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Welcome to the Lander University Scholarship Opportunities Homepage
Below you will find a listing of scholarships available to students with brief information about the scholarship qualifications. Award amounts can vary or be split between multiple students.

You can use the search bar below to find available scholarship opportunities by the scholarship name, major, or other criteria specified in the scholarship description.

The 2025-2026 Lander University scholarship application for all new, continuing, and transfer students is open.

Priority Application Deadline: January 31, 2025
Final Application Deadline: June 1, 2025

1. You must be admitted to Lander University to log in and complete a scholarship application.
2. You will need to complete the General Application every year. Once submitted, you will be automatically matched for many of the scholarships available based on your application information. Students are not notified of auto-matched scholarships
3. The application system will also identify scholarships for which you may be qualified but require some additional information beyond what you have shared in the General Application. Click on Opportunities > Recommended to review these scholarships, determine if you are a match, and then click on “Apply”.
4. If you are scheduled to graduate from Lander during the 2024-2025 academic year, you will not be eligible for 2025-2026 academic year scholarships unless you have been accepted by a Graduate Studies program at Lander.

Please keep in mind that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is required for any opportunity that requires the student to demonstrate financial need.

Click “Sign In” and use your Lander University email and password to begin the General Application.

All questions marked with an asterisk (*) are required to submit the General Application. Please try to answer as many questions as possible to ensure that you are considered for all appropriate scholarships.

This application is for all incoming freshmen, transfer students, graduate students, and continuing students who plan to enroll at Lander in the 2025-2026 academic year.

Find Scholarship Opportunities:

Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
up to $1,000 Eaton Business Scholarship
Established and endowed in 2005 by a gift from Eaton Corporation. ...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $260 Ed Troublefield Scholarship
Established in 1998 by The Lander Foundation in honor of W. Ed...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $340 Eddie Griffin Scholarship
Established in 1993 in memory of Dr. Eddie Griffin, Professor, School of...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $1,680 Eleanor Mundy Scholarship
Established in 1987 and endowed in 1997 by Eleanor M. Mundy, Publisher...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $1,570 Eleanor Shiflet Teal Scholarship
Established in 1997 by Dr. Mary Frances Lide (professor emeritus) in...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $300 Elizabeth Adams Scholarship
Established in 1999 by family in memory of Elizabeth Adams, Class of...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $1,130 Elizabeth Eble Scholarship
Established in her memory by her family. One award made annually to a...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $2,700 Elizabeth K. McKelvey Education Scholarship
Established in 2007 by the estate of Elizabeth Kirkpatrick McKelvey. ...
Deadline06/01/2025
Varies Ella Brooks Coleman Scholarship
Scholarship established in memory of Ella Brooks Coleman. Scholarships...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $610 Eltzroth-Williams Scholarship
Given in honor of Rose Marie Eltzroth Williams (a Lander graduate and...
Deadline06/01/2025
Varies Enid Benjamin Nursing Scholarship
Established in 2010 from the Estate of Enid Barnes Benjamin in her name...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $2,880 Estelle Murray Mauldin Scholarship
Established in 1999 by Estelle Murray Mauldin, Class of 1937, and...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $440 Ethelyn Jones Moyer Scholarship
Established in 2006 in Memory of Ethelyn Jones Moyer, Class of 1974. ...
Deadline06/01/2025
$1,000 each Eula Caudle Bracknell Music Scholarship
Established in 2011 in memory of Eula Caudle Bracknell. Mrs. Bracknell...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $700 Fain Kapeluck Buete Scholarship
Established in 2021, scholarship to be awarded to a full-time student...
Deadline06/01/2025
Varies Fall Nursing Class of 2015- The Dr. Holisa Wharton Nursing Scholarship
The Dr. Holisa Wharton Nursing Scholarship was established by the...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $320 Fifty Year Nursing Scholarship
In honor of Landers Fifty Years of Excellence in Nursing Education, the...
Deadline06/01/2025
Varies Fine Arts Department Scholarship
Awarded to students in art, music, theatre and dance.
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $1,940 Finis E. Horne Scholarship
Established in 1997
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $1,150 Finkbeiner Athletic Scholarship
Established in 2007 by Mrs. And Mrs. Erwin Finkbeiner. One or more...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $950 First Citizens Bank Endowed Scholarship
Scholarship awarded to a student in the College of Business with a first...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $1,200 Fitz and Margaret D. Lee Scholarship
Established in 2003 by Margaret D. Lee, Class of 1946, and her late...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $700 Floride Rudd Scholarship
Established through a bequest from the estate of Floride Rudd, Class of...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $620 Floyd and Mamie Nicholson Scholarship
Established in 2005 by Floyd and Mamie Nicholson. Scholarship will be...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $2,360 Floyd and Ruby Dye Endowed Scholarship
Established in 2021 by Dr. Linda Dye in memory of her parents. The...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $360 Floyd N. Dixon Scholarship
The Floyd N. Dixon Scholarship was established in September, 2008 by...
Deadline06/01/2025
Varies Forty & Eight Greenwood Scholarship
A scholarship in nursing given by La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux,...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $280 Forty & Eight Newberry Scholarship
A scholarship in nursing given by La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux,...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $3,200 Frances P. Harris Business Scholarship
Scholarships have been made available by the estate of Frances Patton...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $2,000 Fuji Film Corporation Scholarship
Established in 1992 by Fuji Photo Film, Inc. Awarded each year to an...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $300 Funderburk Fishing Scholarship
Recipient is undergrad who is (1) a member of the LU Bass Fishing team...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $1,800 G. Bonner and Marth B. Harvley Scholarship
This scholarship is open to students majoring or intended to be majors...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $1,000 G. Dearyl Lusk Scholarship
Established in 1987, as a memorial to G. Dearyl Lusk, Greenwood...
Deadline06/01/2025
$1,000 George R. Starnes Family Scholarship
The George R. Starnes Family Scholarship was established in September...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $490 George W. and Lois B. Tingle Art Scholarship
Established in 2006 in honor of George W. & Lois B. Tingle by Ann Hare. ...
Deadline06/01/2025
Varies Georgia Alumni Funded Scholarship
Alumni from the state of Georgia established this funded scholarship to...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $400 Gilbert Sumter Guinn History Scholarship
Established in 1992 and endowed in 1999 by students, friends, family,...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $790 Gladys Heller-Hammond Endowed Scholarship
Established in 2020 by John G. “Jack” Hammond this scholarship awarded...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $1,460 Glenas D. Green Scholarship
This scholarship is open to students majoring or intended to be majors...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $2,310 Gloria Louise Wicker Endowed Biology Scholarship
Established in 2022 by the estate of Gloria Louise Wicker, the...
Deadline06/01/2025
Varies Golden Anniversary Scholarship (Fifty-Year Class)
Established in 1984 by the Class of 1934 to provide one or more...
Deadline06/01/2025
Varies Government, Criminology, & Sociology Scholarship
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $500 Grand Strand Scholarship
Alumni from the Grand Strand area established this funded scholarship to...
Deadline06/01/2025
Varies Greenwood Advancement Scholarship
Established in 1997 by an anonymous donor.  Two scholarships for...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $1,000 Greenwood Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
Established in December or 2015 by The Greenwood Chamber of commerce to...
Deadline06/01/2025
Varies Greenwood County Scholarship
Established in 1995.  Two scholarships for exceptionally financially...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $830 Greenwood Tower Club Scholarship
Established and suppprted through funds raised by the Alumni Tower Club...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $500 Greenwood Vocational Rehabilitation Advisory Board Scholarship- Psychology and Human Services
Established in 2000 by The Greenwood Vocational Rehabilitation Advisory...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $500 Greenwood Vocational Rehabilitation Advisory Board Scholarship- Sociology
Established in 2000 by The Greenwood Vocational Rehabilitation Advisory...
Deadline06/01/2025
up to $3,010 Greenwood Woman's Club Scholarship
The Greenwood Woman’s Club Scholarship Fund, established in 2005, is...
Deadline06/01/2025