Types of Scholarships Awarded
First-year applicants do not need to apply separately for most Trinity scholarships. All applicants are automatically considered for these awards as part of the admission process. Some specialized scholarships may require additional steps.
Trinity awards merit-based scholarships to students who demonstrate intellectual curiosity, drive, and a commitment to purposeful learning. Scholarships are often combined with grants, student employment, and loans to create a personalized financial plan that supports your education.
Merit-Based Scholarships
Your application for admission also serves as your application for merit scholarship consideration. Merit scholarships are awarded for academic achievement and range from $12,000–$35,000 annually.
Talent and Special Interest Scholarships
These scholarships recognize achievement in areas such as the arts, debate, leadership, and other special interests.
Tuition Exchange Scholarships
Programs for eligible families and partner institutions.
Featured Scholarships
Scholarships at Trinity recognize more than academic success. They reflect how you think, engage, and contribute.
Trinity Tower Scholarship
Up to 20 full-tuition scholarships are awarded to entering first-year students who receive top merit scholarships and are invited to participate at the Trinity Tower Scholars Day (TTSD) competition. Invitations to TTSD are issued to students in the top portion of the applicant pool.
Semmes Distinguished Scholars in Science Scholarship
Full-tuition scholarship for students interested in studying STEM fields at Trinity. This scholarship includes a $5,000 stipend to be used for research support, professional travel, materials, and supplies.
Music Scholarship
Music scholarships are awarded to incoming first-year students based on musical ability. Awards are available to music majors and non-majors in voice, composition, and a variety of instrumental areas.
Baker Duncan Theatre Scholarship
Baker Duncan Theatre Scholarships are awarded to meritorious incoming first-year students who are interested in all aspects of theatre, including performance, directing, design, theatre management, and theatre scholarship.
Baker Duncan Art Scholarship
Baker Duncan Art Scholarships are awarded to meritorious incoming first-year and transfer students who plan to pursue a major in studio art. Awards are competitive, merit-based, and renewable.
Baker Duncan Debate Scholarship
Baker Duncan Debate Scholarships are awarded to talented incoming first-year students who plan to join and remain active in Trinity’s Debate program. Awards are competitive, merit-based, and renewable.
Storer and Tillman Christian Leadership Scholarship
The Storer and Tillman Christian Leadership Scholarship is a renewable, need-based award for incoming first-year and transfer students who want to develop their leadership skills in the context of their faith.
Murchison Scholarship
Murchison scholarships are offered to students with distinguished scholastic records. Select Murchison recipients are invited to compete for up to 20 full tuition scholarships during Trinity Tower Scholars Day or Semmes Scholars Day.
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Awarded exclusively to students of anthropology who are in good academic standing and demonstrate considerable academic merit. Margaret Mead, for years among the best known women in the world, was also the best known anthropologist, with a particular talent for bringing anthropology fully into the light of public attention. The Margaret Mead Award, initiated by the Society for Applied Anthropology in 1979, and awarded jointly with the American Anthropological Society since 1983, continues to celebrate the tradition of bringing anthropology to bear on wider social and cultural issues. The recipient of the Margaret Mead Award at Trinity is an anthropology major in their junior or senior year who has shown outstanding achievements in anthropology. The awardee is chosen annually by the faculty of the sociology and anthropology department.
In appointing Scholars the selectors will look for candidates who have the potential to excel as scholars, as leaders and as contributors to improved UK-US understanding. Assessment will be based on academic merit, leadership potential and ambassadorial potential. The selection criteria are divided into three equally weighted categories:
The one year Marshall Scholarship is aimed at applicants who have strong reasons for wishing to study in the UK, but have a clear post-scholarship plan that would mean a one year Scholarship would work better for them than the two year Marshall Scholarship. Candidates are only allowed to apply for either the one year or the two year Marshall Scholarship. Any candidate found applying for both will automatically be disqualified.
Before completing the application candidates are advised to consider the objectives of the Marshall Scholarship Programme (see opening paragraph of the Rules for Candidates); the evaluation Criteria and to be aware that the selection committees are seeking candidates who have the potential to excel as scholars, leaders and as contributors to improved UK-US understanding.
The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission promotes an equal opportunities policy. Scholarship awards are based on merit following a fair and transparent selection process. The Marshall Commission seeks and recruits students from all backgrounds
MAS grants are generously funded by the Carlos and Malú Álvarez family. Awards will be based on financial need. The amount of the grant is used to cover a portion of the program tuition.
Awardees are encouraged to attend promotional events for the Mexico, the Americas, and Spain (MAS) Program throughout their time at Trinity.
Michael Kearl, Ph.D., was a Trinity professor from 1977-2015, influencing generations of Trinity students. He was a gifted teacher, spirited colleague, and a nationally recognized expert on the sociology of death and dying, time, the family, and social gerontology.
His family started a scholarship fund that continues his legacy of supporting aspiring sociologists. The Kearl Scholarship recognizes characteristics that Kearl most valued in his students: writing skills, an embrace of technological innovation, a vigorous social imagination, and a desire to be engaged with classmates and faculty.
Full-time undergraduate students enrolled at Trinity who have enrolled in a sociology course may apply for the award to off-set the cost of expenses incurred at Trinity.
The Foundation awards scholarships of up to $5,000 and honorable mentions to sophomore and junior level college students committed to careers related to the environment, tribal public policy, or Native American health care.
Scholarships are offered in any of three categories:
- To students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment including policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning and renewal, business, health, justice, economics, and other related fields; or
- To Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to tribal public policy, including fields related to tribal sovereignty, tribal governance, tribal law, Native American education, Native American justice, natural resource management, cultural preservation and revitalization, Native American economic development, and other areas affecting Native American communities; or
- To Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to Native health care, including health care administration, social work, medicine, dentistry, counseling, and research into health conditions affecting Native American communities, and other related fields.
Offered to undergraduate students who have an interest in education or teaching and distinguished scholastic records. The majority of scholarships are awarded based solely on achievement; however a few are based on a combination of achievement and financial need.
Murchison scholarships are offered to students with distinguished scholastic records. Select Murchison recipients are invited to compete for up to 20 full tuition scholarships during Trinity Tower Scholars Day or Semmes Scholars Day.
Music scholarships are based exclusively on musical ability, irrespective of a major. All music scholarships, including departmental awards, are offered in addition to the University's academic and financial aid awards to provide overall support for a Trinity education.
National Merit Trinity Scholarship recipients may also be considered for the National Merit Corporate Trinity Scholarship.
National Merit Scholarship recipients may also be considered for the National Merit Corporate Trinity Scholarship.
Cost and financial aid are major barriers for transfer students, especially if you are paying for your own education. There are a multitude of factors to consider in deciding where you will transfer, but a Phi Theta Kappa scholarship can help transfer students decrease their total costs of tuition.
Among other factors being evaluated, a minimum recalculated core GPA of 3.5 is expected to be competitive for these awards.
President’s scholarships are offered to students with distinguished scholastic records.