Scholarships & Funding

History Major Scholarships - any year standing​ 

• The James Sanders Scholarship* is offered to prospective or declared History majors who can demonstrate financial need.  Applicants must have taken, or plan to register for, a course in Asian, African, or Latin American studies. 
• The Don and Alleen Howard Scholarships* are offered to History majors who have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA and who can demonstrate financial need.
• The Howard Jones Scholarship is offered to students who are declared History or Social Science majors; applicants must have an overall GPA of at least 2.75. 
• The Michael & Mary L. Wright Endowed Scholarship* is provided to History majors who demonstrate financial need.
• The Norma “Judy” Peters Hermann Scholarship is provided to undergraduate students majoring in History or Social Science Teaching, who demonstrate financial need.  Recipients must have a major GPA of at least 3.0.

Teaching Major Scholarships

• The Kim and Steve Carlson Scholarship is offered to History Teaching or Social Science Teaching majors who have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher.  This scholarship is available to students who demonstrate financial need, but do not qualify for need-based awards.
• The Willella Fluellin/Bill and Gwen Hood Scholarship is offered to Social Science Teaching majors who demonstrate financial need.

Year Specific Scholarships: Sophomore, Junior and Senior

• The Charles Ray & Ada May Hoxie Scholarship* is offered to students who will be sophomores or juniors by the Fall term and who are declared History majors.  Applicants must have an overall GPA of at least 3.3.
• The Donald E. Shepardson Endowed Scholarships* are awarded to juniors and seniors majoring in History with a GPA of at least 3.0 who demonstrate financial need.  One scholarship will be awarded to a student transferring to UNI.
• The Donald M. Lowe Scholarship* is offered to History majors who demonstrate both merit and financial need (preference given to Teaching majors).  The recipient must have a UNI GPA of 3.20. 
• The Social Science Teaching Scholarship provides support for junior and senior Social Science Teaching Majors with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• The Jerry and JoAnn Kramer Endowed History Scholarship* is offered to junior and senior History majors who demonstrate financial need.  The recipient must have a UNI GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• The John L. Eiklor Scholarship* is awarded to junior and senior History majors.  Applicants must have completed 30 semester hours of coursework (at least 15 of which must be at UNI) by the beginning of the Fall term.  Their minimum overall GPA must be 2.8, with a minimum of 3.0 in History courses.   A personal statement/essay is required.
• The Leland Sage Scholarship* is offered to junior and senior History majors.  The applicant must have completed 60 hours of coursework (at least 15 at UNI, with at least 12 of those 15 in History) and have an overall GPA of 2.8, with a 3.0 in History.
• The Howard & Merle Thompson Memorial Scholarship* is awarded to promising junior and senior History majors.  Applicants must have an overall grade point average of at least 3.3 and a grade point average in their major of at least 3.5.

Scholarship for Iowa Community College Transfers

• The UNI Dept. of History Partnership Award will be given to two Iowa community college transfer students with an AA degree who plan to major in History.  The scholarship requires a GPA of 3.5 or higher and may be renewed if standards are met.

Graduate Scholarships

• The Ray Johnston Graduate Student in American History Scholarship is available to students seeking an M.A. degree in American History.
• The Tim Hilby History Scholarship is offered to students seeking an M.A. degree in History.
• The Loren N. Horton Scholarship is provided to either undergraduate or graduate students majoring in History with preference given to graduate students.