Our Opportunities

This is a list of all of the scholarships available at SUNY Buffalo State via the Campus Application Portal for Scholarships (CAPS) system (formerly AcademicWorks). For information on these scholarships and the eligibility requirements, please click on the individual opportunity to review the scholarship’s description, its qualifying criteria, and any additional materials required to apply.

To complete the General Application, click on the Sign In button in the top right hand corner of the page.

Automatch Scholarships: Once you complete your General Application, you will be matched to scholarships for which you immediately qualify for, no further action is required. Qualifying for a scholarship does not guarantee you will receive it.
Apply-to Scholarships: To see a list of scholarships that may need additional action to apply for them, select “Recommended” under “Opportunities” at the top of the page. If you believe you are qualified, you can click the ‘Apply’ button to submit an application.

Attention: General Applications left in “draft” status will not be reviewed for scholarship candidacy. You must submit the General Application to be considered as a candidate for the scholarships.

Prospective Students: In order for you to complete the CAPS general application and apply for scholarships you must be accepted to Buffalo State College and have completed the intent to enroll form. Refer to the Accepted Student Undergraduate Admissions website for more information.

Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
$5,000.00	Dr. Charles A. Messner Scholarship This scholarship is available to a student who must be incoming freshmen enrolled full time at Buffalo State; demonstrate financial need; and have... This scholarship is available to a student who must be incoming freshmen... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: $5,000.00	Deadline03/15/2020
Varies	Adult Student Scholarship Fund The Adult Student Scholarship is available to nontraditional students (24 years or older), who have completed at least 12 credit hours at Buffalo... The Adult Student Scholarship is available to nontraditional students... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
$1,000.00	Alice Rochon Scholarship Fund The Alice Rochon Scholarship is awarded to a student who is either an elementary or secondary education major and contributes to campus diversity. ... The Alice Rochon Scholarship is awarded to a student who is either an... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: $1,000.00	Deadline04/10/2020
$500	Alice Stielow Wehrung Schmidt '41 Endowed Scholarship in Elementary Education Fund This scholarship is available to students majoring in elementary education. Candidates must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the major, demonstrate... This scholarship is available to students majoring in elementary... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: $500	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Alpha Sigma Alpha Evelyn G. Bell Scholarship Fund The Alpha Sigma Alpha Evelyn G. Bell Scholarship is available to enrolled Undergraduate or Graduate students taking 6 or more credit hours.... The Alpha Sigma Alpha Evelyn G. Bell Scholarship is available to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
$1,000	Alumni Legacy Scholarship Fund The Buffalo State Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship is available to current or incoming students with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 who are... The Buffalo State Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship is available to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: $1,000	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	American Labor Movement Scholarship The American Labor Movement Scholarship will provide a scholarship to a student with strong ties to the American labor movement. Fall only... The American Labor Movement Scholarship will provide a scholarship to a... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Anna Mae Murphy Elementary Education Scholarship This scholarship is for a BSC with a declared major in Childhood Education, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood and Childhood Education,... This scholarship is for a BSC with a declared major in Childhood... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Anne Marinucci Buscaglia Scholarship The Anne Marinucci Buscaglia Scholarship is available to students who must be a full-time undergraduate (preferably single parent), have a minimum... The Anne Marinucci Buscaglia Scholarship is available to students who... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Barbara Schillawski Mautz Art Education Scholarship Fund The Fund provides five scholarships annually to full-time undergraduate students with declared majors in the Art Education Program. Candidates must... The Fund provides five scholarships annually to full-time undergraduate... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Beulah Sowden Educational Fund Provide an annual scholarship to a Native American student enrolled full-time at Buffalo State College. Recipient must must have an overall GPA of... Provide an annual scholarship to a Native American student enrolled... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
$1,000	Burrell Diversity Scholarship The Dr. Anna P. Burrell Diversity Scholars Program is designed to enhance student diversity at Buffalo State College. Candidates must be a U.S.... The Dr. Anna P. Burrell Diversity Scholars Program is designed to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: $1,000	Deadline04/10/2020
$6000.00	Carol and Gerald Wahlenmayer Scholarship This scholarship is for graduate students enrolled either full-time or part-time at Buffalo State. Candidates must be within 24 credit hours of... This scholarship is for graduate students enrolled either full-time or... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: $6000.00	Deadline04/10/2020
$1000	Charles H. Viner Scholarship Fund This scholarship is available to current students majoring in early childhood education with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. This scholarship is... This scholarship is available to current students majoring in early... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: $1000	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Class of 1936 Golden Anniversary Scholarship The Class of 1936 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to students who must be registered for at least 6 credit hours, have a minimum... The Class of 1936 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Class of 1942 Golden Anniversary Scholarship The Class of 1942 Golden Anniversary Scholarship provides one scholarship annually to a nontraditional student. Candidates must have a minimum... The Class of 1942 Golden Anniversary Scholarship provides one... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Class of 1943 Golden Anniversary Scholarship The Class of 1943 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to students who must be registered for at least 6 credit hours, have a minimum... The Class of 1943 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Class of 1944 Golden Anniversary Scholarship The Class of 1944 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to candidates registered for at least 6 credit hours, have a minimum cumulative GPA... The Class of 1944 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Class of 1945 Golden Anniversary Scholarship The Class of 1945 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to candidates registered for at least 6 credit hours, have a minimum cumulative GPA... The Class of 1945 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Class of 1946 Golden Anniversary Scholarship The Class of 1946 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to candidates registered for at least 6 credit hours, have a minimum cumulative GPA... The Class of 1946 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Class of 1947 Golden Anniversary Scholarship The Class of 1947 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to candidates registered for at least 6 credit hours, have a minimum cumulative GPA... The Class of 1947 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Class of 1948 Golden Anniversary Scholarship Scholarship candidates must be registered for at least 6 credit hours, have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0, have completed at least one semester... Scholarship candidates must be registered for at least 6 credit hours,... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Class of 1949 Golden Anniversary Scholarship The Class of 1949 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to a Buffalo State student who must be registered for at least 6 credit hours, have a... The Class of 1949 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to a... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Class of 1956 Golden Anniversary Scholarship The Class of 1956 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to candidates registered for at least 6 credit hours, have a minimum cumulative GPA... The Class of 1956 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Class of 1960 Golden Anniversary Scholarship The Class of 1960 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to candidates who must major in undergraduate education (primary or secondary), have... The Class of 1960 Golden Anniversary Scholarship is available to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Dave Heine's 'ReaLame' Endowed Scholarship Dave Heine’s ‘ReaLame’ Scholarship is available full time (minimum of 12 credit hours) students, have changed majors (but not exhibit a pattern of... Dave Heine’s ‘ReaLame’ Scholarship is available full time (minimum of 12... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Donald Savage Endowed Scholarship for College Actors of Promise Fund This scholarship is available to one full-time students who demonstrate special promise as actors in one or more Buffalo State theater productions.... This scholarship is available to one full-time students who demonstrate... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Doreen Newman Reilly Scholarship This scholarship is awarded annually to one full-time, undergraduate student who has a declared major in education, either early childhood,... This scholarship is awarded annually to one full-time, undergraduate... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Dorothea and Mildred Seegler Endowed Scholarship Fund This scholarship is available to students with a declared majors in exceptional education. Two recipients are selected annually, one in honor of... This scholarship is available to students with a declared majors in... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Dorothy Mierzwa Pieniadz '45 Endowed Scholarship Fund This scholarship is awarded annually to candidates who must be continuing or transfer students in an education major with a minimum cumulative GPA... This scholarship is awarded annually to candidates who must be... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Dorris M. Closs Scholarship Fund The Dorris M. Closs Scholarship is available to students majoring in consumer studies, home economics, or dietetics. Candidates must have a minimum... The Dorris M. Closs Scholarship is available to students majoring in... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
$1,000.00	Dr. C. Bahargavi Rao Scholarship in Dietetics Fund To provide one annual scholarship of $1,000 to a student with a declared major in dietetics. To be eligible for the scholarship, candidates must... To provide one annual scholarship of $1,000 to a student with a declared... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: $1,000.00	Deadline04/10/2020
$2000	Dr. G. Wesley Ketcham Scholarship Fund This scholarship is available to current full-time students majoring in technology education with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. The Dr. G.... This scholarship is available to current full-time students majoring in... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: $2000	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Dr. Harry and Lorraine Ausprich Endowed Scholarship Available to full-time undergraduates with declared majors in the visual or performing arts. Candidates whose parent/grandparent is an alumnus of... Available to full-time undergraduates with declared majors in the visual... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Dr. Judith Bondurant-Utz Early Childhood Scholarship Fund This scholarship is available to graduate students with declared majors in early childhood special education. Candidates must have at least one... This scholarship is available to graduate students with declared majors... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Minimum scholarship is $1,000	Dr. Julia Piquette Communication Scholarship Fund The Dr. Julia Piquette Communication Scholarship is available to full-time undergraduate students with declared majors in the Communication... The Dr. Julia Piquette Communication Scholarship is available to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Minimum scholarship is $1,000	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Dr. Keith M. Henderson Endowed Scholarship Fund The Dr. Keith M. Henderson Endowed Scholarship Fund was established to provide one scholarship annually to a student with a declared major in... The Dr. Keith M. Henderson Endowed Scholarship Fund was established to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Dr. Mabel D. Montgomery Scholarship Fund This Scholarship is available to full-time undergraduates majoring in mathematics or mathematics education. Candidates must have sophomore or... This Scholarship is available to full-time undergraduates majoring in... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Dr. Marie Dellas & Poppy Dellas Scholarship This scholarship provides one scholarship to a student who must be a full-time junior or senior majoring in biology, chemistry, design, earth... This scholarship provides one scholarship to a student who must be a... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Dr. Richard J. Kieffer Scholarship in Economics Fund The Dr. Richard J. Kieffer Scholarship in Economics is available to full-time students enrolled in the Economics and Finance Department. Candidates... The Dr. Richard J. Kieffer Scholarship in Economics is available to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Drs. Paul A. & Margaret Eschner Bacon Scholarship The Paul A. Bacon and Margaret Eschner Bacon Scholarship is awarded to eligible candidates from the areas of art education and technology education... The Paul A. Bacon and Margaret Eschner Bacon Scholarship is awarded to... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Eastman Foundation Endowed Scholarship Provides one scholarship annually to a student with a declared major in the Fashion and Textile Technology Department. The scholarship is... Provides one scholarship annually to a student with a declared major in... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Educational Foundations Department Scholarship Fund The Educational Foundations Scholarship is available annually to one graduate student with a declared major in the Adult Education Department and... The Educational Foundations Scholarship is available annually to one... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Edward A. Paxson Scholarship Candidates for the Edward A. Paxson Scholarship must be accepted to or attending Buffalo State, demonstrate financial need, be determined worthy of... Candidates for the Edward A. Paxson Scholarship must be accepted to or... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Minimum scholarship $2,000	Efner "Lucky" Davis Returning Combat Veteran Scholarship Fund The Efner “Lucky” Davis Returning Combat Veteran Scholarship provides one or more scholarships annually to honorably discharged combat veterans... The Efner “Lucky” Davis Returning Combat Veteran Scholarship provides... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Minimum scholarship $2,000	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Elaine Polvinen Endowed Scholarship Fund This scholarship is for students enrolled at Buffalo State in the fashion and textile technology department with a focus on the use of computer... This scholarship is for students enrolled at Buffalo State in the... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
$1,000	Eleanor and John May Scholarship Provide one scholarship annually to a student enrolled at Buffalo State who graduated from Kenmore West High School, Kenmore East High School,... Provide one scholarship annually to a student enrolled at Buffalo State... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: $1,000	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Estelle M. Engel Memorial Scholarship Candidates for this scholarship must be a full-time, undergraduate students at Buffalo State with a declared major in English Department,... Candidates for this scholarship must be a full-time, undergraduate... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Eunice Frisbee Mason Scholarship Fund The Eunice Frisbee Mason Award is available to students who are members of Phi Upsilon Omicron. Phi Upsilon Omicron is honor society including... The Eunice Frisbee Mason Award is available to students who are members... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020
Varies	Frances Morton Holbrook Graduate Scholarship Fund The Frances Morton Holbrook Graduate Scholarship is available to current students with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 who have declared majors in... The Frances Morton Holbrook Graduate Scholarship is available to current... Deadline: 04/10/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline04/10/2020

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