This award provides full tuition. In cases of superior academic ability, and when funding allows, a living allowance is also awarded. Lay students in any program except Law are eligible. These awards provide full tuition for study in any school except Law. This award provides full or partial tuition for study in any school of the university.
Awards are open to the laity as well as clergy and religious.
Those interested in this award must submit a letter to the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid indicating a willingness to serve the mission of the Church for two years after completion of their degree program. These awards are for one-half tuition for study in the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Library and Information Science, Nursing, Philosophy, and Religious Studies. At the discretion of the dean of the school, these awards may carry a requirement to perform some academic service. In addition to the scholarships listed above, earnings from endowments that have been contributed to the School of Library and Information Science support scholarships that are administered through a committee of the school's faculty. The school's endowed scholarship funds include the Father James J. Kortendick scholarship, Florence R. Steefes Fund, and James Sartain Scholarship.