Willamette University

Student Academic Grants and Awards

Student Academic Grants & Awards

Welcome! In these pages we will introduce you to a myriad of opportunities, and provide a range of resources to help you decide where you are going and how to get there. Here you'll find information on a variety of competitive grants and scholarships, links to scholarship foundation home pages, and plenty of practical advice from programs and past applicants to help you put together an outstanding application.

Whatever your goals may be, a scholarship is a small part of the journey you are taking through Willamette, and beyond.

How can we help?  Here at SAGA we can work with you to:

  • Identify your career goals
  • Clarify your values and interests
  • Improve your writing and interviewing skills
  • Move toward planning for graduate school and life after graduation

What can we offer you?

  • Help identifying which program might be a good 'fit' for you
  • Essay feedback and editing
  • Practice interviews for scholarships or graduate and professional school
  • Feedback from the selection committees and foundation representatives on your application

Find out more about what we do.

National Scholarship Winners

2013 Winners of Awards requiring University Nominations

  • Katelyn Huber '13
    Alternate
    Fulbright Grant
    Kathryn Burns '12
    Fulbright Grant
    Samuel Gonzales '16
    James S. Kemper Scholarship
    Ariel Wilson
    Finalist
    NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
    Mariah Grubb '14
    Harry S. Truman Scholarship
    Miranda Schwabauer '15
    Alternate
    David L. Boren National Security Education

Other 2013 National Award Winners

  • Reynaldo Goicochea '13
    Finalist
    Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship
    Charlotte Osborne '11
    Honorable Mention
    National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    Michael Vitousek '11
    Honorable Mention
    National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    Evan Buechley '06
    National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Internal Scholarship Winners

2013 Presidential Scholarship

  • Rebecca Josephson
    Alexandria Parsagian

2013 Carson Scholarship

  • Jennifer Allaway
    Noor Amr
    Dylan Angell
    Theresa Barosh
    Dana Crosby
    Kyle Davey
    Mariah Grubb
    Jay Howard
    Jordis Miller
    Christian Oldham
    Joellen Sweeney
    James Volz
    Connor Yoste

2013 College Colloquium Student Research Scholarship

  • Caroline Brinster
    Xengie Doan
    Kelci Jacoby
    Samuel Keechler
    Dylan Librande
    Benjamin Martin