Our Opportunities

Welcome to TOPDollar. This scholarship management system, powered by AcademicWorks, provides a complete list of all scholarship opportunities that are available for students at Western Kentucky University.

To apply for WKU scholarships, click the red “Sign In” button. You must have a WKU email and password in order to sign in and complete the General Scholarship Application. You can save your application at any time by clicking “Save and Keep Editing”. If you have questions regarding the TOPDollar online scholarship system, please contact the Office of Student Financial Assistance at 270-745-2755 (Option 3) or email scholarships@wku.edu.

PLEASE NOTE:

Browsing “All” Scholarships: Below is a list of all scholarship opportunities within TOPDollar. This comprehensive list shows all scholarships, not just scholarships for which you may be receiving particular consideration. The “Deadline” column indicates the deadline to complete the application to receive consideration. This is not the deadline to accept the award should you be offered the scholarship.
Search Scholarship Opportunities: You may type in key words to search for specific criteria to identify scholarship opportunities for which you might be eligible. You may search based on geographic area (i.e. county, state, high school, etc.), academic major or college (i.e. Chemistry, English, Gordon Ford College of Business, etc.); extracurricular activities or athletics (i.e. FFA, football, forensics, etc.); hobbies and interests (i.e. piano, gymnastics, etc.); or specific personal characteristics (i.e. diversity, disability, faith, etc.). Based on the information we have on file and the information you complete in the General Scholarship Application, you will be automatched to available opportunities.
Automatch Scholarships: Once you complete your General Scholarship Application, you will be matched with scholarships for which you immediately qualify – no further action is required. All students who qualify through the automatch for these opportunities will be submitted to the appropriate awarding entities. Please keep in mind, qualifying for an automatch does not guarantee you will receive a scholarship. Also, some scholarship opportunities may not be automatched because they require additional action on your part (i.e. a separate application, essay, letters of recommendation, interview, etc.). Those particular scholarships will be listed as recommended scholarships with a green arrow button after you complete your General Scholarship Application.
Award Amount: The number and award amount of scholarships are for general information purposes only and should not be considered a guarantee of what you will receive if selected. Actual award amounts vary based on students’ individual eligibility, funds available, and other factors which determine the amount of the actual award.

Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
$1,000	Ruth Dougherty Osburn and Gary Osburn Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student. Must be a first- or second-generation...	Ended
$1,000	Ruth Dougherty Osburn and Gary Osburn Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student. Must be a first- or second-generation...	Ended
$300	Ruth Hines Temple Award Must be a full-time graduating college senior majoring in an area within...	Ended
$650	Ruth Hines Temple Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student majoring within the Department of Art &...	Ended
$400	Ruth McGinnis Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student pursuing a concentration in Pre-Medicine or...	Ended
$650	Ryan Associated Architects Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student majoring in an area of Architectural and...	Ended
$2,900	S. Glenn Hodges Athletic Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student and a member of the WKU Men’s Basketball team.	Ended
Varies	Sam Dunaway Endowed Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student. Must be a child of an employee of Dunaway...	Ended
Varies	Sami Wilson Wesley Foundation Leadership Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time undergraduate student. Beginning freshmen must have...	Ended
$1,000	Samuel Albert Cleaver Memorial Award Must be a full-time sophomore, junior, or senior majoring within the...	Ended
$2,500	Samuel and Emma Alexander Education Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student majoring in Elementary or Secondary...	Ended
$800	Sandra G. Miller and Kenneth D. Miller Scholarship Fund Must be a part-time or full-time graduate student majoring in Special...	Ended
Varies	Sandy Jones Boussard Reach Higher Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student who is a resident of the Housing Authority...	Ended
$1,000	Sara Downing Taylor Early Childhood Education Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student and admitted to the Interdisciplinary Early...	Ended
$850	Sara Elizabeth Tyler Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time junior, senior, or graduate student majoring or...	Ended
Varies	Sara Fay Lee Myers Memorial Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student majoring in a program within the School of...	Ended
Varies	Sarah and Mark Rogers Physics Student Enhancement Fund Must be a full-time female student majoring in Physics within Ogden...	Ended
$300	Sarah B. Gardner Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student.	Ended
Varies	Sarah Capitola McClearn Bailey Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student majoring in Elementary Education within the...	Ended
Varies	Sarah Gilbert Garris Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student majoring or minoring in Library Sciences...	Ended
$2,400	Sarah Johanna Mahurin Athletic Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student and a member of the WKU Men’s Basketball Team.	Ended
$900	Sarah Ruth Geurin Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student, with preference given to students from...	Ended
Varies	Sarah, Kelly, and Hardin Thompson Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student and a member of the WKU Football Team who...	Ended
Varies	Scott Waste Services, LLC. Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student and have completed a project at WKU focusing...	Ended
$3,000	Selma Tyree and Kenneth Bentley Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time incoming freshman and a graduate of Monroe County...	Ended
Varies	September Birthday Club Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student.	Ended
Varies	Service One Credit Union Endowed Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student. Must be a member or a dependent of a...	Ended
$2,200	Seth Colin Hulsey Athletic Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student and a member of the WKU Lady Topper...	Ended
$450	Seymour Spiegelman Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student majoring or minoring in Music within Potter...	Ended
$600	Sharron Halcomb Francis Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time rising sophomore or greater classification with a...	Ended
$400	Shartzer-Steenbergen Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student. First preference to employees, dependents...	Ended
$2,500	Shawn Lindsey Vokurka Memorial Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student with at least 45 hours majoring in...	Ended
$700	Sherilyn Gale Rinehart Art Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student majoring within the Department of Art &...	Ended
$500	Sherry Tabor Memorial Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student and a graduate of Barren County High School,...	Ended
$900	Shirley A. and Herman G. Henry Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student and a graduate of a high school in Tennessee...	Ended
$500	Shirley Men's Basketball 5th Year Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student in his or her 5th year at WKU. Must also be...	Ended
$200	Sigma Delta Pi Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time junior, senior, or graduate student and a member of...	Ended
$1,000	Simpson County Water District Scholarship Fund A separate application and essay are required. Please visit...	Ended
$2,100	Skiles and Dorothy Harris Memorial Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. Must...	Ended
Varies	Smith Family Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.	Ended
Varies	SNEA Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student majoring in a field within the School of...	Ended
$2,500	Society of Black Alumni -- Daffney A. Henry Humanitarian Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 and...	Ended
Varies	Society of Black Alumni Howard and Kayla Bailey Leadership Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time beginning freshman student who adds to the diversity...	Ended
$650	Society of Manufacturing Engineers Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student pursuing a major in the area of...	Ended
Varies	Sodexo Scholarship Fund Must be a part-time student with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0. First...	Ended
$600	South Central Chapter of the Kentucky Restaurant Association Endowed Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student and a resident of Kentucky. Must be...	Ended
$750	South Central Kentucky Section, American Society for Quality Control Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student pursuing a major in the area of...	Ended
$1,300	Southern Kentucky Association of School Librarians / Evelyn Thurman Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time or part-time graduate student majoring in Library...	Ended
$700	Southern Kentucky Chapter -- Society of Human Resource Management Scholarship Fund May be a full-time or part-time (6-hr minimum) junior or senior majoring...	Ended
$600	Southern Kentucky Choral Society Vocal Scholarship Fund Must be a full-time student majoring in Music (Vocal) within Potter...	Ended

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