All 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.

Application for Fall scholarships will be available from January 10 to May 1 (for most scholarships). Scholarships are awarded as funding is made available.

Application for spring scholarships will open in the Fall and close December 1. Scholarships are awarded as funding is made available.

Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
Varies	Nancy Belfer Fiber Design Scholarship This scholarship is available to full-time students majoring in Fibers. Candidates must have a minimum GPA of a 3.0 in the major, and a minimum... This scholarship is available to full-time students majoring in Fibers. ... Deadline: 04/29/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline04/29/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
$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: 05/01/2019 Award: $1,000.00	Deadline05/01/2019
$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: 05/01/2019 Award: $500	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
$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: 05/01/2019 Award: $1,000	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
Varies	Arline Thompson Deckert Endowed Scholarship This scholarship is awarded annually to a continuing or transfer education major attending full time. Fall only disbursement. This scholarship is awarded annually to a continuing or transfer... Deadline: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
Minimum scholarship $1,000	Barbara and Donald Nelson Scholarship in Art Education Fund This scholarship is available to a full-time student enrolled at Buffalo State with a declared major in art education. Candidates must have... This scholarship is available to a full-time student enrolled at Buffalo... Deadline: 05/01/2019 Award: Minimum scholarship $1,000	Deadline05/01/2019
Minimum scholarship $1,000	Barbara and Donald Nelson Scholarship in Design Fund This scholarship is available to a full-time student enrolled at Buffalo State with a declared major in design (Ceramics, Communication Design,... This scholarship is available to a full-time student enrolled at Buffalo... Deadline: 05/01/2019 Award: Minimum scholarship $1,000	Deadline05/01/2019
Minimum scholarship $1,000	Barbara and Donald Nelson Scholarship in Fine Arts Fund The Barbara and Donald Nelson Scholarship in Fine Arts is available to a full-time student enrolled at Buffalo State with a declared major in fine... The Barbara and Donald Nelson Scholarship in Fine Arts is available to a... Deadline: 05/01/2019 Award: Minimum scholarship $1,000	Deadline05/01/2019
Minimum scholarship $1,000	Barbara and Donald Nelson Scholarship in Interior Design Fund This scholarship is available to a full-time student enrolled at Buffalo State with a declared major in interior design. Candidates must have... This scholarship is available to a full-time student enrolled at Buffalo... Deadline: 05/01/2019 Award: Minimum scholarship $1,000	Deadline05/01/2019
Varies	Barbara Schillawski Mautz Art Education Scholarship Fund This scholarship is available to full-time undergraduate students with declared majors in the Art Education Department. Candidates must have junior... This scholarship is available to full-time undergraduate students with... Deadline: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
Varies	Buffalo Federation of Women's Clubs Scholarship The Buffalo Federation of Women’s Clubs Scholarship is awarded to a full-time undergraduate who has completed a minimum of 24 credit hours, has a... The Buffalo Federation of Women’s Clubs Scholarship is awarded to a... Deadline: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
Varies	Caryl Brennan Forrest Scholarship This scholarship is available to a full-time entering freshman at Buffalo State who plans to pursue an undergraduate degree in elementary... This scholarship is available to a full-time entering freshman at... Deadline: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
$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: 05/01/2019 Award: $1000	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
Varies	Class of 1950 Golden Anniversary Scholarship This scholarship provides one scholarship annually to an undergraduate student in good standing at Buffalo State College. Candidates must have an... This scholarship provides one scholarship annually to an undergraduate... Deadline: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
Varies	College Club of Buffalo Scholarship Fund This scholarship is available to candidates who must be a full-time student at Buffalo State, have completed at least 30 credit hours, have a... This scholarship is available to candidates who must be a full-time... Deadline: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
$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: 05/01/2019 Award: $5,000.00	Deadline05/01/2019
Varies	Dr. Eliane McKee French Education Scholarship Fund This scholarship is available to undergraduate or graduate students majoring in French or French education or post-baccalaureate certification in... This scholarship is available to undergraduate or graduate students... Deadline: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
$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: 05/01/2019 Award: $2000	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Minimum scholarship is $1,000	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
Varies	Dr. Yung M. Kim Endowed Scholarship in Economics and Finance The Dr. Yung M. Kim Scholarship is awarded to a full-time student with a declared major in the Economics and Finance Department, who demonstrates... The Dr. Yung M. Kim Scholarship is awarded to a full-time student with a... Deadline: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019
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: 05/01/2019 Award: Varies	Deadline05/01/2019

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