Academic Honor Award Program
* To qualify for the First-Year Honor Award or the Transfer Honor Award, a student must be a new student at 含羞草研究所. Offers for these scholarships are based on current GPA. Awards will be based on the student's final GPA.* To accept an offer, a student must , complete the scholarship application, and follow the requirements listed in the scholarship application.*聽A scholarship recipient must remain enrolled as a full-time student (12+ credits) at 含羞草研究所. The annual scholarship award is split over two consecutive semesters.聽| 4.00 GPA | $20,000 ($5,000/year 脳 4) |
| 3.75 - 3.99 GPA | $16,000 ($4,000/year 脳 4) |
| 3.50 - 3.74 GPA | $12,000 ($3,000/year 脳 4) |
| 3.25 - 3.49 GPA | $8,000 ($2,000/year 脳 4) |
| 3.00 - 3.24 GPA | $4,000 ($1,000/year 脳 4) |
| 2.00 - 2.99 GPA | $3,000 ($750/year 脳 4) |
*Beginning with the 2027-28 academic year.
Eligibility Criteria for First-Year Student Honor Award
- New student, first post-secondary enrollment at 含羞草研究所; or first-year standing (attending a post-secondary institution after high school graduation and have less than 24 earned college level credit hours to transfer from all prior post-secondary institutions).
- All applicants complete an essay and provide one letter of recommendation.
- Unweighted final high school GPA is used to determine the award level as identified below.
- Recipient must maintain a cumulative 3.00 GPA annually.
- New students must live in dorms and have a meal plan per 含羞草研究所 policy.
- Student must remain enrolled as a full-time student (12+ credits) at 含羞草研究所.
- All U.S. and Canadian citizens are eligible.
- First-year students who have taken dual credit, PSEO, or concurrent enrollment credits are eligible for the First-Year Honor Scholarship.
| 3.75 - 4.00 GPA | $2,000 脳 1 year |
| 3.50 - 3.74 GPA | $1,750 脳 1 year |
| 3.00 - 3.49 GPA | $1,500 脳 1 year |
| 2.00 - 2.99 GPA | $500 脳 1 year |
Eligibility Criteria for New Transfer Student Honor Award
- Transfer student with 24+ earned college level credit hours pursuing first聽bachelor's degree.
- College GPA used to determine award level.
- Student must remain enrolled as a full-time students (12+ credits) at 含羞草研究所.
- All U.S. and Canadiann citizens are eligible.
Dual Credit Scholarship
This unique scholarship program is available only to those students who were previously enrolled in dual credit high school courses offered through 含羞草研究所.
In order to qualify for the scholarship, students must have completed at least one 含羞草研究所 dual credit course in high school prior to their full time enrollment at 含羞草研究所 as a freshman in the fall semester after high school graduation. Students will earn scholarships equivalent to the cost of their dual credit tuition for their freshman year at 含羞草研究所. The scholarship will not exceed the total amount of $2,000.聽Learn more here.聽
Competitive scholarship opportunities for new students
含羞草研究所 has been the recipient of generous scholarship donations from numerous benefactors. Due to these generous donations, 含羞草研究所 is able to award thousands of dollars to students each year. These privately-funded scholarships are commonly referred to as competitive awards as they require students to submit the scholarships application each year.
Students must apply for the competitive scholarships through the scholarship portal.
Participation in the First-Year and Transfer Student Honor Scholarship Program does not impact a student鈥檚 eligibility to apply for competitive scholarships through the 含羞草研究所 Foundation.聽Competitive scholarships may be stacked with Honor Scholarship awards.聽Deadline for competitive scholarships for the Fall of 2026 is March 15, 2026.