Scholarships and Outside Awards
Scholarships, grants, and loans are available from a number of denominational, humanitarian, and other agencies. The School of Theology is aware of some outside scholarships for qualified students and assumes that students will apply for any and all outside funds for which they are eligible. In addition, students are expected to indicate on the STH Financial Aid application any awards for which they are applying and to notify the School of Theology in writing of any outside awards received. These awards must be factored into the student’s financial aid package. Outside awards may reduce the student’s eligibility to borrow federal funds or receive work study.
LINKS
Scholarship agencies that support theological degree programs.
- The Fund for Theological Education
- General Board of Higher Education & Ministry
- United Methodist Higher Education Foundation
SCHOLARSHIP BY CATEGORY
BU STH Alumni/Alumnae Graduate Fellowships
BU Student Scholarships
These scholarships are either for BU students only or BUSTH students only.
- Paul and Auburn Carr Scholarship in Science and Religion
- Boston University Women Graduates’ Club
- Whitney M. Young, Jr., Fellowship
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Fellowship Program
- Harold S. and Anna W. Hannum Scholarship Fund
- Ralph K. and June E. Shunk Prize Fund
- Boston University Women’s Council
Entering Student Scholarships
These scholarships are for entering and BU students only.
- BU STH Alumni/Alumnae Graduate Fellowships
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Fellowship Program
- Whitney M. Young, Jr., Fellowship
FAFSA Scholarship Search
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General Scholarships
- The Acton Institute, Calihan Travel Grants
- Justin Haruyama Ministerial Scholarship Application
- The Heritage Foundation, Religion and Civil Society Fellowship
- The New England Education Society Loan
- The Charles Wesley Essay Prize
- Richard M. Weaver Fellowship
- Veterans Educational Assistance
- United States Army Reserve Chaplain Candidate Program
- Hattie M. Strong Foundation
- Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
- The Horace Smith Fund Walter S. Barr Fellowships
- Scudder Association, Inc.
- Bill Raskob Foundation, Inc.
- Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace
- The Philadelphia Foundation Margaret and Charles E. Stewart Scholarship Fund
- National Women’s Studies Association
- National Hispanic Scholarship Fund
- National Federation of the Blind
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Japanese American Citizens League
- International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons
- International Foundation for Education and Self Help International Fellows Program
- Hispanic Theological Initiative Masters Level Grants
- Hawaii Community Foundation Juliette M. Atherton Scholarship
- New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs Margaret Yardley Fellowship
- Mellinger Educational Foundation
- Lawrence and Donna Taylor Foundation
- Roothbert Fund
- Feild Co-operative Association, Inc.
- Eastern Star Training Awards for Religious Leadership
- Comision Feminii Mexicana Nacional Scholarship
- The Churches Homes Foundation, Inc.
- Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation Dora Maclellan Brown Ministry Scholarship
- Business and Professional Women’s Foundation Career Advancement Scholarships
- Bohnett Memorial Foundation
- Association of American Indian Affairs Sequoyah Graduate Fellowships
- Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation, Inc.
- Amy Writing Award, The Amy Foundation
- AmeriCorps
- American Indian Graduate Center Scholarships and Fellowships
- The Acton Institute, Calihan Academic Fellowships
Job Opportunities
Currently there are no links to job opportunities available here. We’ll be on the lookout for you, though.
Scholarships for Baptists
- The Northern Baptist Education Society Award
- Adora S. Jones Ministerial Trust Scholarship Fund
- Georgia Baptist Convention Durward V. Cason Jr. Memorial Fund
- American Baptist Women’s Scholarship Fund
- American Baptist Women of New Jersey Degenring Scholarship Fund
- American Baptist Churches of Wisconsin Grants
- American Baptist Church, USA Scholarships
Scholarships for Catholics
- Paulist Center, Lay Ministry Tuition Grant
- Women’s Ordination Conference Bishop Frank Murphy Scholarship for Women in Ministry
Scholarships Christian Church (Disiples of Christ)
- Ann E. Dickerson Scholarships, Higher Education & Leadership Ministries (HELM)
- William Gilbert and Florence Leonard Jones Scholarship, Higher Education & Leadership Ministries (HELM)
- Disciples Home Missions of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Clergy Continuing Education
- Disciples Home Missions of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Scholarships
Scholarships for Doctoral Students
- Acton Institute Novak Award
- Theology for Christian Ministry: Word&World
- Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
- National Humanities Center Fellowships 2009-2010
- The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award
- The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Women’s Studies Research Grants
- The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Charlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation Fellowships
- The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship FoundationAndrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies
- Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
- Social Science Research Council
- Peach Scholar Dissertation Fellowship
- Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace
- Hispanic Theological Initiative Doctoral Dissertation Grants
- The Fund for Theological Education, Inc. Doctoral Fellows Program for African American Students
- A Foundation for Theological Education John Wesley Fellowship
- Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral & Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities
- The American Indian Graduate Center
Scholarships for Episcopalians
- Robert Schreck Memorial Scholarships
- The Order of the Daughters of the King, Master’s Fund
- Episcopal Evangelical Education Society Grants
- Episcopal Church Center
- Dubose Scholarship Fund
- The Church Training and Deaconess House Scholarship
Scholarships for International Students
- PEO International Peace Scholarship
- Margaret McNamara Memorial Grants
- Grace Foundation Scholarship Fund
- Ford Foundation International Fellows Program
Scholarships for Lutherans
- Siebert Lutheran Foundation Grants
- Abdel Ross Wentz Prize in American Lutheran History
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Educational Grant Program
Scholarships for Presbyterians
- Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church David H. C. Read Preacher/Scholar Award
- Barbara Tilton Memorial Scholarship
- Synod of the Northeast, Wurffel/Sills Loans
- Speer Education Grant
- Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Scholarship
- Gene & Faye Santavicca Scholarship
- Presbyterian Church (USA)
- National Korean Presbyterian Women
- Lydia Scholarship Fund
- Adora S. Jones Ministerial Trust Scholarship Fund
- Higgins Scholarship
- Hotson Trust
- Daisy and Eugene Hale Memorial Scholarship
- Cannon Endowment Scholarship
Scholarships for Unitarian Universalists
- Unitarian Universalist Association, Ministerial Education Scholarships
- St. Lawrence Foundation Award
- John Haynes Holmes Memorial Fund
- The Frederic Henry Hedge Prize in Unitarian Universalist Christian Church History
Scholarships for United Church of Christ
- Ralph K. and June E. Shunk Prize Fund
- Harold S. and Anna W. Hannum Scholarship Fund
- Edwin Whitney Fund
- United Church of Christ Historical Council
- United Church of Christ
- Adora S. Jones Ministerial Trust Scholarship Fund
- Hale Donation Scholarship
- Cannon Endowment Scholarship
Scholarships for United Methodists by Conference
- Oregon/Idaho Annual Conference Scholarships
- Western North Carolina Annual Conference Scholarships
- Virginia Annual Conference Scholarships
- Tennessee Annual Conference Scholarships
- Southwest Texas Annual Conference Scholarships
- South Georgia Annual Conference Scholarships
- South Carolina Annual Conference Scholarships
- Northern Illinois Annual Conference Scholarships
- North Texas Annual Conference Scholarships
- North Georgia Annual Conference Scholarships
- North Alabama Annual Conference Scholarships
- New York Annual Conference Scholarships
- Missouri Annual Conference Scholarships
- Mississippi Annual Conference Scholarships
- Minnesota Annual Conference Scholarships
- Louisiana Annual Conference Scholarships
- Iowa Annual Conference Scholarships
- Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference Scholarships
- Holston Annual Conference Scholarships
- Florida Annual Conference Scholarships
- East Ohio Annual Conference Scholarships
- Detroit Annual Conference Scholarships
- Central Texas and North Texas Annual Conference Scholarships
- California-Pacific Annual Conference Scholarships
- Alabama-West Florida United Methodist Foundation Scholarships
Scholarships for United Methodists – General
- Adora S. Jones Ministerial Trust Scholarship Fund
- United Methodist Higher Education Foundation Double Your Dollars for Scholars
- United Methodist Higher Education Foundation Annual Conference Scholars
- United Methodist General Commission on Archives and History
- United Methodist Communications Stoody-West Fellowship
- United Methodist Communications Judith L. Weidman Racial Ethnic Minority Fellowship
- The United Methodist Church Dempster Fellowships
- The United Methodist Church E. Craig Brandenburg Graduate Awards
- The United Methodist Church Rosalie Bentzinger Graduate Scholarships
- The United Methodist Church Baker Graduate Awards
- Lawrence and Donna Taylor Foundation
- St. Andrew By-the-Sea United Methodist Church Scholarship
- Onarga United Methodist Church Barber Scholarship
- Luella M. Odell Memorial Scholarship
- National Federation of Asian-American United Methodists
- Mount Olivet Foundation
- Grannis-Martin Scholarship and Grannis Memorial Scholarship
- General Board of Global Ministries The Laura Hofford Trust
- General Board of Global Ministries Crusade Scholarship Program
- A Foundation for Theological Education John Wesley Fellowship
- The Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts
- JK Sasaki Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Cannon Endowment Scholarship
- Calvary Foundation Grant