Merit Scholarships
Brandeis Achievement Award (for rising juniors only) - Deadline: March 2, 2012
Applicants for this award must be currently enrolled sophomores who will achieve junior status in the 2012-13 academic year and who have distinguished themselves academically.
Applicants must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50 (Dean’s List).
Students currently receiving the Annenberg, Bernstein, Brandeis Genesis, Dean’s, Gilbert, Hiatt Challenger Memorial, Honor Grant, Justice Brandeis, Malkin, Martin Luther King, Penikoff, Posse, Presidential, Rabb, Seeds of Peace, Slifka, Traquina, Waltham, or Wien Scholarships are not eligible to apply for this award.
Applicants must submit a current résumé, two recommendations from Brandeis faculty, and a one-page personal statement detailing their academic experience at Brandeis. A maximum of five awards in the amount of $5,000 per semester will be conferred by the selection committee for the junior and senior years.
For more information, please review the Brandeis Achievement Award guidelines.
The Brandeis-Genesis Institute Fellowship
The Brandeis-Genesis Institute for Russian Jewry (BGI) has embarked on a new strategic planning process. As part of that process, BGI is working on restructuring the undergraduate fellowship; and as a result, we will not be able to offer any new BGI undergraduate fellowships for fall 2012. BGI may, however, be able to offer additional scholarships in the future to students interested in promoting Russian Jewry who have already matriculated at the university. The BGI program will still be very active, with a strong cadre of continuing upperclassmen BGI fellows. We expect to offer new BGI fellowships again starting in fall 2013.
The BGI undergraduate fellowship offers a renewable four-year scholarship of $20,000 per year to Russian-speaking students who wish to be of service to the Jewish community.
During their careers at Brandeis University, BGI undergraduate fellows organize and participate in activities and projects designed to strengthen the Russian-speaking community and to build connections to the Jewish world.
Selection for the BGI undergraduate fellowship is based on academic achievement and leadership potential. There is no separate application. Interested candidates can indicate their interest in any appropriate place in the Brandeis undergraduate admissions application, or by contacting the BGI office.
For further information about the BGI, and about the current BGI undergraduate fellows, please go to www.brandeis.edu/bgi , or contact the office at http://www.brandeis.edu/bgi/learn_more.html or 781-736-8410.
Brandeis-Sponsored National Merit Scholarship
This scholarship is available to entering first-year students who have attained National Merit Finalist status and have designated Brandeis as their first choice through the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).
Recipients of this scholarship are chosen by the NMSC. The amount of this scholarship ranges from $500 to $2,000, based on financial need.
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded to entering first-year students on the basis of academic performance and extracurricular participation in secondary school, outstanding community involvement and demonstrated financial need.
There is no application for this scholarship beyond the admission application and the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE. (Please note that the FAFSA and parent and student taxes will also be required upon payment of the deposit.)
The amount of this scholarship is equal to the student's calculated institutional financial need, based on the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, the FAFSA and student and parent tax returns, and is renewable for up to eight continuous semesters of study at Brandeis, beginning with the semester in which a recipient was initially offered admission.
Fannie Penikoff Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded to one outstanding entering first-year student from the Chicago area. This scholarship was created through a gift from the Fannie Penikoff Charitable Trust to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
There is no application for this scholarship beyond the admission application and the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE.
The amount of this scholarship is equal to full tuition and is renewable for up to eight continuous semesters of study at Brandeis, beginning with the semester in which the recipient was initially offered admission.
Recipients of this scholarship will be required to provide information about their campus activities to the Office of Donor Relations at Brandeis at least once each year and will also be required to write a letter of thanks to Ms. Donna Kahan, who oversees the Fannie Penikoff Fund at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, twice each year that details the recipient’s campus involvement.
Stroum Family Waltham Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded to four top graduating seniors from Waltham High School in Massachusetts.
There is no application for this scholarship beyond the admission application and the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE.
The amount of this scholarship is equal to full tuition and is renewable for up to eight continuous semesters of study at Brandeis, beginning with the semester in which the recipient was initially offered admission.