Scholarships

Below is a list of all the scholarships currently being offered by the College of Urban and Public Affairs.  For a full listing of all scholarships offered by PSU, please visit Financial Aid's Scholarship database page.

To apply for these scholarships, please visit the PSU Scholarship online application system.  

Please note: Even if you are not yet accepted into a program in the College of Urban and Public Affairs but have submitted an application you are still elligible to apply for scholarships.  The deadline for the scholarship application in many cases is before the departments make their decisions about who they are accepting, which means if you wait to find out if you were accepted first the chance to apply for scholarship support may have already passed.

Please contact tiede@pdx.edu with any scholarship related questions.

Undergraduate Scholarships:

Online application opens September 7th 2011 and closes February 1st 2012.

• Tichy Family Scholarship
  
  • Specialty:  Community Health  
    
  • Criteria:  Awards recognize outstanding undergraduate students majoring in Health Studies. Selection based on PSU transcripts, personal essay, and letters of support.

• Milan Svoboda Memorial Fund
  
  • Specialty:  Community Health
    
  • Criteria:  Awards recognize outstanding undergraduate students majoring in Health Studies. Applicants must be sophomore or junior level students with minimum 3.25 GPA. Selection based on PSU transcripts, personal essay, and letters of support

• Jack S. Schendel Commemorative Scholarship
  
  • Specialty:  Community Health
    
  • Criteria:  Awards recognize outstanding undergraduate students majoring in Health Studies. Applicants must be sophomore or junior level students with minimum 3.25 GPA. Selection based on PSU transcripts, personal essay, and letters of support

• Phyllis Robideaux Wiener Memorial Scholarship
  
  • Specialty:  Political Science
    
  • Criteria:  Awarded annually to Political Science major applicants with junior or senior standing in the fall quarter and have at least three terms of full-time study remaining, and graduated from an Oregon public high school.

• Katrina Matilda Pongracz-Bartha Memorial Scholarship
  
  • Specialty:  Political Science
    
  • Criteria:  This award honors Katrina's dedication to women's political issues and her efforts supporting herself financially in pursuit of a degree. The scholarship is awarded annually to a junior or senior level female student with satisfactory progress towards a degree in political science. Preference given to applicants with job or family responsibilities and demonstrated financial need.

• Bradley N. Horner Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund
  
  • Specialty:  Criminology and Criminal Justice
    
  • Criteria:  To be eligible for this scholarship you must have declared yourself as a major in Criminology and Criminal Justice at PSU, be in a junior standing, have an interest in pursuing a career in law enforcement, and demonstrate financial need.

• UPA Memorial Scholarship
  
  • Any Undergraduate Student in the College of Urban & Public Affairs
    
  • This award is given annually to outstanding students in the College of Urban and Public Affairs.
    

Graduate Scholarships:

Online application opens October 17th 2011 and closes April 2nd 2012.

• John D. Gray Endowed Scholarship
  
  • Specialty:  Nohad Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning
    
  • Criteria:  This scholarship was established to honor Mr. Gray's leadership in creating environmentally-sensitive significant land developments. The scholarship will support students in the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning who are studying sustainable development.

• Nancy Chapman Endowed Scholarship
  
  • Specialty:  Nohad Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning
    
  • Criteria:  This fund benefits a Ph.D student in the College of Urban and Public Affairs with demonstrated financial need, and a promise of accomplishment in an academic or professional career. Preference will be given to students who have a dissertation proposal accepted by his or her committee.

• Sharpe/Strachan Returning Student Scholarship
  
  • Specialty:  Nohad Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning
    
  • Criteria:  To be awarded to a student accepted into the Master and Urban Studies and Programming, who is at least 30 years old, and is committed to pursuing a career as a practicing planner.

• Ron Cease Founders Award
  
  • Specialty:  Hatfield School of Government
    
  • Criteria:  Ron Cease, PSU Professor Emeritus and founder of the Division of Public Administration, and his wife Jane Cease led active careers as state administrators and as Oregon legislators.  These scholarships honor graduate students by providing financial assistance to those who are planning careers in public service and are pursuing on a full-time basis an MPA, MPA:HA, or MPH:HMP degree.  A GRA position may also be given to Founder’s Award recipients depending on the availability of funds

• Amber Fowler Public Administration Scholarship
  
  • Specialty:  Hatfield School of Government 
    
  • Criteria:  This scholarship is for students age 22 or older with financial need who are pursuing degrees in the Master of Public Administration program.  Preference will be given to students with a concentration in nonprofit management. 

• Frank and Nadezda Munk Scholarship
  
  • Specialty:  Political Science
    
  • Criteria:  This fund will provide an annual scholarship to Graduate students in Political Science pursuing studies in the area of international politics.

• Maurie Clark Endowed Fellowship
  
  • Specialty:  Any Graduate or PhD. Student in the College of Urban & Public Affairs
    
  • Criteria:  Awarded annually to an outstanding Ph.D. candidate in the College of Urban and Public Affairs. The recipient must have an approved dissertation outline and intend to use the fellowship to support research activities.

• Vera Katz Endowed Scholarship
  
  • Specialty:  Any Graduate or PhD. Student in the College of Urban & Public Affairs
    
  • Criteria:  This fund will provide a scholarship to a single parent (male or female) who is admitted to a graduate degree program in the College of Urban and Public Affairs (Masters or Ph. D) and who demonstrates a commitment to public service.

• UPA Memorial Scholarship
  • Specialty:  Any Graduate or PhD. Student in the College of Urban & Public Affairs
    
  • Criteria: This award is given annually to outstanding students in the College of Urban and Public Affairs.

 

Paper application Scholarships (not part of online system):

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• The Joseph and Alice Savel Scholarship
  • Specialty:  Any Graduate or PhD. Student in the College of Urban & Public Affairs
  •  Criteria:  This fund will provide a PSU graduate student in the School of Community Health a scholarship who is pursuing a career related to long-term care of the elderly. The family created this scholarship in an effort to promote the principles of person-centered care provided with dignity and respect for all elders, regardless of the elder's degree of disability or dependence.
  • Deadline has passed for 2012-13
    

• International Association for Public Participation
  • Specialty: Any Graduate Student in the College of Urban & Public Affairs studying Public Administration or Urban and Regional Planning
    
  • Criteria: Please see PDF for award criteria and application instructions - IAP2 Scholarship Application 2012.pdf
  • Deadline: March 30th 2012

  • Even though this scholarship is part of the online system, please fill out the paper application instead of applying through the online system.

• Portland State Foundation Scholarships
  
  • There are several scholarships awarded directly by the Portland State University Foundation
  • Criteria: Please see PDF for award criteria and application instructions - 2012-2013 Ethnically Based Scholarship Application.pdf
    
  • Deadline: March 15th 2012
    
  •  Please contact Brenda McLaughlin for more information at (503) 725-5079
    

For Students who plan to be involved with Transportation studies, please also check out the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation's scholarship webpage.  Their deadline for applications is February 2012.