University Scholar Award

A renewable scholarship for new freshmen up to $12,000 over four years (i.e. up $3,000 per year).  No SAT or ACT scores are required, but you must have a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative, high school GPA to qualify.  Awarded until funds are exhausted on a first-come-first-served basis based on your EOU application date.  Mutually exclusive with University Scholar Athlete Award.

University Scholarly-Need Award

A renewable scholarship for new freshmen up to $6,000 over four years (i.e. up to $1,500 per year).  You must have a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative, high school GPA and a maximum FAFSA SAI of 20,000.  Awarded until funds are exhausted on a first-come-first-served basis based upon your EOU and FAFSA application dates. Apply for FAFSA on StudentAid.gov.

University Achievement Award

A renewable scholarship for new freshmen up to $3,500 over four years (see schedule).  No SAT or ACT scores are required, but you must have a minimum of a 2.75 cumulative, high school GPA or a GED score of at least 660 to qualify.  Awarded throughout the freshman application cycle, but does not stack with University Scholar, University Scholarly Need, or University Scholar Athlete Awards.  The Transfer & Returning Student Success or Continuing Student Success Awards also cannot be awarded simultaneously with a University Achievement Award.

University Scholar Athlete Award

A renewable scholarship for new freshmen student athletes up to $12,000 over four years (i.e. up $3,000 per year) in place of a University Scholar Award when funding for that has been exhausted.  No SAT or ACT scores are required, but you must have a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative, high school GPA to qualify.  Applications are submitted by your coach.  Please contact him or her to submit on your behalf.  Mutually exclusive with University Scholar Award.

EOU 4-County Housing Award

$500 toward first year on-campus housing.  Must be a resident of Union, Wallowa, Baker or Umatilla counties.

A renewable award for new undergraduate transfer students and returning undergraduate EOU students up to $7,500 over three years (i.e. up to ~ $833 per term or $2,500 per regular academic year) with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5.  Currently active EOU students are eligible for the Continuing Student Success Award, but not this one.

Applications must be received by the respective deadline listed below for the term you’ve been admitted for, subject to budget availability. Cannot be awarded retroactively.

Apply for Transfer and Returning Student Success Award below. Apply for FAFSA on StudentAid.gov.

Deadlines:

Fall 2024: August 30, 2024

Winter 2025: November 30, 2024

Spring 2025: February 28, 2025

A renewable award up to $6,000 over three years (i.e. up to $2,000 per year) for active undergraduate EOU students not receiving other EOU awards with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5.

Apply for the Continuing Student Success Award below. Apply for FAFSA on StudentAid.gov.

The purpose of the Diversity Scholarship is to attract students from different social backgrounds and experiences, including socioeconomic status. Recipients will have an opportunity to contribute to the campus learning environment and share their experiences and perspectives through their participation in on‐campus multicultural programs and community service.

MESA is a scholarship program designed to help bring capable, undergraduate students to EOU to pursue Bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and to be prepared for entry into the Masters of Teaching/Teacher Licensure program in the College of Education. The MESA Program is designed specifically for Undergraduate students that are interested in becoming a secondary school mathematics teacher. Eastern Oregon secondary schools need well trained teachers to offer the higher level math curriculum now required of all schools by the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. EOU has the capacity to produce more teachers from its programs and the MESA scholarship program will help bring students into EOU mathematics and teacher education programs. Scholarship awards will range from $2,000 to $4,000 per year and may be renewed annually until graduation.

One time $1,000 award for undergraduate Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society members with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.

Deadline:  prior to the first day of your first term at EOU.

$5,000 for OTEC members, or the spouse or legal dependent of an active OTEC member, from Baker, Grant, Harney, and Union counties.  PLUS, EOU will cover remaining tuition and fee costs using tuition waivers resulting in full tuition and fee coverage for the academic year for OTEC scholarship awardees.

New freshman planning to attend EOU must apply through OTEC directly beginning November 1.

Scholarships are a great resource to help students pay for their education expenses and unlike loans, do not have to be repaid.  Hundreds of scholarships are awarded to students each year who meet specific qualifications, such as program of student, career goals, and others, designated by the private donor(s). 

EOU Foundation scholarships are for students enrolled in a degree programs at Eastern Oregon University.  The scholarship is applied toward your tuition and fees first and if there are remaining funds you can use them for expenses related to your educational needs, including textbooks.

The EOU Foundation awards scholarships based on specific criteria established by the generous donors of individual scholarships.  Once students submit their application, they are automatically matched to all scholarships for which they are qualified.  The scholarship application requires a personal narrative essay be included as a way for application reviewers to evaluate and award applications.  The promise a student shows is defined as the circumstances a person has faced and/or accomplishments they have made, combined with their sense of direction and educational goals.

Each application is reviewed by volunteer reviewers, who score the application on a 0 to 100 scale for quality and completeness.  Reviewers will not see the applicant’s name, age, gender, race, etc.  

Scholarships are awarded to students with the greatest combined score as determined by their total application.

Due to the high volume of applications, the Foundation only notifies students who are selected to receive an award and does not notify those not selected.  Awarding is ongoing (as students move into different programs, no longer meet certain criteria, etc.), therefore students may be notified during different rounds of the awarding process. 

STEPS:

1. If you haven’t already, complete your application for admission to EOU.  You must be admitted or enrolled to apply for Foundation scholarships.  You may need to grab your Student Aid Report from your completed FAFSA.

2. Login to AwardSpring via the my.eou Portal.  The EOU Foundation scholarship application is open November 1 to March 1 each year.  

• Apply here:  https://eou.awardspring.com/SignIn/SAMLAuth
  • Your Username will be the first part of your EOU email address.

• Example: If your email address is Monty@eou.edu, your Username will be: Monty
• Your Password is the same password you use to open your student email account. 

3. Once you are logged in to AwardSpring

• Agree to Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
• From your Dashboard, click the Start Application button to begin filling out your application (start with the link in the left-hand corner for the general application, then complete the two ‘follow-up’ applications after!)
• Several sections/tabs make up the entire application. Complete all of them in order to submit your application.
  • Sections that are not completed will display “in progress”
  • Sections that are complete will display “completed”
• You can start and stop your application as needed

4. Prepare your essay

• Spend time on crafting a thoughtful narrative essay. Be sure to use your resources!  Have a trusted family/friend/teacher proofread, use spell check, search the internet for scholarship essay tips etc.

5. Submit your application

• Completing all tabs of your application will enable the Submit Application button in the lower right corner. Click it to submit your application.
• After completing and submitting the application, you can login to make needed changes until the deadline.

You will be notified of awarding decisions, only if selected for an award.  Awarding is ongoing (as students move into different programs, no longer meet certain criteria, etc.), therefore students may be notified during different rounds of the awarding process.  If you need any assistance and/or accommodation, please contact the Foundation at 541-962-3740 or email eoufoundation-scholarships@eou.edu.

If you are selected for a scholarship, you must agree to the following:

• Must write a thank you letter to the donor of your scholarship (we provide you with this information)
• Must attend the Foundation’s donor recognition event in May (schedules dependent)
• Maintain satisfactory academic progress
• Check your EOU email account on a regular basis for information from the College and the Foundation
• For many scholarships, you may need to have FAFSA on file with EOU each year.