Scholarships
College of Liberal Arts
- Anthony S. Chan Award for Asian American Studies
The Anthony S. Chan Award for Asian American Studies endows awards to students who actively participate in the Institute for Asian American Studies while maintaining a 3.0 grade point average, with preference given to Asian American students.
Give Now - College of Liberal Arts Scholarships
This fund supports general scholarships at the College of Liberal Arts.
Give Now - Diane Merker Writing Scholarship Fund
The Diane Merker Writing Scholarship Fund financially assists a student in the English Department who has shown talent and interest in writing, in addition to having financial need.
Give Now - Knapp Political Science Scholarship
The Knapp Political Science Scholarship provides support for undergraduate political science students.
Give Now - Orville Wright Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Orville Wright Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established at the University of Massachusetts Boston by Orville’s devoted family to celebrate his love of music, dedication to students, and legacy of superior teaching. To that end, the fund will provide annual scholarship support for one or more students majoring in music, to be known as Orville Wright Scholars. Please consider supporting future Orville Wright Scholars through a gift to UMass Boston, which can be made here at GIVE NOW or by contacting Vanessa DiCarlo at 617.287.5328.
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- Professor Joann Phelps Stewart Scholarship Award
The Professor Joann Phelps Stewart Scholarship Award provide scholarship assistance for seniors majoring in economics.
Give Now - Sam Walker Scholarship Fund
The Sam Walker Scholarship Fund provide annual scholarship assistance for needy and deserving undergraduate art majors.
Give Now - Sarah Richmond Endowed Scholarship Fund
The Sarah Richmond Endowed Scholarship Fund supports undergraduate Massachusetts residents who help to finance their own education while working towards a degree in "anthropology, Black studies, English, history, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology, or women's studies."
Give Now - Sheriff James V. DiPaola Scholarship for Criminal Justice
The Sheriff James V. DiPaola Scholarship for Criminal Justice is a memorial scholarship fund established to support students studying criminal justice. James V. DiPaola graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston in 1989.
Give Now - Susan Cunningham Campbell Scholarship
The Susan Cunningham Campbell Scholarship provides scholarship for students who have declared a major in music.
Give Now - Timothy McCarthy Graduate Fellowship Fund
The Timothy McCarthy Graduate Fellowship Fund supports masters candidates in the History program.
Give Now - Timothy McCarthy Memorial Fund
The Timothy McCarthy Memorial Fund seeks to "support graduate study in traditional liberal arts disciplines by disabled students of outstanding academic merit." While preference will be given to masters candidates in the field of history, any liberal arts discipline may be included and at any point in the pursuit of their masters degree.
Give Now - Veterans History Project
The Veterans History Project Student Edition provides students, teachers, mentors and afterschool programs with shared, structured opportunities to conduct background research, prepare interview questions, conduct interviews, and produce creative and interactive oral history projects and documentaries.
Students are encouraged to share related experiences with veterans that have been inspired by war films and documentaries, interviews with veterans, and literature and military history. The project's goal is to have students identify and interview a war veteran and submit a video which they create to the Library of Congress. There it will exist as a permanent national history resource. Videos created will also be uploaded to the Student Edition site.
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- Vincent Cristiani School Psychology Endowment
The Vincent Cristiani School Psychology Endowment is awarded to one or more Psychology major who demonstrates outstanding academic achievement.
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