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Kent State University has awarded the Alan Canfora Activism Scholarship for 2023-2024 to activist and incoming Kent State student Kyndra Irwin of Mount Gilead High School in Mount Gilead, Ohio. The Alan Canfora Activism Scholarship celebrates Canfora’s life, his Kent State experience and the importance of social justice and advocacy to ...

Microgrants from $99-500 for Students This program will launch in summer 2023. Application coming soon! LaunchNET is offering funding via microgrants to help Kent State student entrepreneurs move their ideas forward and reach their goals. Grants range from $99-500 Available for both new and currently launched ventures ...

Thanks to generous support from Burton D. Morgan Foundation, LaunchNET Kent State is offering microgrants of $500-3,000 for Kent State alumni “We are excited to expand our microgrant programming to our alumni entrepreneurs, and are looking forward to seeing what projects and dynamic uses that they will have for these new funds,” said Za...

Scholarships and Awards for Students and Faculty   Marty Erbaugh Student Entrepreneur Scholarship Congratulations to winners of the Marty Erbaugh Student Entrepreneur Scholarship! Your commitment to your ventures and academics were evident throughout your applications and recommendations. We are honored to present you wi...

The Kent State University College of Arts and Sciences congratulates James A. Tyner, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography and Director of the Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence, who is a 2021 recipient of ‘Distinguished Scholarship Honors’ from the American Association of Geographers (AAG). The AAG is recognizin...

The School of Visual Communication Design offers a variety of scholarship opportunities for students enrolled in our programs to help manage school expenses. Scholarship awards are based on a variety of criteria. Minimum requirements to be considered for a scholarship: 2.5 GPA Enrolled in one of the following programs Bachelor ...

Gracen Gerbig and Hayley Shasteen, both Kent State University students in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, considered the nation’s premier undergraduate award in the natural sciences, math and engineering. They were recognized by President Beverly Warren at the Kent State Board of Trus...

Important Note:  This information is not intended as tax advice and you are encouraged to seek the assistance of a tax adviser. Introduction A scholarship is generally an amount paid or allowed to, or for the benefit of, a student (whether an undergraduate or a graduate) at an educational institution to aid in pursuit of his or ...

The Kent State University McNair Scholars Program is currently recruiting its next cohort of scholars and applications are open!   The McNair Scholars Program is a federal TRIO program funded at 151 institutions across the United States and Puerto Rico by the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to prepare undergraduate stud...

The School of Communication Studies hosted its annual Lambda Pi Eta Inductions and Undergraduate Student Scholarship Reception on April 20 in the Moulton Hall Ballroom.  At the reception, 56 undergraduate students were inducted into the Upsilon Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta and scholarships were awarded to several students. “This honors...