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Scholarships & Awards

Apply for Scholarships

2013 – 2014 Scholarship Application is now closed.
To apply, click the link above. You will need the following:

  1. Current transcript showing GPA
  2. Letter of support from history professor (BSU & transfer students)
  3. Letter from high school counselor (incoming Freshmen)

Department Scholarships

  • Pat and Eloise Bieter Memorial Studies Abroad Scholarship
  • Eugene and Lois Chaffee Scholarship
  • Kenneth and Dorothy King Memorial Scholarship
  • Alice H. Hatton U.S. History Scholarship
  • Ernest and Carol Hoidal Scholarship
  • Helen K. Mccarthy Memorial Scholarship
  • Patricia K. Ourada History Scholarship
  • Vera M. and William C. Jones Scholarship
  • Robert B. Sylvester Honors College History Scholarship

Department Awards

  • Merle Wells Public Service Award

Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to the following students awarded scholarships for the 2012 – 2013 academic year!

  • Kandra Polatis: History Department Scholarship
  • Nichole Bare: McCarthy, Chaffee & Hoidal Scholarships
  • Amanda Gilmore: Sylvester and Hatton Scholarships
  • Brian Kreis: King Scholarship
  • Juliana McKay: Bieter Studies Abroad Scholarship
  • Brandon Robbins: Ourada & Vera M. and William C. Jones Scholarships

Gottenburg History Scholarship

Please fill out an alternate application for the Gottenburg History Scholarship.

The criteria for the scholarship is as follows:

  1. Must be a History Major
  2. Must be a woman
  3. Must have a 3.0 GPA
  4. Must be a Junior or above
  5. Is renewable if the above criteria is maintained

The foundation has $700 available to be awarded.

More Information

For more info please contact the Department of History at 208-426-1350 or bsuhistory@boisestate.edu.

Additionally, you may visit Boise State’s Financial Aid Office.