Important: May and August 2024 graduating students are ineligible for scholarships.
To be accepted as complete and considered for a scholarship, each application must include:
- Scholarship Application Checklist
- General Scholarship Application Form (see below)
- Copy of your unofficial transcript (attach file to the General Scholarship Application Form below)
- Two Letters of Recommendation (at least one letter must be from an HDFS Professor) Recommenders must only complete the checklist. A formal support letter is not required.
- Academic Recommender
- Academic Recommender - A professor at the University of Connecticut – may be in Human Development and Family Sciences or another School/College
- Personal Recommender - A personal reference, as in an employer
- Personal Letter
- Eligibility form for each scholarship applied for (see complete list of available scholarships below)
- FERPA Consent to Release Form
You may apply for more than one scholarship. Requirements to apply for each scholarship:
- Read the requirements of the scholarship carefully to see if you meet the qualifications for the scholarship.
- If you believe you meet the qualifications set by the donor, please apply for that scholarship.
- Complete a Scholarship Eligibility Statement specific to each scholarship for which you decide to apply.
- You will be considered for every scholarship, award or fund for which you have submitted a Scholarship Eligibility Statement for on the proper form.
- Submit a copy of your unofficial transcript with your application.
Raymond and Jeanne Bartman Scholarship in Family Sciences
Awarded to a full-time sophomore, junior, or senior majoring in, or demonstrate intent to declare a major in, Family Sciences who requires financial support. The student should declare, or demonstrate intent to declare, a concentration in any one of the following five areas of family study: childhood and adolescence, early childhood development and education, adult development and aging, services and counseling, or policy and planning.
APPLY for the Raymond and Jeanne Bartman Scholarship in Family Sciences
Joan Sineti Fenton and Richard J. Fenton Scholarship Fund in Human Development and Family Sciences
Awarded to university students enrolled in the University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Candidates must meet the following criteria: a. Be a senior student enrolled full-time in the College b. Demonstrate academic achievement c. Be majoring in Human Development and Family Sciences d. Demonstrate an interest in pursuing graduate school studies. From those candidates that meet the criteria cited, priority consideration will be given first, to students who demonstrate significant participation in community service activities; and second, to students who demonstrate financial need.
Meg Galante-DeAngelis Scholarship
Awarded to a full-time undergraduate student majoring in Human Development and Family Sciences, who requires financial support and is paying their own way through college.
Nellie A. Gard Scholarship Fund
Awarded to a student in Human Development and Family Sciences, with a minimum GPA of 2.3. Selections “will not be on the basis of grades alone, but upon general standing and work of the individual”.
Audrey L. Jarrelle Fund
Awarded to a full-time undergraduate student in Human Development and Family Sciences who requires financial support and has also demonstrated academic achievement.
Clyde A. Jones Scholarship Fund
Awarded to a junior or senior student majoring in Human Development and Family Sciences with a concentration in Early Childhood Education. Student must demonstrate high academic achievement and professional promise with creative potential.
Ardele Valcourt Loughlin Scholarship
Awarded annually to a student in Human Develop
E. Charlotte Rogers Scholarship Fund
Awarded annually to a deserving junior or senior in Human Development and Family Sciences, this scholarship is partially based on high academic standing.
Dr. Howard A. Rosencranz Memorial Scholarship Fund
Awarded to an academically outstanding student enrolled full-time in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, and pursuing undergraduate or graduate coursework in adult development and aging.
APPLY for the Dr. Howard A. Rosencranz Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Frederic C. Teich Award
Award to a junior or senior demonstrating talent in an artistic field. Priority consideration will go to undergraduate students in Human Development and Family Sciences, but awards may be made to a student or students in any school of the university demonstrating outstanding talent in creative design. The criteria to be considered by the scholarship committee in selection of award recipients include past academic achievement, and demonstration of potential for future academic and professional accomplishments.
Dorothy E. Vail Home Economics Fund
Awarded to students who are in good academic standing and are majoring in Human Development and Family Sciences.
Lucy Allen Wyman Scholarship
Awarded to a student in Human Development and Family Sciences that has completed at least four semesters. Preference will be given to students who are graduates of Woodstock Academy or its successor. The criteria to be considered by the scholarship committee in selection of scholarship recipients include past academic achievement, and demonstration of potential for future academic and professional accomplishments.