Scholarship Opportunities at Penn State Behrend
Penn State Behrend offers an array of scholarship opportunities to its first-year and upper-division students. Scholarships are awarded based on a variety of criteria including academic merit, leadership potential, and financial need.
How do I apply for scholarships at Penn State Behrend?
First year and upper division students are automatically considered for most academic scholarships offered at Penn State Behrend. All students are encouraged to review our "quick fact sheet" about scholarship awarding at Penn State Behrend.
We do award several scholarships that give priority to students who work or whose parents work for various area employers; these scholarships do require students to complete an application.
In addition, we offer leadership scholarships that are based on extracurricular involvement and leadership potential.
All students are also considered for University-wide scholarships.
Do I have to show financial need to qualify for scholarships at Penn State Behrend?
About 50 percent of our academic scholarships have, in addition to merit, a secondary criterion of financial need. To qualify for scholarships that also require financial need, you must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The FAFSA should be completed as soon as possible after January 1 (prior to upcoming fall semester enrollment). For merit-only academic scholarships, completion of the FAFSA is not required.
If I am awarded a Penn State Behrend scholarship, how and when will I be notified?
First year students are considered for scholarships shortly after they are offered admission to Penn State Behrend. All first year scholarship notifications are made by mid-March (prior to fall enrollment). Upper division students are notified during the summer months. Only students selected for scholarships are notified.
Are there special scholarship opportunities available to students in the Schreyer Scholars or Behrend Honors programs?
Most first year students selected to join the Schreyer Scholars Program will receive four-year renewable awards between $2,000 and $3,000 per academic year. This highly selective program requires excellent SAT scores and high school performance. Students may be considered for admission to the Schreyer Scholars Program after their freshman year; however, scholarships are not guaranteed.
Students may also be selected to join the Penn State Behrend Honors Program. Although being a member of the Honors Program does not guarantee scholarship funds, many of the Penn State Behrend scholarships give priority to students who are members of the Schreyer Scholars or Honors programs.
Specific questions regarding the Schreyer Scholars and Honors Program at Penn State Behrend should be directed to the Learning Resource Center, Penn State Erie, 5091 Station Road, Erie, PA 16563 or 814-898-6140.
Who awards Penn State Behrend scholarships?
The Penn State Behrend Faculty Council Scholarship and Awards Committee awards most of the scholarships at Penn State Behrend. Some scholarships are awarded directly by academic departments and the Office of Student Aid.
Chancellor's Scholarship Program
Penn State Behrend offers The Chancellor's Scholarship Program to recognize our most academically gifted students. This prestigious scholarship program recognizes students with four-year academic scholarships ranging from $6,000 to $20,000. These scholars are also guaranteed a one-time $1,000 scholarship to study abroad and $1,200 per year in undergraduate research grant funds; offered admission to the Behrend Honors Program; and offered the opportunity to live in Almy Hall, a special on-campus living-learning center for students undertaking honors study.
Students are considered for this program automatically when they are admitted to Penn State Behrend. Most students offered a Chancellor's Scholarship have grade point averages above 3.5/4.0 and a minimum SAT score of 1350.
Leadership Scholarships
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, awards leadership scholarships that offer both financial assistance and the opportunity for personalized leadership development training.
A separate Leadership Scholarship Application is required for this opportunity. Applicants are selected based on their high school and life leadership experiences and potential for being student leaders at Penn State Behrend.
Each Leadership Scholarship recipient participates in the Student Affairs Leadership Institute, where they learn about college resources, personal and organizational leadership skills, and have the opportunity to meet members of the Council of Fellows, other regional leaders, and friends of the College, who share their own leadership opportunities. The Leadership Institute is an individually focused organization designed to offer the scholarship recipients the opportunity to shape the organization—and, in turn, their own leadership potential—from the beginning.
Lawrence and Elizabeth Held Scholarship Program
Students enrolled in a major within the Sam and Irene Black School of Business and who have accepted admission into the Schreyer Honors College will be guaranteed the equivalent of full-time, Pennsylvania resident tuition and mandatory fees. The Lawrence and Elizabeth Held Scholarship, in combination with other grants and scholarships, will be adjusted to remain within a gift aid allowance equivalent to full-time, Pennsylvania resident tuition and mandatory fees.
Requirements for consideration include:
- Full-time enrollment
- Declared major within the Sam and Irene Black School of Business
- Enrollment in the Schreyer Honors College
- Completion of the 2008-09 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by April 1, 2008
Students are automatically considered for this program if they have met the above requirements; no application is necessary. Requirements for renewal include maintaining a grade point average of 3.33 or higher each semester; continued enrollment in a major within the Sam and Irene Black School of Business; and continued membership in the Schreyer Honors College.
Academic and Leadership Scholarships
The following scholarships are awarded to students who have achieved superior academic records; manifest promise of outstanding academic success; demonstrate leadership potential; or demonstrate financial need. Each scholarship has its own specific guidelines. Please contact the Penn State Behrend Financial Aid Office for further information.
Alliance Plastics Scholarship
American Foundrymen's Society Scholarship
Margaret S. and Frank S. Anderson Scholarship
ASM International Northwest Pennsylvania Chapter Scholarship
Albert A. and Jacqueline A. Baker Scholarship
Penn State Behrend Alumni Scholarship
Behrend College Scholarship
Behrend Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Joseph A. and Berit I. Benacci Family Scholarship Jim and Gerda Benson Trustee Scholarship Samuel P. Black, III and Susan L. Black Trustee Scholarship
Donald R. Blair Scholarship Donald R. Blair Trustee Matching Scholarship
Building Systems, Inc. Scholarship John and Judy Cipriani Trustee Scholarship
Clark Family and Snap-Tite, Inc. Scholarship CMI EPTI, LLC Scholarship
Council of Fellows Leadership Scholarship David G. and Bonney C. Daubenspeck Trustee Scholarship
DeFrees Family Foundation Scholarship for Schreyer Scholars & Honors Students
Joseph H. DeFrees Scholarship
John H. DeVitt Scholarship
School of Science Grant-In-Aid
Erie Engineering Societies Council Scholarship
Erie Insurance Group Leadership Scholarship
First National Bank of Pennsylvania Scholarship Ernest E. and Bernice C. Fryer and Family Psychology Scholarship Charles, Irene, and Uncle Ernie Fryer Trustee Matching Scholarship Ernest E. Fryer Division of Undergraduate Studies Scholarship
David Gifford Memorial Scholarship
Verizon Foundation Scholarship
Hammermill Scholarship
Lawrence and Elizabeth Held Scholarship John K. Henne Scholarship for International Study
William M. and Martha M. Hilbert Family Scholarship Robert Hostetler Trustee Scholarship Barbara Junker Trustee Scholarship
Edward P. and Barbara F. Junker Leadership Scholarship
Ethel and Irvin Kochel Scholarship for International Study
Irvin Kochel Leadership Scholarship Irvin and Ethel Kochel Trustee Scholarship Korb Family Trustee Scholarship in Engineering
Bayard D. and Ethel M. Kunkle Scholarship Edmund Lada Trustee Scholarship
Rose Lada Memorial Scholarship
Donald and Dorothy Leslie Scholarship Jim and Lynn Levinson Memorial Scholarship
John Mark and Geraldine Mills Lilley Leadership Scholarship
Catherine and Mark Loevner Scholarship
Thomas Lord Scholarship
Henry A. and Mary J. MacDonald Scholarship
Marquette Savings Bank Trustee Scholarship
Julie Ann Masteller Memorial Scholarship
Math Scholarship Competition
Ray and Virginia McGarvey Scholarship McGarvey Family Trustee Scholarship
William J. McMannis and A. Haskell McMannis Educational Trust Fund Scholarship
John J. Mead Sr. and Mary Boland Mead and the Mead Family Scholarship
Robert M. and Elizabeth Q. Mehalso Scholarship
Merwin Family Scholarship Richard Merwin Trustee Matching Scholarship
Robert and Sally Nelson Metzgar Leadership Scholarship
Dr. Gustave W. Mork Scholarship
Morris Coupling Company and Louis I. Pollock Family Scholarship
National Bank of North East Leadership Scholarship
National Fuel Scholarship Niagara Plastics Scholarship
Harriet Behrend Ninow Memorial Scholarship
Dorothy and LaSalle Padden Scholarship
Petersen Scholarship John M. and Gertrude E. Petersen Trustee Matching Scholarship
Phillips Scholarship
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Phillips Scholarship for Schreyer Scholars Dr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Phillips Charitable Trust Matching Trustee Scholarship
PNC Bank Scholarship
Polestar Plastics Endowed Scholarship
Presidential Scholarship for Penn State Erie, The Behrend Scholarship
Penn State Behrend Campus Scholarship
John and Madeline Progelhof Memorial Scholarship Gary and Susan Raimy Penn State Educational Partnership Scholarship
Reddog Industries, Inc. Scholarship
Robert and Violet Reed and Marilyn and Max Mangels Scholarship
Reed Manufacturing Company Scholarship William F. Roberge Trustee Scholarship
Paul C. Roche, Sr. Memorial Scholarship
Russell B. Roth Scholarship Shirley L. Roth Trustee Scholarship
SAE Engineering Scholarship
Kim Barbara and Nicholas C. Scott Leadership Scholarship
Pauline and Christ Scott Scholarship
Society of Plastics Engineers Scholarship
Robert Sparks Memorial Scholarship
Robert F. Taft Endowed Scholarship
Times Publishing Company Scholarship
Arloween Zurn Todd Leadership Scholarship
Clifford and Louise Troyer Scholarship Trustee Scholarship for Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Malcolm W. Waite Memorial Scholarship
B.J. and Barbara Walker Endowed Scholarship
Lloyd and Lorraine Waterhouse Information Technology Scholarship
Herman and Lynn Weber Scholarship Michael Jude Woods and Tracy Kimes Woods Family Trustee Scholarship
Allyn and Alice Wright Leadership Scholarship
Wolves Club of Erie Endowed Scholarship
Creative Writing Scholarships
The following endowed scholarships are awarded to students who have achieved superior academic records or who manifest promise of outstanding writing. Creative writing scholarships do require a separate application. Please contact the Penn State Erie Financial Aid Office or the School of Humanities and Social Sciences for further information.
Corey N. Farrell Memorial Scholarship
Clarence A. Smith and Eugenie
Baumann Smith Endowed Scholarship
PHEAA's New Economy Technology Scholarship Program
Pennsylvania has an exciting scholarship initiative called New Economy Scholarship Program. Sophomore-level students with at least a 3.0 grade point average and pursuing degrees in the physical sciences, computer-related curricula, engineering, or engineering technology are eligible for consideration. An internship is required, and students must work in Pennsylvania for each year they receive the scholarship or it will revert to a loan. Most students qualify for $3,000 per year.