Merit Scholarship Renewal Requirements
The following are the renewal requirements for all of the merit scholarships offered by Brandeis.
The Scholarship Committee meets on a semester basis to review all merit scholarship recipients and to determine students’ continued eligibility for these funds.
Undergraduate merit scholarships cannot be utilized for graduate study at Brandeis. Please
note that merit scholarships will be prorated for any semester in which a student is considered less than full time or is charged less than the full-time tuition rate.
Students Enrolling Fall 2023 or Later
Award Type | Renewal Requirements (Students Enrolling Fall 2023 or Later) |
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Giumette Academic Achievement Award | 3.25 GPA (maximum of four semesters of undergraduate study) |
Brandeis-Sponsored National Merit Scholarship | Per NMSC regulations |
Honor Grant | None |
POSSE Scholarship | Applicable toward undergraduate study only |
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Scholarships: Community College Transfer (6 semester maximum), Dean's, Fein, Justice Brandeis, Penikoff, Presidential, Provost, Stroum Family Waltham Scholarship, Traquina Fellowships: Humanities, Leonard Bernstein, Martin Luther King Jr., and QBreC |
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Students Enrolling Spring 2023 or Earlier
Award Type | Renewal Requirements (Students Enrolling Spring 2023 or Earlier) |
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Leonard Bernstein Scholarship | 3.0 GPA for at least one semester of first year; 3.0 cumulative GPA thereafter; maximum of 8 semesters; not applicable to graduate studies |
Giumette Academic Achievement Award | 3.25 GPA; maximum of 4 semesters; not applicable to graduate studies |
Brandeis-Sponsored National Merit Scholarship | Per NMSC regulations |
Dean's Award | 3.0 GPA for at least one semester of first year; 3.0 cumulative GPA thereafter; maximum of 8 semesters; not applicable to graduate studies |
Fein Scholarship | 3.0 GPA for at least one semester of first year; 3.0 cumulative GPA thereafter; maximum of 8 semesters; not applicable to graduate studies |
Honor Grant | None |
Humanities Fellowship | 3.0 GPA for at least one semester of first year; 3.0 cumulative GPA thereafter; maximum of 8 semesters |
Justice Louis D. Brandeis Scholarship | 3.0 GPA for at least one semester of first year; 3.0 cumulative GPA thereafter; maximum of 8 semesters; not applicable to graduate studies |
Malkin Israeli Endowed Scholarship | 3.0 GPA; maximum of 8 semesters; not applicable to graduate studies |
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship | 3.0 GPA for at least one semester of first year; 3.0 cumulative GPA thereafter; maximum of 8 semesters; not applicable to graduate studies |
Fannie Penikoff Scholarship | 3.0 GPA for at least one semester of first year; 3.0 cumulative GPA thereafter; maximum of 8 semesters; not applicable to graduate studies |
POSSE Scholarship | None |
Presidential Scholarship | 3.0 GPA for at least one semester of first year; 3.0 cumulative GPA thereafter; maximum of 8 semesters; not applicable to graduate studies |
Provost Scholarship | 3.0 GPA for at least one semester of first year; 3.0 cumulative GPA thereafter; not applicable to graduate studies |
QBReC Fellowship | 3.0 GPA for at least one semester of first year; 3.0 cumulative GPA thereafter; not applicable to graduate studies |
Slifka Israeli Coexistence Scholarship | 3.0; maximum of 8 semesters; not applicable to graduate studies |
Stroum Family Waltham Scholarship | 3.0 GPA for at least one semester of first year; 3.0 cumulative GPA thereafter; maximum of 8 semesters; not applicable to graduate studies |
Wien International Scholarship | 3.0; maximum of 8 semesters; not applicable to graduate studies |