Scholarships and Grants

Award amount: $15,000 to $18,000 per year* * (Scholarship eligibility is based upon unweighted GPA and course rigor for coursework completed at the time of admission. Unweighted GPA is the average of class grades based on a 4.0 scale as determined and calculated by the UT Admissions Committee. Scholarships are renewable annually and require a minimum GPA and satisfactory academic progress.)

Eligibility:

• High school applicants
• Demonstrate leadership or community service

Award amount: $11,000 to $14,000 per year* * (Scholarship eligibility is based upon unweighted GPA and course rigor for coursework completed at the time of admission. Unweighted GPA is the average of class grades based on a 4.0 scale as determined and calculated by the UT Admissions Committee. Scholarships are renewable annually and require a minimum GPA and satisfactory academic progress.)

Eligibility:

• High school applicants
• Demonstrate leadership or community service

Award amount: $4,000 to $6,000 per year* * (Scholarship eligibility is based upon unweighted GPA and course rigor for coursework completed at the time of admission. Unweighted GPA is the average of class grades based on a 4.0 scale as determined and calculated by the UT Admissions Committee. Scholarships are renewable annually and require a minimum GPA and satisfactory academic progress.)

Eligibility:

• High school applicants
• Demonstrate leadership or community service

Award amount: $8,000 to $10,000 per year* * (Scholarship eligibility is based upon unweighted GPA and course rigor for coursework completed at the time of admission. Unweighted GPA is the average of class grades based on a 4.0 scale as determined and calculated by the UT Admissions Committee. Scholarships are renewable annually and require a minimum GPA and satisfactory academic progress.)

Eligibility:

• High school applicants
• Demonstrate leadership or community service

Award amount: $6,000 to $9,000 per year

Eligibility:

• College transfer applicants

Award amount: $2,000 per year

Eligibility:

• College transfer applicants
• Must apply to UT by May 1
• Proof of PTK membership (submit with admission application)
• Inducted into PTK post-high school graduation
• Student must be a member of PTK prior to acceptance

Award amount: varies according to need as determined by the FAFSA

Eligibility:

• Must complete the FAFSA

Award amount: varies per department

Eligibility:

• UT offers several departmental scholarships, which may include Art; Bonner Leader Program; Music; Nursing; Musical Theatre; Theatre; Dance and President's Leadership Fellows. Most require a separate application and have specific requirements for renewal. Learn more about departmental scholarships.

Award amount: varies depending on athletic department recommendation

Eligibility:

• NCAA Division II (2)
• Subject to NCAA rules
• Must complete the FAFSA

Key student leadership positions on campus may offer institutional grants. Students are generally selected for or elected to these positions. Interested students should inquire in the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement (or the Office of Residence Life for Resident Assistants). Examples include:

• Student Government
• Student Productions
• The Minaret
• Moroccan (yearbook)
• Neon literary magazine
• Resident Assistants (RAs)

Award amount: up to the amount of on-campus food and housing components in the financial aid Cost of Attendance (COA)*. Students living off-campus or with parent/relative receive the same amount.

• Must be enrolled full-time (exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis)
• All ROTC Cadets who are on ROTC scholarship or contracted will receive the Grant. Applies to all military branches and includes: 
  • Cadets on a National or Campus/School-based ROTC scholarship (including ICSP and CMLA scholarships). 
  • Cadets who are MSEPs, OCs or in the Green-to-Gold Program.
  • Cadets who have no scholarship or prior military service but have completed the requirements and contracted to serve in the armed forces post-graduation. 
• Grants are available in the Fall and Spring semesters only.  
• Grants may be reduced in cases where the aid exceeds COA for students receiving TIV aid (other than Pell).   

The Financial Aid Office recommends ROTC Cadets complete the FAFSA, however it is no longer required to receive the grant. 

*New policy effective in the Fall 2023 semester. 

Award amount: $5,000

Two scholarships are awarded each year. Scholarship recipients may reapply for the scholarship each year; this scholarship is not automatically renewed. Recipients are selected in the spring semester to receive the scholarship in the coming academic year.

Eligibility:

• Recipient must be a current UT undergraduate student with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Demonstrate financial need (based on results of the FAFSA)
• Be actively involved in Lowth Entrepreneurship Center programs
• Application deadline is April 1

Scholarship funds are available for students who have as their goal a four-year degree at The University of Tampa. Goulding Scholarship funds will go toward the cost of tuition and fees (excluding the health care insurance fee). Scholarship amount will vary based on available funds and number of students awarded. Scholarships are renewable on a funds-available basis for up to four years or until normal degree completion would occur.

Eligibility:

• American Indians recommended by the Pamunkey Tribal Council located in King William County, VA, on the Pamunkey River Reservation (letter from Tribal Council required)
• American Indians recognized by their Tribal Council as being at least one-quarter American Indian blood (letter from Tribal Council required
• Application deadline is Feb. 1

Charles Edwin Goulding Jr. was born in 1916 and graduated from The University of Tampa in 1939. He received a master's degree from the University of Florida in 1944 and his doctorate from UF in 1946. Goulding was a professor at UF, Temple University and worked as an engineer and consultant for various corporations all over the world, including Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela and Korea. He was the nuclear training director at New York Shipbuilding Corporation and president of T & M Machining in Tennessee for 10 years. Goulding made his fortune as a pioneer researcher in penicillin production, designing major commercial production facilities. In retirement, he designated his entire estate be donated to The University of Tampa. Goulding had a great love of UT, and his estate remains one of the largest ever received by UT.

Award amount: up to $5,000 (up to four years)

Eligibility:

• Student must be of Polish heritage
• Preference given to students with demonstrated financial need (determined by the FAFSA)
• Include description of your Polish heritage and what receiving this scholarship would mean to you
• Application deadline is Feb. 1
• Renewable on a funds-available basis

Award amount: $1,000 per year (up to four years)

One scholarship is awarded each year. Preference is given to Tampa Bay residents.

3.0 GPA is required to renew.

Eligibility:

• Recipient must be a descendant or relative of UT alumni (preference given to direct descendants)
• Awarded to one new student each fall semester
• Include the first and last name of the UT alumni relative
• Application deadline is Feb. 1

Award amount: $2,500 per year (up to four years)

Four scholarships are awarded each year (one new freshman is selected each fall semester).

Eligibility:

• Recipient must be a descendant or relative of UT alumni (preference given to direct descendants)
• Awarded to one new freshman each fall semester
• Include the first and last name of the UT alumni relative
• Application deadline is Feb. 1