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Selection Process

There is no application to apply for General Scholarships. Each year the selection process is completed using data gathered from the admissions file, registrar records and information submitted on the FAFSA. The scholarship committee reviews qualified applicants based on financial need, academic merit, and other criteria relevant to the particular endowment.  The selection process is extremely competitive as all continuing Main campus students are considered in the pool every year. 

Once the awarding process is complete, students are notified via email during the spring semester if they are a scholarship recipient for the upcoming academic year.  General Scholarships are awarded on a yearly basis for the fall and spring semesters averaging between $200 to $1,000 per year ($100 to $500 per semester).  Awards are not made for the summer sessions.  All General Scholarship awards are offered for one academic year and cannot be deferred or automatically renewed. 

We encourage all students to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by January 5 in order to maximize consideration for all federal, state, and institutional funds they may be eligible to receive.

Eligibility

To be considered for endowed scholarships students must fulfill the following requirements:

• Be a continuing undergraduate student at the UNM Main campus
• Have a cumulative total of at least 12 UNM Main campus credits earned by the end of the fall semester
• Have a highly competitive cumulative UNM GPA.
• Accept the scholarship via Loboweb  ( instructions)
• Submit a scholarship Thank You letter ( instructions)
• Enroll in, and earn, 12 credits each semester at the UNM Main campus for the upcoming academic year

The following is a list of scholarships that are awarded. (Please note: Applications are not available for these scholarships. Recipients are selected by the UNM Scholarships Office using the process stated above.)

  Frank H. Allen, III Memorial — Amount Varies

• Graduate of Valley High School (Albuquerque, NM)
• Academic achievement
• Letters of recommendation demonstrating intellectual curiosity, physical vigor, leadership, and moral courage
• Full-time student

Arab Women’s Scholarship — Amount Varies

• Financial need
• Academic merit

Ballut Abyad — Amount Varies

• Junior or senior (graduates may be considered if previously received)
• Financial need
• Satisfactory academic progress

Bader/Nelson — Amount Varies    

• New Mexico resident
• Full-time undergraduate
• Satisfactory academic progress

Louise Bell — Amount Varies    

• Female student
• Academic merit
• General scholarship criteria

Philo Bennet — Amount Varies    

• Freshman woman
• Spring only
• Academic merit
• Financial need
• New Mexico resident

Downer-Bennett — Amount Varies    

• Non-traditional students
• Single parent

L. Beverly Damron — Amount Varies    

• Member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity
• High GPA
• Contact the Student Activities Office

Predicanda DeGeer Scholarship — Amount Varies    

• Financial need
• Full-time student
• First preference to native New Mexican students of Hispanic descent
  

James Doolittle — Amount Varies

• Financial need
• Incoming freshman
• High scholastic average
  

Marguerite M. Drum Endowed Memorial Scholarship for Native American students — Amount Varies

• Student must be Native American
• Must be enrolled full-time as either a graduate or undergraduate
• GPA of 2.5/4.0
• Demonstrate financial need
• Preference to students enrolled in a Native American Studies program or a degree program with a concentration in Native American Studies
  
  

Filipino-American Scholarship — Amount Varies    

• Active (paid) member of Filipino American Foundation of New Mexico
• Full time undergraduate student at UNM Main Campus
• Must have competitive cumulative UNM GPA
• For more information, please visit: http://pinoy-newmexico.com/scholarship/

Bobby Foster — Amount Varies    

• Financial need
• Part-time or full-time
• Juniors and seniors
• 2.0 GPA minimum

Education Trust Board Pathways — Amount Varies    

• First Time Freshman
• New Mexico high school graduate from any public or private high school
• 3.5 GPA minimum
• Financial Need
  

Edward Grisso — Amount Varies    

• Junior
• Male
• Improvement in grades during sophomore year

Robert Hammond Scholarship Fund — Amount Varies    

• Contact the District Court of the Tenth Judicial District, State of New Mexico

Lena Heath — Amount Varies    

• Satisfactory academic progress
• Junior or senior

C.L. Herrick — Amount Varies    

• Academic ability
• Financial need
  

Bertha B. Hollis — Amount Varies    

• American Indian

Louise E. Johnson — Amount Varies    

• American Indian or African American
• Contact the Scholarship Office
  

Frederick/Christine Kent — Amount Varies    

• Freshmen
• Spring only
• New Mexico resident
• Financial need
• High school grades, recommendations from principal or counselor
  

James M. & Luella Key Endowed Scholarship — Amount Varies    

• Scholarship for students thereof engaged in courses qualifying them to pursue a gainful occupation (nursing, teaching, engineering, etc.)
• Financial need
• Aptitude
• Grades
  

• Freshman
• New Mexico resident

• Demonstrate academic achievement
• Demonstrate financial need
• Be Native American women, preferably Navajo

Clyde Oden — Amount Varies    

• Financial need and/or academic ability

Blase Padilla — Amount Varies    

• Financial need
• Satisfactory academic progress

Manuel Pino — Amount Varies    

• Hispanic
• Contact the Scholarship Office

L.B. Reeder — Amount Varies    

• Deserving students with financial need

Austin Roberts — Amount Varies    

• General
• Academic ability
• Financial need
• San Juan County, NM

Kathleen Rogers — Amount Varies    

• Graduate and undergraduate
• Satisfactory academic progress

Manuel F. Saenz Jr. Memorial Scholarship — Amount Varies    

• Native American ancestry; preferably Navajo
• Involvement in athletics
• Full or part-time enrollment

Rita G. Sanchez — Amount Varies

• New Mexico resident
• Undergraduate
• Full-time student
• Academic ability
• Financial need

Carrie Schaeffer — Amount Varies    

• African American
• Academic merit

Harrison Schmitt — Amount Varies    

• New Mexico high school graduate
• Freshman
• Financial need/academic ability

John Schneid — Amount Varies    

• Full time
• American Indian students
• General criteria

Raymond Shoemaker — Amount Varies    

• Single parents
• U.S. citizen
• NM resident
• Financial need

Doris and Thornton Seligman Memorial Scholarship — Amount Varies    

• Undergraduate
• New Mexico resident
• Academic ability

Dr. Dan Trigg — Amount Varies    

• Academic ability
• NM resident

Glen T. Simpson — Amount Varies    

• American Indian student
• Senior
• Academic achievement and financial need

Ralph M. Watrous — Amount Varies    

• Demonstrate academic achievement
• Demonstrate financial need
• Be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate Native American woman
• First preference will be given to Native American women who have attended New Mexico high schools
• Proof of enrolled tribal membership and residence of New Mexico shall be provided by the recipient

Lawrence White — Amount Varies    

• Satisfactory academic progress
• New Mexico resident
• Financial need