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Scholarships for Underprivileged Students

Scholarship awards for the Spring 2024-2025 Academic Year

Applications are now open for the following awards:

  • Nahid S. Hasnain Scholarship for Underprivileged Students
  • Aziz F. Hasnain Scholarship for Underprivileged Students
  • Geraldine Cree Scholarship for Underprivileged Students

Award

Each scholarship award will be $8,000. The criteria is the same for each award.

Criteria

  • Students must be facing obstacles to complete their education or have experienced a series of challenges delaying their academic pursuits.
  • A student’s major must be within the College of Arts and Sciences’ arts, humanities, and social sciences. Currently, this includes all majors within the School of the Arts and Departments of Anthropology, Communication and Media, English, History, Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, and World Languages. Also included are students majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies and Multidisciplinary Studies, with a focus on arts, humanities, and social sciences.
  • Full time undergraduate or graduate students from any class including incoming freshmen and transfer students.
  • Financial need
  • Preference to first-generation students.
  • The deadline for this application is March 11, 2024, which can be found at Boise State Scholarship Application.

If you are aware of students who have faced extraordinary hardships that are making it difficult to stay in school or balance the load of study, work and other responsibilities, please refer them to these opportunities.

Questions

For any scholarship questions please contact, Scholarship Committee Chair, Paty Dudziak Kerr at patriciadudziakkerr@boisestate.edu