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Scholarships for English Majors

Hilda and Roy Bergmann Scholarship for Literature

Recipients of the Bergmann scholarship receive $5,000 that must be used to pay for undergraduate tuition.

Applicants must:

  • Be declared English majors enrolled in the university and entering or continuing their junior year (at 60-90 credit hours) in January of the application year.
  • Submissions must include a critical paper endorsed by a department member and may also include records of published prose or poetry or writing awards.
  • Have a minimum GPA of 2.7.

A student can receive only one Bergmann scholarship but is eligible for an English Department Scholarship in the senior year. Interested students must complete a FAFSA and the UMSL scholarship general application.

Contact the department for submission deadlines and more details.

Florence P. Vogel Promise and Opportunity Scholarship in English

Scholarship Criteria:

  1. Be a Missouri Resident
  2. Have an expected family contribution of $12,000 or less; must fill out the FAFSA
  3. Be an Undergraduate English Major
  4. Recipients must have a 2.5 GPA or better

Interested students must complete a FAFSA and the UMSL scholarship general application. Contact the department for submission deadlines and more details.