Guy T. Carswell Scholarships are awarded to students with outstanding qualities of academic promise, leadership, and talent. Successful applicants have pursued the most challenging curriculum available to them and have achieved grade point averages and standardized test scores (if submitted) that place them in the top percentage in comparison to their peers. Further, Carswell Scholars have typically been leaders in a variety of extracurricular pursuits and won recognition for their interests at the regional, state, or national level.
Carswell Scholarships provide up to five scholarships to cover the annual cost of tuition, room and board, plus $3,400 for personal expenses. Carswell Scholars are encouraged to apply for up to $5,000 for a research, study, or travel project during each of the three summers between the first and senior years.
Finalists are invited to campus for interviews and are notified by the end of March.
Wake Forest awards Joseph G. Gordon scholarships to students who show exceptional promise and achievement and who are members of constituencies traditionally underrepresented at Wake Forest.
Gordon Scholarships have been awarded since 1986, and up to five Gordon Scholars are chosen annually. Each Gordon Scholarship covers the annual cost of tuition, room, and board, plus $3,400 for personal expenses. Gordon Scholars are encouraged to apply for up to $5,000 for a research, study, or travel project during each of the three summers between the first and senior years.
Finalists are invited to campus for interviews and are notified by the end of March.
Begun in 1990, the Graylyn Scholarship is offered to one student each year and recognizes leadership and academic excellence, with funding provided by and in recognition of the Graylyn International Conference Center of Wake Forest University.
Successful applicants have pursued the most challenging curriculum available to them and have achieved grade point averages and standardized test scores (if submitted) that place them in the top percentage in comparison to their peers. Further, Graylyn Scholars have typically been leaders in a variety of extracurricular pursuits and won recognition for their interests at the regional, state, or national level.
The Graylyn Scholarship covers the annual cost of tuition, room and board, plus $3,400 for personal expenses. Graylyn Scholars are encouraged to apply for up to $5,000 for a research, study, or travel project during each of the three summers between the first and senior years.
Finalists are invited to campus for interviews and are notified by the end of March.
We are looking for the best and brightest students who have demonstrated exceptional moral leadership, commitment and purpose. We want students who have overcome great odds, worked hard to accomplish important goals and demonstrated the ability to work on behalf of others. We seek to attract students who have shown virtues such as honesty, diligence, curiosity, generosity, humility and gratitude. In short, we want exceptional students whose lives manifest great character and who seek out a collegiate experience in which leadership and character development will be central.
Many colleges and universities offer full scholarships based on academic achievement, perfect test scores, math and science awards, or accolades in music, art and theatre. Wake Forest proposes to honor another form of excellence: character.
Each incoming class will include a small, selective cohort of top students who will be awarded a full scholarship, based on merit, toward their educational costs. These scholars will participate in leadership and character programming designed specifically for them, and they will be offered experiential learning opportunities to practice leadership and character in service to our campus and within the greater community.
To be eligible for the Leadership and Character Scholarship, students must apply for, and qualify for, need-based financial aid in their first year.
Submit your undergraduate admissions application by December 1 to be considered for this scholarship.
Nancy Susan Reynolds Scholars must be not only excellent students and promising scholars, but also creative leaders who are able to influence others in directions likely to benefit society. They will have achieved unusual distinction in the classroom and beyond. Successful applicants have pursued the most challenging curriculum available to them and have achieved grade point averages and standardized test scores (if submitted) that place them in the top percentage in comparison to their peers. Further, Reynolds Scholars have typically been leaders in a variety of extracurricular pursuits and won recognition for their interests at the regional, state, or national level.
Reynolds Scholarships have been awarded since 1982, and up to five Reynolds Scholars are chosen annually. Each Reynolds Scholarship covers the annual cost of tuition, room, and board, plus $3,400 for personal expenses. Reynolds Scholars are encouraged to apply for up to $5,000 for a research, study, or travel project during each of the three summers between the first and senior years.
Finalists are invited to campus for interviews and are notified by the end of March.
Stamps Scholars must exemplify leadership, perseverance, scholarship, service, and innovation. They will have achieved unusual distinction in the classroom and beyond. Successful applicants have pursued the most challenging curriculum available to them and have achieved grade point averages and standardized test scores (if submitted) that place them in the top percentage in comparison to their peers. Further, Stamps Scholars have typically been leaders in a variety of extracurricular pursuits and won recognition for their interests at the regional, state, or national level.
The Stamps Scholarship is awarded to about fifteen entering first-year students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement, a high degree of intellectual curiosity and scholarship, exceptional promise in leadership, service and social responsibility, perseverance, character, integrity, and innovation. Made possible through benefactor E. Roe Stamps IV and his late wife Penny, and through matching funds from Wake Forest University benefactor Mr. Porter B. Byrum, this scholarship annually covers the cost of tuition, fees, room, and board, and includes a $3,400 allowance for books and personal expenses. Scholars may receive up to $15,000 total over their four undergraduate years for approved travel or study projects. Wake Forest Stamps Scholars join a larger Stamps network of approximately 1,000 current undergraduate scholars around the world.
Finalists are invited to campus for interviews and are notified by the end of March.
Scholarships requiring an additional application or materials
These scholarships are based on academic and extracurricular achievement as well as leadership potential. The four-year scholarships are awarded after national high school competition. The three- and two-year scholarships are awarded after national college and university competition.
How to apply
Interested students should write to:
Department of Military Science
Box 7599, Reynolda Station
Winston-Salem, NC, 27109-7599
Wake Forest University offers students who know that they have an interest in entrepreneurship the opportunity to participate in the Program in Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship early in their college experience. The Lelia and David Farr Scholarship is awarded every four years to a student who shows outstanding potential in entrepreneurship. This scholarship carries a value of $5,000 per year and will next be available to a first-year student entering in the fall of 2026.
This scholarship is funded through the generosity of the Lelia and David Farr Family through the endowment for a Faculty Chair in Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship.
For more information about this scholarship, contact Dr. Michael D. Gross at grossmd@wfu.edu.
How to apply
Complete the Wake Forest University application for admission on paper or online.
At least one recommendation should come from someone who can comment on your potential in entrepreneurship.
Include a brief letter asking to be considered for the Farr Scholarship, describing how you became interested in entrepreneurship and how you plan to continue these interests at Wake Forest.
Please send your brief letter to:
Michael D. Gross, Ph. D.
Founding Faculty and Associate Professor, Engineering
David and Leila Farr Faculty Director, Entrepreneurship
Program in Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship
230 Reynolda Hall
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
grossmd@wfu.edu
Your letter of application is due by January 15.
Twenty renewable scholarships of $16,000 each are awarded annually to students admitted to Wake Forest who possess exceptional talents in art, dance, debate, music, and theatre. Though Presidential Scholars need not plan to pursue a major in the area of their talent, they are expected to participate actively in that activity on campus. Interested students must be prepared to present evidence of outstanding talent and are asked by the Presidential Scholarship Committee for documentation of that talent (such as art portfolios, debate records, taped performances, etc.) and recommendations.
The program, begun in 1987, further diversifies the interests and abilities of a campus and student body already rich in both. Presidential Scholars with interest in dance, music, and/or theatre are given preference for an internship with the Secrest Artists Series.
Preference will be given to applicants who apply by November 15. Applications received past November 15 will be considered as talent areas allow. Finalists will be contacted by the beginning of March. Winners are notified in late March.
How to apply
The Presidential Scholarship Application is available through the student portal.
Wake Forest will continue to award scholarships outside the Presidential Scholarship program to students with special talents in community service, entrepreneurship, leadership, and writing for publication, though no form beyond the Admission application is required for consideration in these areas. Some of these scholarships include the following awards:
- The Hunter Family Scholarship for Community Service and the Louis Patton Hearn Scholarship for Human Service may be awarded to students with strong commitments to community service.
- The Russell Brantley Scholarship for Writing will be awarded to a student with exceptional talent in writing.
More information on the Randall D. Ledford Scholarship (in Physics) can be found on the WFU Physics website.
Begun in 1982, the William Louis Poteat Scholarship program honors one of the university’s most prominent historical figures. William Louis Poteat, a devout Baptist, was a professor of biology, president of the college from 1905-1927, and a widely recognized champion of the freedom of inquiry. These scholarships strengthen Wake Forest’s traditional relationship with its Baptist heritage and the state of North Carolina.
The William Louis Poteat Scholarship is awarded to up to twenty entering needy and worthy first-year students who are active members of a North Carolina Baptist church. The award is based upon excellent academic achievement, promise of leadership, and involvement in one’s church, and recipients must show promise of making a significant contribution to church and society.
The Poteat Scholarship is a competitive need-based scholarship. Applicants should complete both the CSS Profile® and the FAFSA® by January 1, so that need may be determined before the selection process is complete.
Applicants for the Poteat Scholarship must submit a letter of recommendation form completed by a church member by January 1 to:
William Louis Poteat Scholarship Officer
Wake Forest University
P.O. Box 7309
Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7309
Finalists are notified by the end of March.
Additional renewable scholarships offered to first-year applicants
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The 1834 Scholarship assists students with exceptional academic achievement and financial need by reducing loan expectations.
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The Abernethy-Sowers Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference first to residents of Catawba County, NC, and second to residents of surrounding counties.
The Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (AFROTC) Scholarships are awarded through an education services agreement with NCA&T State University. Interested students should contact the Air Force ROTC Detachment at NCA&T State University.
The Andrew B. McMerty Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need who are US citizens or permanent residents, by reducing loan expectations.
The Anne & John Barry Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Armstrong–Hartman Scholarship Fund assists US citizens or permanent residents, with preference to students with academic and special talents, from middle-class families, who have demonstrated a passionate desire to attend Wake Forest.
The Armstrong Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference to residents of FL, GA, AR, and PA.
The Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (AROTC) Scholarships are awarded for academic and personal achievement and pay an amount determined by the U.S. Army for tuition; a flat rate for texts, equipment, and supplies; and a subsistence allowance. Interested students should contact the Department of Military Science.
The Aubrey & Andra Martin–Hartman Scholarship Fund assists U.S. citizens or permanent residents, with preference to students with academic and special talents, from middle-class families, who have demonstrated a passionate desire to attend Wake Forest.
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The Baker Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Bauer Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars is awarded based on academic merit.
The Beekley–Hartman Scholarship Fund assists U.S. citizens or permanent residents, with preference to students with academic and special talents, from middle-class families, who have demonstrated a passionate desire to attend Wake Forest.
The Berczuk Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Bobby Carlyle & Margaret Ferguson Raynor Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference first to NC residents wishing to pursue a career in dentistry, second to other students wishing to pursue a career in dentistry, and third to NC residents wishing to pursue a career as a Christian minister.
The Bragg Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Byrum Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
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The Caitlin Schmidt Memorial Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Carroll Family Scholarship gives preference first to children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren of Wake Forest alumni children from NC, and second to alumni children from counties in VA, SC, GA, or TN that are contiguous with an NC county.
The Charles & Johnnie Murphy Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Cooper Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial aid by reducing loan expectations.
The Collins Family Scholarship assists students with financial need who help achieve and sustain the diversity of the student body, with preference first to U.S.-resident Hispanic students who are not U.S. citizens, and second to U.S.-resident Hispanic students.
The Connors-Hartman Scholarship Fund assists U.S. citizens or permanent residents, with preference to students with academic and special talents, who have demonstrated a passionate desire to attend Wake Forest.
The Costaras–Donnelley Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Crawford Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Curlee-Hodge Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference first to students not intending a major in the School of Business, and second to students with a physical disability. Recipients must maintain at least a 3.00 cumulative grade point average to be eligible for a renewal of the scholarship.
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The Daniel R. & Barbara F. Shouvlin Scholarship assists students who help achieve and sustain the diversity of the student body.
The D.E. Ward, Jr., M.D. & Sara Henry Ward Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Dean Family Scholarship assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference to students with US citizenship.
The Devine Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Donald C. & Heidi Hagen Prentiss Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference first to students from the NC counties of Bertie, Camden, Currituck, Chowan, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrell, or Washington, and second to students from eastern NC.
The Dr. George E. & Lila C. Bradford Scholarship is awarded to outstanding entering first-year students with an intent and capacity to prepare for a career in medicine.
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The Earl F. & Jane P. Slick Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Earl Haden Hamilton, Sr. Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Eddins Family Scholarship assists students based on ability, character, integrity, leadership, and a desire to make a contribution in their communities, with preference first to residents of Stanly or Polk counties, NC, or Spartanburg County, SC, and preference second to students from North Carolina and South Carolina.
The Edward Otis Burroughs Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference first to a student who is a musical instrumentalist aspiring to be a church or congregational organist, second to a student who participates in choral music at Wake Forest and who aspires to be a director of choral music, and third to a student who intends to major or minor in physics and who aspires to teach physics in a secondary education setting.
The Egbert L. Davis Jr. Scholarship is awarded to entering first-year students from North Carolina demonstrating outstanding academic performance, diligence, integrity, character, leadership, and reasonable athletic competence. Awards are renewable based on a B average, exemplary personal conduct, and participation in the religious life of the University.
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The Faig Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference first to graduates of public high schools in the greater New York metropolitan area, and second to graduates of public high schools.
The Farmer Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial aid by reducing loan expectations.
The Felman Family – Hartman Scholarship assists US citizens or permanent residents, with preference to students with academic and special talents who have a passionate desire to attend Wake Forest.
The Fideles Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The First Citizens South Carolina Scholarship assists South Carolina residents who express an interest in pursuing studies in business, accounting, finance, economics, or a related field, with preference to students with financial need.
The Fownes Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference to students interested in premedical studies, chemistry, or biology.
The Frank L. Blum Construction Company Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
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The Gary Franklin Culler Scholarship is awarded to entering first-year students based on ability and leadership potential, with preference to students from High Point, NC.
The George Foster Hankins Scholarships assist students with financial need who are residents of North Carolina or children of alumni/ae living in other states, with preference to residents of Davidson County, NC.
The following funds support the Hankins Scholarship program:
- The Roena B. & Petro Kulynych Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference first to students from Wilkes County, NC, and second to students from Avery County, NC.
- The Kutteh Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with strong preference first to students from Iredell County, NC, and second to students from its contiguous counties.
- The Lowden Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference first to students from Montgomery County and second to students from Anson, Stanly, Davidson, Randolph, Moore, or Richmond counties, NC.
- The William Henry McElwee & Douglas Plonk McElwee Scholarship assists students with financial need who graduated from a public high school and are residents of Wilkes County, NC, with preference second to residents of Iredell County, NC.
- The Dr. B.L. & Betty Ferrell Woodard Scholarship assists students with financial need, with first preference to applicants attending North Johnston High School in Kenly, NC, second preference to residents of Johnston County, NC, third preference to residents of a county contiguous to Johnston County, and fourth preference to North Carolina residents.
The George M. & Daisy Olive Beavers Scholarship assists students on the basis of leadership, citizenship, and character.
The George Nelson Turner Scholarship assists students based on leadership ability and merit, with preference to those from North Carolina, who graduated from a public high school, who were academically ranked in the top third of the high school class, who lettered in a varsity sport while attending high school, and who participate in Christian religious and community service activities. Financial need is considered but is not a required or controlling factor.
The Griffin Bennetti–Hartman Scholarship Fund assists US citizens or permanent residents, with preference to students with academic and special talents, from middle-class families, who have demonstrated a passionate desire to attend Wake Forest.
The George Hampton Wall & Billie Olive Wall Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
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The Hannah Rose Lyons–Hartman Scholarship assists US citizens or permanent residents, with preference to students with academic and special talents, from middle-class families, who have demonstrated a passionate desire to attend Wake Forest.
The Harold Wayland & Nelle Futch Tribble Scholarship assists students with superior academic ability.
The Heritage Scholarship is awarded to needy entering first-year students who represent the traditional constituency of the student body and who show outstanding academic achievement or potential, a high degree of intellectual curiosity, the enthusiasm and courage to take advantage of a college opportunity, a sense of service and social responsibility, and perhaps special talent in some aspect of the liberal arts.
The Hilsabeck–Hartman Scholarship Fund gives preference to students with academic and special talents, from middle-class families, who have demonstrated a passionate desire to attend Wake Forest.
The Hilsabeck Summer Bridge Scholarship assists two participants in the Summer Bridge program, one who is preferably a member of a Wake Forest athletic team.
The Hiram Abif Myers III Scholarship assists students with financial need who exemplify the ideals and characteristics of Hiram Abif Myers III, such as dedication to his or her studies, a strong sense of purpose, a belief in the promise of the future, a positive and pleasant personality, and a dedication to his or her community, with preference first to graduates of Roswell High School in Roswell, GA, second to children of alumni of Roswell High School, third to graduates of other Roswell or North Fulton County area high schools, and fourth to graduates of high schools in the Southeastern US.
The Hitch Family 1834 Scholarship assists students with exceptional academic achievement and financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Holleman Family Discovery Scholarship I assists students with merit and financial need who are pursuing or intending to pursue a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) major or minor.
The Holleman Family Discovery Scholarship II assists students with merit and financial need who are pursuing or intending to pursue a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) major or minor.
The Hunter Family Scholarship for Community Service assists students with a strong commitment to community service.
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The J. Lee Keiger Sr. Scholarship assists North Carolinians with preference to students from the ALLTEL-Carolina Telephone Company service region.
The James Capel Mason Scholarship assists worthy students.
The James Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Jean Hobby Ladd & Guy Richard Ladd Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The John Aaron & Vida Lee P. Senter Scholarship assists North Carolinians based on ability, diligence, integrity, character, and leadership, with preference to residents of Harnett County, NC, and active members of a Baptist church in North Carolina.
The John G. Williard Financial Aid Fund provides scholarships to students with financial need from NC and surrounding states.
The John G. Williard Scholarship assists middle income students.
The Joseph M. Neal & Kay Fundis Neal Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students from Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and Idaho, with preference to students with financial need, by reducing loan expectations.
The Josephine & Bruce Gunn Memorial Scholarship for Residents of Rockingham County, NC assists graduates of schools located in Rockingham County, NC.
The Junius C. & Eliza P. Brown Scholarships assist residents of North Carolina with financial need, with preference to residents of Rockingham County, NC.
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The Kathleen Kelly & George Hoyle Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Kenneth Monroe Tucker Scholarship is awarded to entering first-year students, with preference to students from Wilkes, New Hanover, or Brunswick Counties, NC.
The Knutson Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference to students from VA.
The Kosinski Foundation 1834 Scholarship assists students with exceptional academic achievement and financial need by reducing loan expectations.
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The Lelia & David Farr Scholarship is awarded to entering first-year students with an interest in and acumen for entrepreneurship.
The Leonidas Polk Williams Sr. Scholarship assists students from Chowan, Camden, and Pasquotank counties, NC, on the basis of merit.
The Leroy & Teresa Robinson Scholarship is awarded to entering first-year students from the high schools in Montgomery County, NC, based on academic achievement, diligence, integrity, character, and leadership.
The Lewis–Hartman Scholarship assists US citizens or permanent residents, with preference to students with academic and special talents, from middle-class families, who have demonstrated a passionate desire to attend Wake Forest.
The Lindsay Leiter Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Louise Patton Hearn Scholarship for Human Service assists students who have demonstrated exceptional service to improve others’ well-being and who show interest and potential in leading others to make similar contributions to humanity.
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The M. Craig Massey Memorial Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Mark C. Christie Scholarship assists students based on merit, with preference to graduates of public high schools in WV or in VA west of Lynchburg.
The Mark Kent Memorial Scholarship gives preference to SC residents.
The Mark Schurmeier 9/11 Peace Fund assists undergraduate students who are residents of the U.S., based on merit and financial need, with preference to students directly affected by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S., or other victims of political, social, or religious terrorism. The fund may also support student projects, travel, or academic studies dedicated to the reduction or elimination of terrorist activities and the promotion of peace.
The Marshall & Jo Walker Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Mary Virginia Kyle Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference first to students who have been raised by a divorced or widowed single mother, and second to students from the Southeast US.
The McMullen Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Merit Supplemental Scholarship is awarded to entering first-year students showing exceptional promise who are members of constituencies historically underrepresented in the College.
The Molly Dingledine Scholarship assists students with financial need and artistic ability, with preference first to majors, and second to minors, in studio art.
The Moore Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference to students from rural NC.
The Morgan Elizabeth Lyons–Hartman Scholarship assists U.S. citizens or permanent residents, with preference to students with academic and special talents, from middle-class families, who have demonstrated a passionate desire to attend Wake Forest.
The Morrison Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Motamed Scholarship assists first-generation college students, with preference to students who are, or whose parents are, residents of the U.S. but not U.S. citizens, to help achieve and sustain the diversity of the student body.
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The Neville Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
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The O.W. Wilson Scholarship is awarded to entering first-year students with superior records and excellent potential.
The O.W. Wilson-Yancey County Scholarship assists students with financial need from Yancey County, NC, with excellent academic records.
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The Patricia Heiges Brown Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Paula S. Henson Scholarship assists students from the Appalachian region.
The Peter & Yamile Jimenez Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to Hispanic or Latino students from FL.
The Pappas Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Presidential Scholarship for Distinguished Achievement, valued at $16,000 annually, is awarded to up to twenty entering first-year students based on exceptional talent in art, dance, debate, music, and theatre. A separate application is due December 1. The following funds support the Presidential Scholarship for Distinguished Achievement program.
- The Annenberg Presidential Scholarship assists students based on merit, exceptional talent, and leadership, with preference to students who express strong communication skills, such as in the areas of writing or debate.
- The Burchfield Presidential Scholarship assists a student based on merit, exceptional talent, and leadership.
- The John J. Carpenter Family Presidential Scholarship assists a student based on merit, exceptional talent, and leadership.
- The Ceruzzi Presidential Scholarship assists students based on merit, exceptional talent, and leadership.
- The Steven & Laurie Eskind Presidential Scholarship assists a student based on merit, exceptional talent, and leadership.
- The Kitty Green Presidential Scholarship assists students based on merit, exceptional talent, and leadership.
- The Hurst Family Presidential Scholarship assists students based on merit, exceptional talent, and leadership.
- The Milhaupt Presidential Scholarship assists students based on merit, exceptional talent, and leadership.
- The Strobel Presidential Scholarship assists students based on merit, exceptional talent, and leadership.
- The Thorkelson Presidential Scholarship assists students based on merit, exceptional talent, and leadership
- The Webb Presidential Scholarship assists students based on merit, exceptional talent, and leadership
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The Randall D. Ledford Scholarship assists a physics major or a student planning to major in physics.
The Randall D. Ledford Scholarship II assists NC residents who are physics majors or who plan to declare a major in physics.
The Riley Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference to students interested in participating in the Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship Program.
The Robert P. & Dorothy Caldwell Scholarship is awarded to entering first-year students based on academic achievement, leadership, community service, and a commitment to helping others. A portion of these funds gives preference to students with financial need from Gaston and Catawba, NC, counties.
The Robert P. Holding Scholarship is awarded to an entering first-year student from North Carolina (with strong preference to eastern North Carolina) demonstrating strong academic talent and exceptional promise in civic leadership. The Holding Scholarship is a competitive need-based scholarship.
The Robert T. Baker Scholarship is awarded to entering first-year students, with preference to NC residents.
The Rowland Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Roy O. Rodwell Sr. Scholarship assists a student each year up to the cost of tuition, with preference to North Carolinians.
The Russell Brantley Scholarship for Writing assists a student based on merit and exceptional talent in writing, with preference to creative writers.
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The Samuel T. Gladding Scholarship assists students based on merit, leadership, and community service, with preference to students from Alabama.
The Scarborough Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference to students with a parent who is a public school teacher in NC or SC, and renewable with a minimum 3.30 cumulative grade point average and enrollment in at least one economics course at Wake Forest
The Shelley & Tom Jennings Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Speas-Hartman Scholarship assists students with academic and special talents, from middle-class families, who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States of America.
The Stanton Family Scholarship assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
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The Thomas Monteleon Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students whose parents are employed as first responders or are otherwise involved in rendering emergency aid.
The Todd & Deborah House Endowed Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Toll Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Townsend Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Trinity Scholarship by K. Wayne Smith and Family is awarded to entering first-year students with financial need, with preference to residents of Catawba, Burke, Caldwell, and Alexander counties, NC, and to children of full-time employees of OCLC, Inc. of Dublin, OH.
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The USS Scholarship is awarded to entering first-year students based on academic performance and leadership, with preference to children of USS Corporation or its eligible subsidiaries.
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The Van Duzee–Hartman Scholarship assists U.S. citizens, with preference to students with academic and special talents, from middle-class families, who have demonstrated a passionate desire to attend Wake Forest.
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The Wake Forest Cultural Diversity Scholarship established by Linda J. Gamble, assists students whose residence is outside of the U.S., based on academic ability and potential to add to the diversity and cultural awareness of the Wake Forest community.
The Walkey Family College Endowment for Middle Income Students assists students from middle income families.
The Waters Family Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Weaver–Hartman Scholarship Fund assists U.S. citizens or permanent residents, with preference to students with academic and special talents, from middle-class families, who have demonstrated a passionate desire to attend Wake Forest.
The Werstler Family Scholarship assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference to students from middle income families with a parent who is employed as a skilled worker in an industry or trade.
The William Burnett Harvey & Emma Ballenger Harvey Scholarship assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The William G. Starling Scholarship assists students with financial need based on their ability, character, integrity, leadership, and desire to make a contribution to the community in which they live.
The William Louis Poteat Scholarship is awarded to up to twenty entering first-year students with financial need who are active members of a North Carolina Baptist church and are likely to make significant contributions to church and society. A letter of recommendation from a church member is due January 1. The following funds support the William Louis Poteat Scholarship program.
- The Ben T. Aycock Jr./Minta Aycock McNally Scholarship
- The Rev. Benjamin S. Beach Scholarship
- The Rev. Edgar Douglas & Jean Sholar Christman Scholarship, established by the Ministerial Council of Wake Forest University
- The Cockman/Gore Scholarship
- The H. Max Craig Jr. Scholarship, established by Winfred Norman Hasty Jr.
- The Nathan D. Dail Scholarship, established by Robert L. & Barbara D. Whiteman
- The Davis Poteat Scholarship
- The Evans Family Scholarship
- The W.D. & Alberta B. Holleman Memorial Scholarship
- The E. Glen & Joyce Holt Scholarship
- The Lynn Hampton Parker Scholarship
- The Walter & Eva Reynolds Scholarship
- The Roy & Doris Smith Scholarship
- The Minnie & Fred Stone Scholarship
The Willsey Family 1834 Scholarship assists students with exceptional academic achievement and financial need by reducing loan expectations.
The Winston & Elizabeth Dozier Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
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The Yezzi Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with financial need by reducing loan expectations.
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The Zachary T. Smith Leadership Scholarship, established by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, is awarded to entering first-year students with financial need from North Carolina with outstanding leadership evidence and promise, often to reduce loan expectations.
The Zeno Martin College Scholarship assists students based on academic performance, diligence, integrity, character, and leadership, who graduated from a high school located in the NC counties of Yadkin, McDowell, or Wake, with preference to Yadkin.
Scholarships available to all students
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The A. Royall Gay Scholarship is awarded based on scholarship, character, and high ideals, with preference to residents of Youngsville, NC.
The A. Tab Williams Scholarship assists North Carolinians with financial need.
The Adams Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students from GA or NC.
The Adelaide Alexander Sink Scholarship assists students from middle income families, with first preference to Florida residents who will help achieve and sustain the diversity of the student body, and second preference to similar residents of other states.
The Albert Louis Butler, Jr. Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference first to residents of Alleghany, Surry, and Wilkes counties, and second to residents of other counties in northwest NC.
The Alexander Hines Whitley Jr. Scholarship assists qualified students.
The Alice Caldwell Ketner Scholarship, established by Henry Ernest Ketner, assists students with financial need, with preference to males from Rowan and Cabarrus counties, NC.
The Allen Eugene Doyle & Betty G. Doyle Scholarship assists students with financial need enrolled in the School of Business, with preference to students from Chatham and Pender counties, NC. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Allen H. “Chip” Patterson, Jr. Alumni Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference first to students whose fathers are Wake Forest alumni and who were members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Wake Forest, second to students whose mothers are Wake Forest alumnae and who were Delta Kappa Epsilon Little Sisters, and third to students who are NC residents and who have at least one parent who is an alumnus/alumna of Wake Forest.
The Alumni & General Scholarship assists students selected by the scholarship committee.
The Alwilder Fowler Rowe Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Amanda Edwards Memorial Scholarship assists students with financial need with travel expenses for study abroad in the Wake Forest Venice program, with preference to students with demonstrated commitment to community service and volunteerism.
The Amos Arthur Swann Scholarship assists students with financial need from Sevier County, TN, or other Tennessee counties.
The Anderson Family Scholarship, made possible by Bruce and Mary Anderson, assists students with financial need.
The Andrew Jackson Crutchfield & Margaret Grehan Crutchfield Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Ann Levitt Brenner Scholarship, established by M. Van Brenner, Richard A. and Felice R. Brenner, and Lawrence M. and Sally B. Wolfish, assists students with financial need, with preference to students who do not receive an athletic scholarship.
The Ann Lewallan Spencer & Lewallan Family Scholarship assists students with financial need who are children of alumni.
The Ashley Linder Cheerleading Endowment Fund supports the needs of the varsity cheerleading team.
The Auersperg Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference first to RI residents, and then to students with interest in participation in intramural, club, or varsity sports but who were not athletically recruited.
The Augustine John Taylor & Roby Ellis Taylor Accountancy Scholarship assists accountancy students, with preference to students with a permanent residence within fifty miles of Winston-Salem. Application is made through the School of Business.
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The B. Macon Brewer Scholarship assists undergraduate students. Need may be considered but is not a required or controlling factor.
The Baker–Martin Scholarship assists students with financial need who have earned their high school diploma in North Carolina and whose parents (one or both) are employed in education or government. Preference is given to residents of Cabarrus or Nash counties, NC.
The Balogh–Dupree Business Scholarship assists students in the School of Business. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Bank of America Leadership Scholarship assists students majoring in the School of Business and the Department of Economics, with preference to students with financial need and to students who help achieve and sustain the diversity of the student body. Application is made through the School of Business and the Department of Economics.
The Barry & Ann Griffin Driggs Scholarship assists juniors or seniors majoring in mathematics, with preference to those with need, a meritorious academic record, and an interest in applied mathematics.
The Beal Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students from single parent households.
The Becton Family Scholarship assists a premedical student based on ability and need, with first preference to students from Augusta, GA, and second to other students from Georgia.
The Beekley Magnolia Scholars Aid Fund assists students in the Magnolia Scholars Program.
The Ben C. Sutton Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to NC residents.
The Benjamin Wingate Parham Scholarship is awarded based on ability and financial need.
The Bernard F. McLeod Jr. Scholarship assists students from middle income families, with preference to North Carolinians.
The Betty Turnage Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Beulah Lassiter & Kenneth Tyson Raynor Scholarship assists students in mathematics and English. Application is made through these two departments.
The Blackbyrd Scholarship assists a chemistry major, with preference to the student having the second highest overall grade point average.
The Bland Scholarship for Entrepreneurship assists students with exceptional talent in entrepreneurship.
The Brandt & Martelia Sakakeeny Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Brian & Nancy Siska Scholarship for Magnolia Scholars Fund assists students in the Magnolia Scholars program.
The Brian James Watkins Scholarship assists students based on demonstrated leadership ability, community involvement, and character, with preference to students from NC, MS, and DE.
The Brooks & Dawn Gilmore Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to history majors from Chatham County, NC.
The Butler – Serenbetz Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students from the northeastern U.S. who are the first generation of their families to attend a four-year liberal arts college or university.
The Burke M. McConnell Management Excellence Scholarship assists the senior in the School of Business with the highest grade point average. Application is made through the School of Business.
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The C.V. Starr Foundation Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Camillo Artom Fund for Italian Studies assists well-qualified students. Application is made through the Center for Global Programs and Studies.
The Captain Mario G. & Katrina Tanner Vangeli Memorial Scholarship assists students studying Italian in the Department of Romance Languages.
The Carlson–Dupree Business Scholarship assists students in the School of Business, with preference to students majoring in accountancy. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Carol Jenkins & Hoyt R. Barnett Fund for Magnolia Scholars assists students in the Magnolia Scholars program.
The Carolyn & Ira Darnell Scholarship assists participants in the Army ROTC program with financial need, with preference to students with demonstrated leadership ability.
The Carolyn Vann Irvin Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Carrie Elizabeth Proctor Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Charles H. & Carolyn G. Duckett Scholarship gives preference to NC residents.
The Charles I. & Louise Allen Scholarship assists students planning medical careers, based on ability and need.
The Charles L. Little Scholarship assists students with ability and need.
The Charles Littell Wilson Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Charles R. Goss Scholarship assists students who plan to enter the education field as teachers. Selection is made by the department of education.
The Charlie & Addie Myers Memorial Scholarship assists preministerial students or students contributing to Christianity.
The Chi Rho Scholarship assists members of the Christian men’s a capella group Chi Rho, based on merit, leadership, dedication to Chi Rho, and a strong commitment to Christ.
The Chinuntdet Crowe Leadership Scholarship assists students selected by the Division of Student Life, with preference first to students who have exhibited leadership skills by extensive involvement in, and leadership of, student organizations such as student government, fraternities, sororities and other campus organizations, second to students from rural areas of the Southeastern US, third to philosophy or biology majors, and fourth to members of Chi Psi Fraternity or Alpha Delta Pi Sorority.
The Chitkara Scholarship assists undergraduate students in the School of Business.
The Christian Cappelluti Memorial Scholarship assists music majors and minors on the basis of need and merit.
The Claude U. Broach Scholarship gives preference to students from St. John’s Baptist Church of Charlotte, NC.
The Cobb Foundation Scholarship is awarded based on ability and financial need, with preference first to students from Oxford Orphanage or other children’s homes and second to students from Granville or Vance counties, NC.
The Connie Williams King Scholarship assists residents of Nashville, TN, or Davidson County, TN, with preference to students with financial need.
The Constance Hoey Enyart Memorial Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to studio art majors.
The Cpl. Benny Gray Cockerham III Memorial Scholarship assists well-rounded, dedicated students with financial need and a record of service to others, with preference first to students with a parent killed or permanently disabled during active military duty, and second to students with a parent in active military duty in the Marines, Navy, Coast Guard, Army, or Air Force. Recipients must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 to remain eligible.
The Curtis Eugene Overby Sr. Scholarship is awarded based on ability, financial need, and leadership to a North Carolina junior or senior majoring in communication, with an interest in broadcasting. Preference is given to students from Forsyth, Rockingham, and Caswell counties, NC.
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The D. Wayne Calloway Scholarship assists students attending the School of Business Summer Management Program for liberal arts majors. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Daniel Eugene & Beulah B. Gatewood Scholarship assists an undergraduate accountancy major based on merit and need. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Daughtry Family Scholarship gives preference first to children and grandchildren of employees of Mutual Distributing Company or Daughtry, Woodard, Lawrence & Sterling, L.L.P., and second to students from eastern NC.
The David Hadley/Worrell House Scholarship assists a student in the Wake Forest London program who would incur excessive financial sacrifices without the scholarship.
The David Mou Chong Yeh & Tung Shai Yun Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Dean D.B. Bryan Memorial Scholarship is awarded based on ability and need to students planning a career in education. Recipients must work in the education field for a minimum of five years following graduation or must repay the scholarship to the University.
The Dean Robert Dyer & Mary Dyer Scholarship gives consideration to students with financial need.
The Disher Fund for International Studies supports study abroad, and on-campus study of international topics, for students in the School of Business. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Dixon Family Scholarship gives preference to Forsyth County, NC residents with financial need.
The Donald Alan Baur Memorial Scholarship is awarded based on leadership, dedication, competitiveness, and citizenship, with preference to members of Sigma Chi Fraternity.
The Douglas C. Turnage & Betty Lou Turnage Griffith Scholarship assists students with financial need and may reduce loan expectations, with preference to computer science and French studies majors.
The Douglas Esherick Scholarship assists a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
The Dr. Dorn Carl Pittman & Betty Mitchell Pittman Scholarship assists students from middle income families, with preference to residents of Alamance County, NC, and second preference to students whose grandparent or parent is a Wake Forest alumnus.
The Dr. George C. Mackie Sr. Scholarship assists junior and senior premedical students based on financial need and merit.
The Dr. James Barry Douglas Palmer Scholarship, sponsored by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, assists juniors with financial need with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or greater who are biology, chemistry or physics majors with special interests in biomedical or biological sciences.
The Dr. Paul F. Williams Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to US citizens or permanent US residents who have resided in NC for fifteen or more years.
The Dyeann B. & Henry H. Jordan II Theatre Scholarship assists theatre majors. Application is made through the theatre department.
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The E. Carwile & Garnette Hughes LeRoy Scholarship assists students with financial need from Bertie, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Hertford, Hyde, Gates, Martin, Northampton, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Tyrell, or Washington counties, NC.
The Edward H. Greason Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to residents of Wake County, NC.
The Edward Martin Allen, Jr. Scholarship assists students with financial need who are residents of Surry County, NC.
The Davis scholarship provides merit-based aid to one or more students from North Carolina. Winners demonstrate outstanding academic performance, diligence, integrity, character, leadership, and reasonable athletic competence.
The Eleanor Layfield Davis Art Scholarship assists a student with interest and ability in studio art, who has been recommended by the chair of the art department, to exemplify the talents and interests of Eleanor Layfield Davis.
The Elizabeth B. Mushinski Performing Arts & Biology Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to biology majors actively involved in music performance at Wake Forest.
The Elizabeth Hawks Herring Scholarship assists meritorious students with financial need, with preference to sociology majors.
The Ellis & Helen Wilson Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to those from central FL.
The Ellis Family Emergency Aid Fund provides emergency aid to undergraduates.
The Elton C. Cocke Memorial Scholarship assists outstanding students majoring in biology.
The Elton W. Manning Scholarship assists students based on financial need and merit, with preference to students from eastern North Carolina.
The Elwyn G. Murray, Jr. Accounting Honor Scholarship assists students with financial need who are enrolled in the School of Business, with preference to accountancy majors. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Emily Crandall Shaw Scholarship in Liberal Arts is made through the art, English, music, and theatre departments to a student who best exemplifies a diverse interest in literature, art, music, and theatre.
The Engel/Johnson 1B 1982 Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students who have overcome significant adversity.
The Ernst & Young International Scholarship assists an accountancy student or rising accountancy student in the master of science in accountancy program. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Eugene Basil Glover Memorial Scholarship is awarded based on ability and need, with slight preference to students from Halifax County, NC.
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The F. Lee Fulton Scholarship is based on leadership, citizenship, character, ability, and financial need.
The Farrell Family Scholarship assists undergraduate students in the School of Business with financial need. Application is made through the School of Business.
Since 2005, Wake Forest has awarded the First Citizens South Carolina Scholarship. To be eligible, students must have been residents of South Carolina for at least five years immediately prior to matriculating at Wake Forest; and they must express an interest in pursuing studies in business, accounting, finance, economics, or a related field.
The First Citizens Scholarship is a competitive need-based scholarship. Applicants should complete both the CSS Profile® and the FAFSA™ by January 1, so that need may be determined before the selection process is complete.
The Forrest H. Hollifield Scholarship assists upperclass students with evidence of character and need, with preference to natives of Rowan and Rutherford counties, NC, and to members of the Delta Nu Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity.
The Frank Jackson & Family Memorial Fund for Magnolia Scholars assists students in the Magnolia Scholarship Program of Wake Forest College.
The Franklin R. Shirley Debate Scholarship assists students with debate experience who successfully participate in the University’s debate program.
The Fred H. Duvall Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Fred N. Thompson Sr. Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to residents of Virginia counties south and east of the city of Richmond.
The Frederick E. Sprock & Ruth Kittrell Scholarship assists students with financial need from Mecklenburg County, NC.
The French Family Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Fuller Hamrick Scholarship assists students from the Mills Home in Thomasville, NC.
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The Gaddy Scholarship assists North Carolina students with financial need, with preference to residents of Anson, Union, and Wake counties.
The Gaither M. Beam Sr. Scholarship is awarded based on ability and need, with preference to residents of Franklin County, NC.
The Gary Bunting Tash Sigma Pi Scholarship assists members of Sigma Pi Fraternity whose fathers are Wake Forest alumni and members of Sigma Pi Fraternity.
The George A. Fitzsimmons First in the Forest Scholarship is offered based on the recommendation of the Magnolia Scholars Program.
The George D. Rovere Scholarship assists a student planning to become an athletic trainer.
The George E. and Lila C. Bradford Scholarship began in 1986. The George E. and Lila C. Bradford Scholarship is awarded to a student with an intent and capacity to prepare for a career in medicine. The scholarship is renewable for subsequent years subject to satisfactory academic achievement.
The George Thompson Noel, M.D., Memorial Scholarship is based on ability and financial need, with preference to students from Cabarrus County and North Carolina.
The George W. & Ershil P. Fisher Scholarship assists undergraduate students.
The George Washington Greene Memorial Scholarship assists the rising senior in the Delta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa who has the highest academic average, upon the recommendation of the chair of the Delta Chapter.
The George Yancey Kerr & Albert Yancey Kerr Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Gerald C. Wallace Jr. Scholarship assists students with financial need from NC, SC, and GA.
The Gilbert T. Stephenson Scholarship is based on ability and financial need to a student from Kirby Township or Northampton County, NC.
The Gladding Memorial Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to residents of NC, SC, GA, and VA.
The Goins Emergency Fund for Magnolia Scholars provides emergency aid for undergraduate students who are Magnolia Scholars.
The Gordon Alexander O’Brien Scholarship is awarded based on ability and financial need, with preference to students from Rockingham County, NC.
The Gov. J. Melville & Alice W. Broughton Scholarship assists a North Carolina student based on ability and need.
The Graham & Flossie Williams Scholarship, established by James T. Williams, gives preference to students with financial need from Yadkin County, NC.
The Graham C. Johnson Scholarship assists deserving students.
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The H. Broadus Jones Scholarship assists a rising senior student showing superior achievement in English and outstanding character.
The H. Franklin Perritt III Memorial Scholarship assists one or more rising sophomores enrolled in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, based on leadership. Application is made through the Department of Military Science.
The H. Howell Taylor Jr. Risk Management Scholarship assists students interested in a career in risk management. Application is made through the School of Business.
The H. Ray Pullium Scholarship is awarded based on ability and financial need, with preference to students from North Carolina Baptist Children’s Homes.
The Harris Family Fund for Magnolia Scholars assists a student in the Magnolia Scholarship Program.
The Heather Ann Maier Scholarship assists Christian students with financial need, with preference to students from MD, DE, PA, NJ, NY, CT, or the District of Columbia, who are interested in pursuing a career in a business-related field.
The Henry M. & Ruth Williams Alford Scholarship assists students with financial need who have graduated from the public schools of either the City of Clinton, Sampson County, or Duplin County, NC.
The Henry Russell & Clara Stephenson Harris Scholarship assists a senior business major who plans to pursue a career in banking, based on ability and need. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Heritage Scholarships are awarded to students with special gifts in the liberal arts and sciences who have demonstrated their academic potential, critical curiosity, and passion for learning. The Heritage Scholarship was established in 2001 by an anonymous donor to encourage students with significant need, who have grown up in small towns, to consider attending Wake Forest. These scholarships are awarded to students with a commitment to sharing their special gifts through service, in the spirit of the University’s motto, Pro Humanitate.
How to apply
The Heritage Scholarship is a competitive need-based scholarship. Applicants should complete both the CSS Profile® and the FAFSA™ by January 1, so that need may be determined before the selection process is complete.
The Hines Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to North Carolinians diagnosed with a specific learning disability as defined by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
The Hitchcock–Dupree Family Scholarship assists students in the School of Business. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Hixson Fund provides assistance to students in the Wake Forest London program.
Established in 1988 by the Holding family of Eastern North Carolina, Wake Forest awards one renewable Holding Scholarship to a student from North Carolina (with strong preference given to applicants from eastern North Carolina) who has shown strong academic talent and an exceptional promise in civic leadership. Holding Scholars have the opportunity to apply for summer grants for research, travel, and study.
How to apply
The Holding Scholarship is a competitive need-based scholarship. Applicants should complete both the CSS Profile® and the FAFSA™ by January 1, so that need may be determined before the selection process is complete.
The Holland–Kelly Scholarship assists finance majors in the School of Business, with preference to students with financial need with an entrepreneurship minor. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Holleran–Dupree Endowed Scholarship assists students in the School of Business. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Honeycutt–Kelly Family Accountancy Scholarship assists accountancy majors with merit and financial need, who are hardworking and who have encountered or experienced financial challenges during enrollment yet demonstrate the focus and resolve to graduate. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Horton Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to North Carolinians with demonstrated serious academic ability and dedication, and commitment to civic or volunteer work or a particular talent in the arts or athletics.
The Howard C. Vaughan Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to those from the North Carolina counties of Northampton, Gates, Chowan, Hertford, Bertie, Martin, and Halifax.
The Howard F. & Ruby C. Costello Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Hubbard & Lucy Ball Scholarship is awarded based on ability and need.
The Hubert Humphrey Studies Abroad Scholarship, based on need and merit, assists students in the Wake Forest programs in London, Venice, or Vienna.
The Hubert McNeill Poteat III Fund provides the Hubie Poteat Brotherhood Award to assist seniors who are members of the Tau Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order.
The Hull Family Scholarship assists students with financial need.
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The J. Andrews White Scholarship assists deserving students.
The J.D. Cave Memorial Scholarship assists a North Carolina male student who demonstrates character, a willingness to grow intellectually, and financial need.
The J. Irvin Biggs Scholarship is awarded based on ability and need, with preference to students from Lumberton or Robeson counties, NC.
The J.J. & Kaye Smith Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to accountancy majors. Application is made through the School of Business.
The J. Robert Philpott Scholarship assists North Carolinians with financial need.
The J. Sam Holbrook Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The J.W. Straughan Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students from Duplin County, NC, who are interested in pursuing a medical career (especially in the field of family practice).
The Jack & Jean Bishop Scholarship assists students with financial need in the School of Business, from one of the counties in the East Carolina Council, Boy Scouts of America, with demonstrated exceptional service to improve others’ well-being and interest in leading others to make similar contributions, with preference first to Eagle Scouts from Rocky Mount or the NC counties of Nash or Edgecombe, second to Eagle Scouts in the East Carolina Council, Boy Scouts of America, and third to Boy Scouts in the East Carolina Council, Boy Scouts of America. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Jack Buchanan Scholarship is awarded based on ability and need with preference to students from western North Carolina planning a business major.
The Jack Wilkerson Scholarship assists undergraduates in the School of Business, with preference to students pursuing a course of study in which business and liberal arts are integrated in a substantive and purposeful manner. Application is made through the School of Business.
The James & Courtenay Harton Chemistry Scholarship assists chemistry majors, with preference first to students intending a career in the chemical industry in the United States, and second to students not intending a career in medicine.
The James Bennett Willis Scholarship gives preference to North Carolina Baptist students with financial need interested in the ministry and Christian education. Application is made through the Department of Religion or the Department of Philosophy.
The James G. White Memorial Scholarship assists students with financial need with academic performance in the upper half of their class.
The James Grady Faulk Scholarship assists North Carolinians with financial need, with preference to residents of Union County.
The James Lee Carver Memorial Scholarship assists students with financial need with preference to residents of Oxford Orphanage in Oxford, NC.
The James McDougald Scholarship assists students first from Robeson County and second from Scotland County, NC, on the basis of leadership and ethics, academic preparation, desire, community pride, and financial need.
The James T. & Barbara H. Williams, Jr. Magnolia Scholarship assists students in the Magnolia Scholars Program.
The James W. Gill Scholarship gives preference to students from Montgomery and Prince Georges counties, MD.
The James Walker Fulton Jr. Scholarship is awarded based on financial need and merit, with preference to students who meet one or more of the following conditions: North Carolina resident, evangelical Christian, member of Kappa Alpha, or varsity basketball player.
The James Wallace Beavers Scholarship assists first-year students and may be renewed for three years of undergraduate study.
The Jane Elliott Bridgers Cheerleading Scholarship assists members of the cheerleading (spirit) team.
The Jasper L. Memory Scholarship assists students selected by the Department of Education.
The Jay Charles Randall & Elizabeth Smith Randall Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to NC residents with a parent or guardian who has spent at least five years as a public school educator in NC.
The Jay H. Kegerreis Scholarship assists continuing students having a 3.0 grade point average, high moral character, and a willingness to work diligently and to make personal sacrifices to attend college.
The Jean Boatwright Scholarship assists students from middle income families, with preference to students who have exhibited strong community service.
The Jean Leuchtenberger Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Jeanette W. Hyde Global Studies Scholarship assists students with financial need studying abroad.
The Jeanette W. Hyde Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to Yadkin County, NC residents and to students majoring in politics and international affairs or who plan to pursue a career in social work or in guidance counseling.
The Jeffrey P. Hogg & Michael M. O’Brien Magnolia Scholarship assists students in the Magnolia Scholars Program, with preference to students from underrepresented backgrounds at Wake Forest who have demonstrated a commitment to serving the broader community.
The Jennifer Reichle Isley Cheerleading Scholarship assists students with financial need who are members of the cheerleading team at Wake Forest, with preference first to accountancy majors and second to business majors.
The Jennings Family Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Jensen Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to STEM majors.
The Jerald Avery Holleman Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference first to students from Avery or Watauga counties, NC, and second from Wake County, NC.
The Jesse A. Williams Scholarship gives preference to deserving students from Union County, NC.
The Jill & Dan Croom Scholarship assists a student who would appreciate a Wake Forest education, with preference to a student who has transferred to Wake Forest from another college or university; a student who has been adopted or has been in the foster care system or out-of-home care or who has resided in an orphanage or similar residential youth care facility, or who has been legally emancipated from his/her/their parents and/or has parents whose parental rights have been legally terminated; a student whose parent or legal guardian is a disabled veteran of the US Armed Forces and who is unable to reside together with his/her/their family in a home they own or rent; a student who is a member of the varsity football team at Wake Forest and has declared a major in music, theatre, or the arts; or a student who has previously worked in a factory setting such as on an assembly line for a summer job or other similar employment.
The Jim & Elisabeth Gadd Magnolia Scholarship assists students in the Magnolia Scholarship Program, with preference to students with a demonstrated commitment to serve their communities through character leadership, volunteer work, and social outreach.
The Joe & Frances Rowell Scholarship gives preference to meritorious students with financial need from the Bristol, TN, area.
The Joe & Sue Newhall Scholarship assists students with merit and financial need who plan to declare or have declared a major in chemistry.
The John & Jill Hartman Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to juniors and seniors in a scientific, technological, or mathematical field of study, who are US citizens or permanent US residents of fifteen years or more.
The John & Margaret Newett Dixon Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students pursuing a master’s degree in accountancy. Application is made through the School of Business.
The John Belk Stevens Scholarship in Business assists senior business majors with particular interests in retailing or marketing. Application is made through the School of Business.
The John C. Whitaker Jr. Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The John Clayton Family Scholarship assists students with financial need who are children of Wake Forest alumni, with preference first to graduates of Broughton High School in Raleigh, NC, and second to residents of Wake or Durham counties, NC.
The John Council Joyner Sr. Scholarship is awarded based on merit and need to a North Carolinian.
The John D. & Bertha Wagster and Leon & Jimmie Ward Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students from AL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN, or VA.
The John Douglas Cannon Scholarship assists first-year students based on ability and need, with preference to students from Rock Hill, SC.
The John Lewis Legacy of Courage Scholarship Endowed by the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl assists students with financial need from the Atlanta, GA area, with preference to students from public high schools participating in the NFL’s Play It Smart Program.
The John Locksley Hall Scholarship assists North Carolinians with financial need interested in business careers, with preference to intercollegiate athletes.
The John R. & Blanche J. Perkinson Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The John Simmons Fentress & Ruth Blount Fentress Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The John W. Boatwright Scholarship is based on leadership. Need may be considered but is not a required or controlling factor.
The John William Slate, M.D., Scholarship assists premedical students, with preference to those from western North Carolina.
The Johnnie Collins III Drama Scholarship assists a first-year student showing promise for success in professional entertainment.
The Jones–Holder Business Scholarship assists a rising senior business major. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Jordan Bayer Memorial Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to business or mathematical business majors and residents of the greater Boston, MA area.
The Joseph Pleasant & Marguerite Nutt Sloan Memorial Scholarship is awarded to an applied music student based on ability and need. Application is made through the Department of Music.
The Joseph W. Luter III Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students working while enrolled.
The Joyce Weeks Nanney & Harvey A. Nanney Scholarship assists education majors with financial need.
The Julian W. & Martha B. Bunn Scholarship, established by Thomas W. and Gail W. Bunn, assists North Carolinians with financial need attending the School of Business. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Julius Harshaw Corpening & Julius Shakespeare Corpening Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to residents of Burke County, NC, and Lancaster County, SC.
Since 1961, Wake Forest has awarded the Junius and Eliza P. Brown Scholarships to North Carolinians, with preference to residents of the town of Madison and Rockingham County.
The Junius C. and Eliza P. Brown Scholarship is a competitive need-based scholarship. Applicants should complete both the CSS Profile® and the FAFSA™ by January 1 so that need may be determined before the selection process is complete.
The Justus & Elizabeth S. Drake Scholarship assists an English major with ability and need, upon the recommendation of the English department.
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The K. Wesley Lacy, Jr. Music Scholarship assists organ students selected by the music department faculty.
The Karcher Scholarship assists students based on persistence, fortitude, and strength of character. Need may be a consideration, with preference to students with significant athletics participation.
The Kathryn A. Clendenin & Megan E. Clendenin Scholarship assists students with financial need who plan to major in biology or history, with preference first to students from Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, or Prince William counties, VA, and second to students from other areas of VA.
The Kelley & Margaret Griffith Baptist Student Union Fund assists student members of the Baptist Student Union.
The Kenneth A. Zick Fund for Leadership Excellence provides a scholarship to a rising senior with financial need and a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.2, who demonstrates more than one of the following characteristics: values personal integrity; practices humility; is actively involved in a service group on campus; gives a significant amount of time to an organization enriching the lives of students; fosters a sense of community; seeks authentic relationships with peers, faculty, and staff; and cherishes the campus culture. Application is made through the Office of the Provost by May 1.
The Kenneth Gordy Memorial Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference first to Pennsylvania residents and second to residents of the northeastern US.
The Kester A. Sink Scholarship assists students from middle income families who are residents of Surry County, NC.
The Kirkpatrick–Howell Memorial Scholarship assists members of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, or other students upon recommendation by the Kirkpatrick-Howell Memorial Scholarship Board.
The Kitty Green & Hobart Jones College Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Knobloch Family Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Krahnert–Cantin Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to residents of North Carolina or New Jersey who have indicated that Wake Forest is their preferred choice.
The Kulynych–Story Family Fund assists students with financial need, with preference to first generation college students.
The Kurt N. & Katherine L. Simon Family & Goldman Sachs Gives Scholarship assists students with financial need.
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The Lecausey P. & Lula H. Freeman Scholarship assists a non-senior with financial need whose home is within the West Chowan Baptist Association of North Carolina, with preference to Bertie County students. Residents of the Roanoke Association may also be considered.
The Leon Wilson Wynne & Mary Ferebee Wynne Scholarship assists students with financial need, with first preference to residents of Martin County, NC, and second preference to residents of the North Carolina counties of Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Johnston, Lenior, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson.
The Leroy and Teresa Robinson Scholarship Fund at Wake Forest provides scholarships to students from the high schools in Montgomery County, North Carolina. Preference is given to graduates of East Montgomery High School, but applications are encouraged from graduates of all schools in the county.
The awards are based on the applicant’s academic achievement, diligence, integrity, character and leadership and range from $2,000 up to full tuition. Demonstrated financial need is taken into account but is not required to win a Robinson Scholarship. However, the special aim of the program is to encourage needy students to apply, since the generous funding of this program is geared especially to students who otherwise could not afford a Wake Forest education.
The program seeks especially to identify the most capable and needy students in Montgomery County, and provide them the opportunity to choose Wake Forest.
Interested students should complete the CSS Profile® by January 1.
The Lewis Reed Gaskin Scholarship is awarded based on ability and potential as a physician.
The Lex Marsh Scholarship assists North Carolinians based on financial need and merit.
The LGBTQ Scholarship assists students with demonstrated exceptional service to improving the campus climate and the wellbeing of LGBTQ students.
The Lib & Joyner Burns Scholarship is awarded based on ability and need, with preference first to students having a physical handicap and second to students from Forsyth or Guilford counties, NC.
The Lindsay T. Wagstaff Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Louis R. & Ruth Ann Morrell Scholarship assists undergraduate students.
The Louise & Lester Triplette Scholarship assists students enrolled in the Schools of Business, with preference to undergraduates with financial need. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Lowell & Anne Smith Tillett Scholarship assists students studying in, or whose residence is located in, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and other countries in the former Soviet Union. Application is made through the Center for Global Programs and Studies.
The Lowe’s Food Scholarship assists students in the School of Business on the basis of merit and with preference to students from North Carolina and Virginia. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Lucy Cannon Prevette Scholarship assists students who are interested in the humanities, specifically, literature, language, or political sciences.
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The M. Elizabeth Harris Music Scholarship assists a music major, based on ability and need, with preference to a student whose primary interest is church music.
The M. Akers & Violet G. Hutchens Scholarship assists journalism minors with financial need.
The MacAnderson Scholarship assists students studying a foreign language, preferably at a university in Europe. Application is made through the student financial aid office.
The Marcus C. Miller Scholarship, begun in 1996, recognizes students who have demonstrated ability in the innovative use of information technology prior to entering Wake Forest.
The Mack Family Magnolia–Eubank Scholarship assists students with financial need in the Magnolia Scholarship Program who intend to participate in study abroad opportunities.
The Marcus C. Miller Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference first to students interested in entrepreneurship, and second to students from OH, IL, or KY.
The Marie Thornton Willis & Miriam Carlyle Willis Scholarship gives preference to North Carolina Baptist students with financial need interested in music ministry.
The Mark & Shirley Reece Scholarship, established by John E. Reece II, assists students with financial need, with preference to student athletes participating in a varsity sport.
The Mark Christopher Pruitt Scholarship assists a senior member of the Delta Omega Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, based on good academic standing, leadership in the fraternity and campus affairs, and high esteem by peers.
The Marshall & Patricia Trammell Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students from middle income households, and who are majoring in or express an interest in majoring in the arts and sciences.
The Mary J. Sampson & Frank A. Dodge Scholarship gives preference to students who help achieve and sustain the diversity of the Wake Forest student body and who have expressed a desire to pursue a career related to medicine.
The Matthew James Alexander Scholarship assists students with financial need in the Wake Forest Dijon, France, program.
The Matthew T. Yates Scholarship assists students with financial need who are children of missionaries of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Applicants should notify the Office of Student Financial Aid of their eligibility to be considered.
The McGladrey & Pullen Scholarship assists a senior accountancy major based on merit, financial need, and interest in public accounting. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Medlin Scholarship assists students from middle income families with preference to North Carolinians.
The Mercuri Family Scholarship for Italian Studies Fund assists students studying abroad who have preciously passed at least one course in Italian at Wake Forest and whose course work while in Italy is focused on Italian language, culture, history, arts, humanities, or sciences.
The Michael Montoya Fund for Wake Forest Scholars assists students with leadership, integrity, strong work ethic, loyalty, humility, academic excellence, love of life, selflessness, a positive attitude, and financial need by reducing loan expectations, with preference to students with a major within the mathematics or science departments.
The Mike & Debbie Rubin Scholarship assists students with financial need with a declared or intended major in the College of Arts & Sciences.
The Mildred Bronson Miller Scholarship assists students based on leadership, dedication, competitiveness, and citizenship.
The Miller Family Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Miller Family Scholarship for Undergraduate Business Students gives preference to a student from a middle income family.
The Mitchell W. Wallace Scholarship gives preference to North Carolinians. Financial need is a consideration, but not a required or controlling factor.
The Moon Family Scholarship assists students with financial need with a class rank within the top ten percent and a demonstrated record of community service, who attended Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines, NC, or transferred to Wake Forest from Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst, NC.
The Mrs. Paul Price Davis Scholarship assists North Carolina students, with preference to residents of Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina.
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The Nancy Davis Redman & Douglas Redman Endowed Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Nathan R. and Margaret P. Shotwell Scholarship in History is awarded to a rising senior history major who has a strong grade point average, has demonstrated excellent academic performance and made significant contributions to the Department of History.
The Nathaniel Jones Student Scholarship, established by Chris Paul, assists students with financial need, with preference first to graduates of West Forsyth High School in Clemmons, NC, and second to students from Forsyth County, NC.
The Neal M. Chastain Memorial Scholarship assists a senior business major exhibiting ability and Christian ideals. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Neville Scholarship assists undergraduates with financial need in the School of Business.
The Nicholas Val Napolitano Memorial Scholarship assists members of the Psi Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, with preference to students with financial need.
The Norcross Family Fund for Magnolia Scholars assists students with financial need who help achieve and sustain the diversity of the student body, with preference to socioeconomically and/or racially underrepresented students.
The Norfleet Scholarships assist students with financial need.
The Norman B. & Ruth T. Kellum Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students from NC counties east of Wake County.
The North Carolina Academic Excellence Scholarship assists students based on financial need, with preference to NC residents.
The North Carolina Fiscal Literacy Foundation Scholarship assists NC residents, with preference to students studying the consumer financial field. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Nostitz International Travel Fund assists students from middle income families, who are studying abroad in a program approved by Wake Forest in London, Vienna, or Venice.
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The O.B. Crowell Memorial Scholarship is awarded based on character, financial need, and promise.
Begun in 1986, the O.W. Wilson Scholarship is awarded to students who have clearly superior records and excellent potential. The Wilson Scholarship is renewable for subsequent years with satisfactory academic achievement.
The Oliver D. & Caroline Revell Scholarship assists preministerial students with financial need or students entering full-time Christian service with financial need.
The Orton Merit Fund for Entrepreneurship provides scholarships to students in recognition of expected or ongoing leadership in the undergraduate programs offered through the Center for Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship. Application is made through the Center for Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship.
The Otis William Deese Presidential Scholarship is awarded to students with financial need as a supplement to the Presidential Scholarships for Distinguished Achievement.
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The Page W. Acree Humanities in Science Scholarship assists students majoring in chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, or computer science, who have career objectives in medicine or science-related fields that require human service, and who wish to take unrequired academic work in the humanities. A separate application to the dean of the College is required.
The Parrella Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students with a career interest in a health profession, and with preference first to students from the Bronx or nearby areas, second to students from New Jersey, third to students from states contiguous to New Jersey, and fourth to students from other Middle Atlantic States.
The Patricia H. & James J. Marino Scholarship assists a student with financial need, who is a participant in the Magnolia Scholars Program and who has exceptional leadership and character, a deep personal commitment to moral values, and a clear commitment to serving the broader community.
The Paul Clark Brown Jr. Memorial Scholarship assists a student with financial need studying at the Worrell House.
The Perkins–Prothro Foundation Scholarship assists Texas residents with financial need.
The Perricone Casa Artom Scholarship, initiated by members of the fall 1974 Venice class and others, assists students in the Wake Forest program in Venice.
The Peter Brunette Film Studies Scholarship assists juniors or seniors with financial need minoring in film studies or majoring in English.
The Peter Stathis Endowed Accountancy Scholarship is offered to juniors studying accountancy. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Phillip W. Wilson/Peat Marwick Memorial Scholarship assists a senior accountancy major with demonstrated leadership skills, outstanding interpersonal skills, and a strong commitment to the community and the accountancy profession. The recipient must also be in the top fifth of his or her class based on a grade point average within the School of Business. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Porter B. Byrum Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Professor Robert Lovett Scholarship assists students with demonstrated academic promise and financial need, with preference first to students from Ashe County, NC, and second to students from contiguous NC, TN, and VA counties or graduates of Galax High School in Galax, VA.
The Purviance–Eubank Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students who intend to declare an undergraduate major in the School of Business.
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The R. Frank Nanney Scholarship gives preference first to students from Rutherford County, NC, and second to other North Carolinians.
The R. Stanley Vaughan/PricewaterhouseCoopers Scholarship assists accountancy majors and students enrolled in the master’s program in accountancy, with preference to fourth-year students. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Ralph Judson Sykes Scholarship assists North Carolinians based on financial need, moral character, and Christian fellowship.
The Ralph L. Foust Scholarship assists deserving students with financial need.
The Ray L. Evans Biology Scholarship assists NC residents with financial need majoring in biology.
The Reifler Family Scholarship assists students with financial need with artistic ability, with preference first to students who have declared or intend to declare a major in studio art and second to students who have declared or intend to declare a minor in studio art.
The Reinsch/Pierce Family Scholarship gives preference to students from northern Virginia. Financial need may be considered but is not a required or controlling factor.
The University offers both merit-based and need-based assistance through the Robert P. and Dorothy Caldwell Scholarship Fund, created in 1988 to honor the Caldwell family of Gastonia, North Carolina. Up to three scholarships are awarded annually. In the awarding of a portion of these funds, the Scholarship Committee gives preference to students from Gaston and Catawba (N.C.) Counties who need assistance in order to attend Wake Forest. Students completing the admissions application will be considered for the Caldwell awards, with values up to partial tuition.
The Revelle Family Scholarship assists students with financial need from Northampton and Hertford counties, with second preference to students from other areas of northeastern North Carolina.
The Reynolds North Carolina Scholarship, established by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, assists North Carolinians with financial need who are first generation college students.
The Rhoda C. & Davin E. Juckett Scholarship assists students with financial need with a GPA of at least 2.8.
The Richard & Carolyn Riley Scholarship assists an entrepreneurship minor who shows outstanding potential. Application is made through the Center for Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship.
The Richard “Dick” T. Clay Scholarship assists students in the School of Business who are participating in learning experiences related to for-profit business or entrepreneurship and who show strong moral character and concern for business ethics. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Richard N. Boe–Eubank Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students historically underrepresented at Wake Forest, students who have been raised by a divorced or widowed single parent, and students from the southeast region of the US.
The Robert A. & Margaret Pope McIntyre Scholarship gives preference to students from Robeson County, NC.
The Robert A. Eubank Scholarship assists needy students who are the first generation of their families to attend college and who embody the spirit and characteristics of Robert A. Eubank.
The Robert C. Bridger Jr. Scholarship assists a senior major in the School of Business, based on ability and need, with preference to residents of Bladen County, NC. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Robert H. Demsey Scholarship assists undergraduate students with financial need, with preference to business or accountancy majors.
The Robert L. Sullivan Fund may be used to assist students in the biology major.
The Robert Lee Middleton Scholarship is awarded based on character, purpose, intelligence, and financial need, with preference to a student planning to enter the field of literature, accountancy, teaching, or the gospel ministry or other full-time religious work.
The Robert M. Helm Leadership Scholarship assists participants in the Army ROTC program.
The Roche–Dupree Business Scholarship assists students in the School of Business. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Rodell & Annette Johnson Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to art majors and other students with demonstrated exceptional interest and ability in the field of visual art.
The Roger W. Bollinger Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Ross K. Smith Scholarship assists students who have successfully participated in the debate program at Wake Forest.
The Roy M. Rawls & Fumi Kato Kubota Scholarship assists students studying accountancy. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Russell Taylor Scholarship assists an entering first-year student with a distinguished record in citizenship and scholarship. Preference is given to students planning careers in the areas of religion or law, students exemplifying positive principles of the Christian faith, needy students, and students from Iredell County, NC.
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The Saddye Stephenson & Benjamin Louis Sykes Scholarship is awarded based on Christian character, academic proficiency, and financial need, with preference to first-year students from North Carolina.
The Sara Jo Brownlow Shearer Scholarship is awarded to students specializing in areas of learning disabilities.
The Sargeant Family Scholarship assists North Carolinians with financial need, with preference first to residents of Watauga, Caldwell, Ashe, Avery, Alleghany, and Wilkes counties, and second to residents of other rural areas.
The Sargeant Family School of Business Scholarship assists students in the School of Business. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Scales International Studies Scholarship supports study outside the United States. Application is made through the Center for Global Programs and Studies.
The Sears–Dupree Endowed Scholarship assists students with financial need in the School of Business. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Shimp–Eubank Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Sigmund Sternberger Scholarship assists North Carolinians with financial need, with preference to students from Greensboro and Guilford County, NC.
The Simonetti–Dupree Scholarship assists students in the School of Business. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Squire Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to members of Boy Scouts of America.
The Stanley McClayton Guthrie Scholarship assists a student with financial need, with preference to students from Halifax County, VA, then to children of Wake Forest alumni.
The Stanton B. Ingram Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference first to students from AL, and second to students from MS, GA, LA, TN, or FL.
The Steve & Kent Butler Family Fund assists students with financial need, with preference first to residents of Columbus, GA and second to residents of GA.
The Study Abroad Scholarship assists students with a minimum 3.0 grade point average through application with the Center for Global Programs and Studies.
The Strum Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference first to residents of Person County, NC, and second to residents of the southern region of CA.
An unusual and important feature of the Nancy Susan Reynolds, Guy T. Carswell, Graylyn, and Joseph G. Gordon scholarships is the summer grant program that supports research, study, and travel. These scholars have three summers in which to undertake projects funded at up to $5,000 per year. Scholars consult with faculty, the scholarship officers, and others to plan a project with an educational purpose. Approximately twenty such project grants are awarded annually to scholarship students. Recent summer projects include:
- Islamic art in Morocco and Turkey
- Roma culture in Eastern Europe
- Research on Sorbian minority in Germany
- Classes and research in Cuba
- Internships with White House, US AID, and Congressional offices
- Research at Harvard School of Public Health
- Historical and cultural traditions of Ivory Coast
- School for Field Studies in Costa Rica
- Operation Crossroads Africa in Tanzania
- London’s influence on Keats
- Teaching English to League of Women in Ukraine
- Research and visit religious sites in India
- Medical team in Thailand
- Women’s health in Peru
- Democratic reform in Honduras
- Research in Ireland on author Elizabeth Bowen
- Reconstructing the European Grand Tour
- Nature writing and hiking on Appalachian Trail and in Montana
- Producing a film in Croatia
- Curating an African art exhibit in Winston-Salem
In addition to these opportunities for summer funding, any Wake Forest University student may apply for summer funding through the Wake Forest Undergraduate Fellowship and Richter Scholarship programs.
The Susan Hutchins Greene & Hugh Greene First in the Forest Scholarship is offered based on the recommendation of the Magnolia Scholars Program.
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The Tang Family Athletic Band Scholarship assists members of the Wake Forest Marching Band. Application is made through the Director of Bands.
The Teague Scholarship assists students with financial need interested in entrepreneurship. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Ted & Nancy Meredith Scholarship assists art majors who are taking, or planning to take, courses or studies in studio art, and who demonstrate strong academic performance, diligence, integrity, character, and leadership. Financial need is a consideration but not a required or controlling factor.
The Teresa Mae Arnold Scholarship is awarded based on ability and need.
The Tessien–Dupree Endowed Scholarship assists students in the School of Business, with preference to juniors with financial need majoring in accountancy. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Thane Edward McDonald & Marie Dayton McDonald Memorial Scholarship assists a music student. Application is made through the Department of Music.
The Theodore & Freda Fisher Endowed Scholarship assists students with financial need and with grades in the C- to B- range, with preference to NC residents.
The Theros Family Business Scholarship assists students in the School of Business, with preference to students who demonstrate excellent leadership capacity and express an interest in entrepreneurship. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Thomas C. Taylor Scholarship Fund for International Studies assists accountancy majors studying outside the U.S., or studying international studies within the U.S., based on integrity, compassion, cooperativeness, and a record of academic achievement. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Thomas D. & Betty H. Long Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to those from Person County, NC, and second to other North Carolinians.
The Thomas E. & Ruth Mullen Scholarship, valued at $1,500 annually, is awarded through the Upperclass Carswell Scholarship Program to outstanding undergraduates with a minimum of one year of academic work at the University. A separate application is due October 15.
The Thomas H. Briggs Scholarship assists deserving students.
The Thomas H. Davis Business Scholarship assists a senior business major based on academic achievement, need, and potential for business leadership. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Thomas J.M. & Iris W. Burnett College Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to NC, SC, or TN residents.
The Thomas K. Hearn Jr. Fund for Civic Responsibility recognizes and promotes civic responsibility and leadership among students.
The Thomas W. & Nancy Jeffreys Woodall Scholarship gives preference to students from Mecklenburg County, VA.
The Tia Dodson Memorial Athletic & Academic Excellence Scholarship gives preference first to student members of the varsity cheerleading team, and second to female members of a varsity athletic team.
The Tyner–Pitman Scholarship assists North Carolinians with financial need.
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The Vann Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to residents of northeast TN or southwest VA.
The Venable Scholarship assists students with academic ability and leadership potential, with preference to descendants of Nora M. Venable.
The Virginia L. Martin Scholarship assists students with financial need.
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The W.D. & Alberta Holleman Memorial Scholarship assists students based on academic ability, financial need, leadership, and Christian commitment, with preference first to students from the Braggtown Baptist Church of Durham, NC, and second to students from Durham County, NC.
The W.D. Sanders Scholarship is awarded for language study in Germany or Austria, to sophomores, juniors, or seniors who have completed German 153 or above. The scholarship is designated in order of priority, for summer language study, semester or year programs with the Institute of European Studies (IES), or junior year abroad programs with other institutions. Application is made through the Department of German and Russian.
The W.H. & Callie Anne Coughlin Clark Scholarship gives preference to students with financial need.
The Wahrhaftig Scholarship assists undergraduate students who are in the Pre-Wall Street Career Track.
The Wake Forest Need-Based Scholarship assists students with satisfactory academic records and financial need.
The Waldo Clayton Cheek & Evelyn King Cheek Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Wallace Barger Goebel Scholarship is based on ability and need.
The Wallace G. Freemon Memorial Scholarship assists premedical students with financial need.
The Walter Low Tatum Scholarship in Mathematics provides in alternate years a renewable merit scholarship. The stipends of $500 each for the first two years are replaced by $5,000 awards in each of the last two years, provided that the recipient fulfills the expectation to enroll in and maintain a major in mathematics.
The Ware Family Scholarship assists students with financial need with preference to students with a parent who is serving or has served on active military duty for a period longer than six months.
The Watkins–Richardson Scholarship assists students from the southeastern U.S. with academic ability and leadership potential. Awards are renewable provided the recipient ranks in the top third of his or her class and continues to display leadership potential.
The Weir–Dupree Family Scholarship assists students in the School of Business who help achieve and sustain the diversity of the student body, with preference first to students who are documented members of federally-recognized Indian tribes, second to residents of AL, and third to residents of Washington, DC. Application is made through the School of Business.
The Weir Family Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The WFU Cheerleading Memorial Scholarship assists student members of the varsity cheerleading team.
The William & Susan Collins Scholarship assists students from the Commonwealth of Virginia, with preference to students from certain counties and cities in southwestern Virginia.
The William & Treva Richardson Scholarship assists undergraduate students.
The William Alexander Eliason Scholarship gives preference to students with financial need from AL, FL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, and VA.
The William D. Brigman Scholarship assists a student in the School of Business based on ability and leadership. Application is made through the School of Business.
The William H. & Anne M. Woody Memorial Scholarship is awarded based on character, scholastic achievement, and financial need, with preference to students from Person County, NC, and to students intending careers in medicine, education, and ministry.
The William H. & Susan H. Gibson Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to North Carolina residents.
The William K. Stamey Scholarship assists students with financial need from North Carolina and other nearby areas of the University’s historic constituency
The William Lee Rudd & Ruth Crosby Rudd Scholarship assists worthy students with financial need majoring in religion.
The William R. Hartness Jr. Scholarship assists North Carolinians with financial need.
The William R. & Wanda R. Ledbetter Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference first to McDowell County, NC residents, second to western NC residents, and third to NC residents.
The William Royall Scholarship assists classical studies students, with preference to students planning travel to classical sites. Application is made through the Department of Classical Languages.
The Wilson-Eubank Scholarship assists students with financial need.
The Wilson Family Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference first to permanent residents of Rockingham County, NC, and second to permanent residents of the NC counties of Stokes, Surry, or Caswell, or of Henry County or Danville, VA.
The Winston P. Hiner Scholarship assists students with financial need, with preference to students majoring in business or computer science, and preference first to residents of OH, second to residents of states other than OH and NC with a parent who is a VMI alumnus or alumna, and third to residents of states other than OH and NC.
Scholarships for Continuing Students
If you are a continuing student, available scholarships can be found on the Scholarships for Continuing Students page.