UCLA Scholarships for First-Year Students
| Deadline | Scholarship Name | Scholarship Description |
|---|---|---|
| 6/30 | Acacia Fraternity Frank H. Reinsch Memorial Scholarship |
Preference to sons, daughters, grandsons, or granddaughters of Acacia Fraternity members or Freemasons. $5,000 per year. Recipients of the Acacia Scholarship may renew the award each year until graduation if they remain in good academic standing. A maximum of eight Acacia Scholarships at UCLA are awarded each academic year. Any eligible undergraduate may apply for the award in any year (freshman through senior.) Funding is renewable through the senior year only. |
| 6/30 | Leah Bettleman Scholarship | Entering first-year students with high financial need and high school GPA between 3.5 and 3.9 (on an 4.0 scale). Scholarships may be renewable. |
| 6/30 | Clay Trust Honors Scholarship | Available for entering first year students majoring in physical science who demonstrate financial need and are eligible to participate in College Honors. |
| 4/15 | Thelma L. Culverson Scholarship |
Entering first-year students from University High School in West Los Angeles only. Award provides full amount of California resident, room, and board fees at UCLA: approximately $23,000. |
| 4/6 | Delson Scholarship | Available to entering students in the UCLA College who submit a Statement of Intent to Register, and who have financial need as determined by the UCLA Financial Aid Office. Candidates must be Bell or Huntington Park High School graduates with a minimum 3.0 high school G.P.A. who attended Nimitz Middle School. |
| 5/15 | Draine Family Foundation Scholarship | North Hollywood High School graduate with a minimum 3.0 GPA, who submitted his/her Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) at UCLA for Fall Quarter. Applicants must demonstrate financial need. Award Amount: $1,000 to $2,500. renewable for an additional year. |
| 6/30 | MacDougal Scholarship for UCLA Undergraduates |
Preference to US citizens or permanent residents who are residents of California. Preference to graduates of Crenshaw, Dorsey, Fremont, Garfield, Jefferson, Jordan, Locke, Manual Arts, Narbonne, Roosevelt, San Fernando, South Gate, and Washington Prep high schools. Must be a full-time, first-year UCLA undergraduate enrolled in the college with a minimum GPA of 2.5. |
| 6/30 | Miller/Shigemura Scholarship | Entering full-time first-year students who are California residents in any UCLA College major with high financial need. Minimum $4,000, renewable each year. |
| 5/15 | Edward Scott Morrison Scholarship |
Full time undergraduate students who Identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Preference to those who are committed to LGBT leadership and have shown a commitment to community service. |
| 6/30 | National Notary Foundation Scholarship | Open to entering first-year students who demonstrate financial need and strong leadership skills. Preference to students with a 3.5 minimum cumulative GPA, U.S. citizens, and California residents. |
| 6/30 | Nancy Diane Orford Scholarship | Preference to an enrolled UCLA student diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis in good academic standing. Students with other disabilities will also be considered. |
| 6/30 | Gertrude Pomish Scholarship | Preference to entering first-year students who actively participate in and demonstrate a strong record of community service. The award requires financial need. |
| 3/31 | Jim Varney Scholarship | The scholarship is open to high school students from Tennessee and Kentucky only. Applicants must have a minimum cumulative 3.75 GPA, major in a College department, and aspire to a career in theater or drama. |
| 6/30 | Ola Zuckerman Class of 1934 Scholarship |
Available to entering first-year UCLA students with high merit and financial need. Award amount: $1,200 |
| 5/15 | Louis and Zephyr Stuart Scholarship | Preference to Armenian students with financial need who evidence leadership through extracurricular activities at UCLA, in the community, or other activity with a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA. Award Amount varies: provides for registration fees and educational materials. |
| 5/15 | Carl H. Unruh Undergraduate Scholarship |
This scholarship is reserved for adoptees, students that come from a family that includes adoptees, adoptive parents, student parents who have surrendered a child for adoption, foster parents, students that have spent time in foster care and/or students who have a research interest in adoption-related issues. |
| 5/15 | Heather Kase Scholarship | UCLA Undergraduate students with a 3.0 minimum GPA, academic potential or excellence, and financial need as determined by UCLA's Financial Aid Office. Preference given to UCLA full-time undergraduate women of Jewish descent. |
