Our Opportunities - NDSU Scholarship Application

Deadline: Scholarship deadline dates vary. Scholarships without a deadline date may not be open yet. Most scholarship opportunities open on November 1.

Award: The amount stated is for general information purposes. Actual award amounts can vary based on recipient eligibility, available funds, and other factors.

*IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION: Upon completion of the NDSU Scholarship Application the scholarship portal will automatically match you, based on your application and your NDSU student record, with scholarship opportunities for which you meet the eligibility criteria. Scholarships you have automatically matched with may require additional information and will show as “recommended” on your NDSU scholarship portal home page. To be considered for these scholarships, click on the yellow “Apply” button listed next to each one to complete the additional questions. Otherwise, scholarships that require no additional information will show as “None” under “Action."

Award	Name	Actions
$2,000.00	New Beginnings-ND Scholarship Match NDSU students who receive the North Dakota Native American Scholarship...	Deadline09/30/2025
Varies	Spring NDSU HERD S-STEM Scholarship Students must be enrolled at NDSU an incoming freshman or a currently...	Ended
Varies	Academic Transfer Award The Academic Transfer Award is available to high-achieving incoming...	Ended
$3000	NDSU International Spring Award (Tier 1) New first-year or transfer international students for the Spring...	Ended
Varies	Spring Achievers Transfer Award The Achievers Transfer Award is available to incoming transfer students...	Ended
$1,000.00	Arthur W. Clara Cupler Foundation Scholarship The Arthur W. Clara Cupler Foundation Scholarship is made available to...	Ended
Varies	Bollinger Family Scholarship Awarded to incoming first-year students pursuing a major within the...	Ended
Varies	Celeste Svihovec Beard Theatre Arts Scholarship Incoming students pursuing a major within the Department of Theatre...	Ended
$3,500.00	James A. Meier Scholarship This scholarship is awarded to an incoming freshman with a declared...	Ended
$0.00	Lorrie Dean Jerde Agriculture Scholarship Open to students pursuing a major within the College of Agriculture,...	Ended
$3,500.00	NDSU Academic Scholarship The NDSU Academic Scholarship is part of the NDSU Bison Win Program...	Ended
$4,000.00	NDSU Green and Gold Scholarship The NDSU Green and Gold Scholarship is part of the NDSU Bison Win...	Ended
$5,000.00	NDSU National Merit Scholarship The NDSU National Merit Scholarship is awarded to National Merit...	Ended
Varies	NDSU Opportunity Scholarship Students must be properly admitted and/or enrolled as an incoming...	Ended
Varies	NDSU Provost Award The Provost’s Award is given to incoming freshmen who show potential for...	Ended
$2,000.00	Olson/Challey First Generation Business Scholarship The Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth provides an...	Ended
Varies	Robert John and Mary Tyanich Olson Scholarship The Robert John and Mary Tyanich Olson Scholarship is awarded to an...	Ended
Varies	Spring NDSU Provost Award The Provost’s Award is given to incoming freshmen who show potential for...	Ended
Varies	Stacy and Myron Bjornstad Family Scholarship Students must be incoming freshmen who plan to pursue a major within the...	Ended
Varies	Tim and Karen Etherington Electrical Engineering Scholarship The Tim and Karen Etherington scholarship is awarded to a student...	Ended
Varies	Tom and Sue Martindale Family Scholarship Awarded to first-year students who are enrolled full-time (12 or more...	Ended
Varies	AgCountry Farm Credit Services Center for Risk and Trade Available to a student properly enrolled at NDSU and the Department of...	Ended
Varies	AgriBank Farm Credit Center for Risk and Trade Available to a student properly enrolled at NDSU and the Department of...	Ended
Varies	Albert W. Anderson Memorial Scholarship The Albert W. Anderson scholarship is a memorial scholarship honoring...	Ended
Varies	Brady Oberg Legacy Scholarship Students must be enrolled full-time as a junior or senior at NDSU and...	Ended
Varies	Byron L. Berntson (Class of '61) Memorial Architecture Scholarship Available to students pursuing a major in one of the following fields of...	Ended
Varies	Byron L. Berntson (Class of 61) Memorial Scholarship Available to students pursuing a major in one of the following fields of...	Ended
$2,300.00	Cheryl Larson Freitag Human Development and Family Science Scholarship Students must be enrolled as a full time junior or senior at NDSU at the...	Ended
$1,350.00	Class of 1936 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$1,580.00	Class of 1937 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$1,185.00	Class of 1938 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$1,715.00	Class of 1939 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$885.00	Class of 1940 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$770.00	Class of 1941 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$1,115.00	Class of 1942 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$820.00	Class of 1943 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$400.00	Class of 1944 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$275.00	Class of 1945 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full-time with a minimum of...	Ended
$540.00	Class of 1946 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$1,220.00	Class of 1947 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$335.00	Class of 1948 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$1,545.00	Class of 1949 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$1,300.00	Class of 1950 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$1,070.00	Class of 1951 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$1,530.00	Class of 1952 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$490.00	Class of 1953 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$355.00	Class of 1954 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$510.00	Class of 1955 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$605.00	Class of 1956 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended
$620.00	Class of 1957 Available to NDSU students who are enrolled full time with a minimum of...	Ended