Scholarship Information for Current Students
All students who are eligible for scholarships in CAHSS and CAHSS departments will automatically be considered! Long story short: if you meet the eligibility requirements, we will consider you for the appropriate scholarships automatically. In total, CAHSS awards around $800,000 in scholarships every year to our amazing students!
Some of our scholarships have additional requirements. In these cases, you will receive an email in which you will only be asked to provide some additional information. For example, you will receive an email to identify if you are a painter, if you play the trumpet, if you study a specific language, etc. Please respond to these emails quickly. You would not be sent an email for a scholarship that required a 3.0 GPA if you did not already meet that requirement.
What else can you do to prepare for scholarship season? Make sure that you complete your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible. You cannot be considered for any need-based scholarships without FAFSA data for the current year on file.
For more information visit, UMD One Stop - Scholarships & Financial Aid.
Receiving a Scholarship
Most of our scholarships are awarded in the spring for the following academic year. For example, if you receive a scholarship for the 2025-2026 academic school year, you will be notified via an email from the CAHSS email account in late April 2025. Half of the award will be applied to your student account at the beginning of the Fall 2025 semester (August 2025) and the other half will be applied at the beginning of the Spring 2026 semester (January 2026). If you are graduating in the fall, you may receive the full award in Fall 2025. A few scholarships may be awarded outside of this cycle, including summer scholarships for Study Abroad and the CAHSS Internship Scholarship (see below). Please read the notification email from CAHSS carefully to make sure you know which type of scholarship you are receiving.
Whenever you receive a scholarship, it is important to check in with One Stop to learn how your financial aid situation will be impacted. One Stop is also the place to go for any questions regarding your student account. CAHSS does not oversee the timeline of disbursements or how disbursements appear on your records. For general information or questions about scholarships or our collegiate scholarship process, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
CAHSS Internship Scholarship
You may have heard about the CAHSS Internship Scholarship, which works a little differently from the other scholarship opportunities. This scholarship is designed to help CAHSS students participate in valuable internship experiences while at UMD. You may be eligible for this scholarship if:
- you are an enrolled CAHSS student for the current semester
- you are participating in an internship for course credit
- the internship is unpaid or underpaid (less than $15/hr)
There is a very short application for this particular scholarship because of its unique requirements. Awardees will be notified by email. If you have questions about this scholarship, please contact us at [email protected].
Applications for Spring 2025 closed on Wednesday, February 5th. Applications for Summer 2025 will open in May.