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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 2024-2025 Lander University scholarship application for all new, continuing, and transfer students is now open!

Priority Application Deadline has passed.
Final Application Deadline- July 1, 2024

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 2023-2024 academic year, you will not be eligible for 2024-2025 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 2024-2025 academic year.
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Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
Varies E. M. Culler Scholarship
Established through a bequest under the will of Etolia McDonald Culler,...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $1,200 Earline Buzhardt Clark Scholarship
Established in 1997 by Glenn L. Clark in honor of his wife Earline...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $1,000 Eaton Business Scholarship
Established and endowed in 2005 by a gift from Eaton Corporation. ...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $240 Ed Troublefield Scholarship
Established in 1998 by The Lander Foundation in honor of W. Ed...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $300 Eddie Griffin Scholarship
Established in 1993 in memory of Dr. Eddie Griffin, Professor, School of...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $1,540 Eleanor Mundy Scholarship
Established in 1987 and endowed in 1997 by Eleanor M. Mundy, Publisher...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $1,440 Eleanor Shiflet Teal Scholarship
Established in 1997 by Dr. Mary Frances Lide (professor emeritus) in...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $280 Elizabeth Adams Scholarship
Established in 1999 by family in memory of Elizabeth Adams, Class of...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $1,000 Elizabeth Eble Scholarship
Established in her memory by her family. One award made annually to a...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $2,450 Elizabeth K. McKelvey Education Scholarship
Established in 2007 by the estate of Elizabeth Kirkpatrick McKelvey. ...
Deadline06/01/2024
Varies Ella Brooks Coleman Scholarship
Scholarship established in memory of Ella Brooks Coleman. Scholarships...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $560 Eltzroth-Williams Scholarship
Given in honor of Rose Marie Eltzroth Williams (a Lander graduate and...
Deadline06/01/2024
Varies Enid Benjamin Nursing Scholarship
Established in 2010 from the Estate of Enid Barnes Benjamin in her name...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $2,600 Estelle Murray Mauldin Scholarship
Established in 1999 by Estelle Murray Mauldin, Class of 1937, and...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $400 Ethelyn Jones Moyer Scholarship
Established in 2006 in Memory of Ethelyn Jones Moyer, Class of 1974. ...
Deadline06/01/2024
$1,000 each Eula Caudle Bracknell Music Scholarship
Established in 2011 in memory of Eula Caudle Bracknell. Mrs. Bracknell...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $640 Fain Kapeluck Buete Scholarship
Established in 2021, scholarship to be awarded to a full-time student...
Deadline06/01/2024
Varies Fall Nursing Class of 2014- The Jenny Chapman Collins Scholarship
The Jennifer Chapman Collins Scholarship is a scholarship established by...
Deadline06/01/2024
Varies Fall Nursing Class of 2015- The Dr. Holisa Wharton Nursing Scholarship
The Dr. Holisa Wharton Nursing Scholarship was established by the...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $290 Fifty Year Nursing Scholarship
In honor of Landers Fifty Years of Excellence in Nursing Education, the...
Deadline06/01/2024
Varies Fine Arts Department Scholarship
Awarded to students in art, music, theatre and dance.
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $1,760 Finis E. Horne Scholarship
Established in 1997
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $1,000 Finkbeiner Athletic Scholarship
Established in 2007 by Mrs. And Mrs. Erwin Finkbeiner. One or more...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $850 First Citizens Bank Endowed Scholarship
Scholarship awarded to a student in the College of Business with a first...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $1,110 Fitz and Margaret D. Lee Scholarship
Established in 2003 by Margaret D. Lee, Class of 1946, and her late...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $620 Floride Rudd Scholarship
Established through a bequest from the estate of Floride Rudd, Class of...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $550 Floyd and Mamie Nicholson Scholarship
Established in 2005 by Floyd and Mamie Nicholson. Scholarship will be...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $1,700 Floyd and Ruby Dye Endowed Scholarship
Established in 2021 by Dr. Linda Dye in memory of her parents. The...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $300 Floyd N. Dixon Scholarship
The Floyd N. Dixon Scholarship was established in September, 2008 by...
Deadline06/01/2024
Varies Forty & Eight Greenwood Scholarship
A scholarship in nursing given by La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux,...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $260 Forty & Eight Newberry Scholarship
A scholarship in nursing given by La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux,...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $2,900 Frances P. Harris Business Scholarship
Scholarships have been made available by the estate of Frances Patton...
Deadline06/01/2024
Varies Fred Wactor and Myra Greene Baseball Scholarship
Fred Wactor ’78 and Myra Greene ’78 established this scholarship for the...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $2,000 Fuji Film Corporation Scholarship
Established in 1992 by Fuji Photo Film, Inc. Awarded each year to an...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $250 Funderburk Fishing Scholarship
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $1,650 G. Bonner and Marth B. Harvley Scholarship
Established in 1999 by Martha H. Dunlap in honor of her parents, G....
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $1,000 G. Dearyl Lusk Scholarship
Established in 1987, as a memorial to G. Dearyl Lusk, Greenwood...
Deadline06/01/2024
$1,000 George R. Starnes Family Scholarship
The George R. Starnes Family Scholarship was established in September...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $450 George W. and Lois B. Tingle Art Scholarship
Established in 2006 in honor of George W. & Lois B. Tingle by Ann Hare. ...
Deadline06/01/2024
Varies Georgia Alumni Funded Scholarship
Alumni from the state of Georgia established this funded scholarship to...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $370 Gilbert Sumter Guinn History Scholarship
Established in 1992 and endowed in 1999 by students, friends, family,...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $720 Gladys Heller-Hammond Endowed Scholarship
Established in 2020 by John G. “Jack” Hammond this scholarship awarded...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $1,280 Glenas D. Green Scholarship
Established in February 2011 in memory of Glenas D. Green. Scholarship...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $2,100 Gloria Louise Wicker Endowed Biology Scholarship
Established in 2022 by the estate of Gloria Louise Wicker, the...
Deadline06/01/2024
Varies Golden Anniversary Scholarship (Fifty-Year Class)
Established in 1984 by the Class of 1934 to provide one or more...
Deadline06/01/2024
Varies Government, Criminology, & Sociology Scholarship
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $500 Grand Strand Scholarship
Alumni from the Grand Strand area established this funded scholarship to...
Deadline06/01/2024
Varies Greenwood Advancement Scholarship
Established in 1997 by an anonymous donor.  Two scholarships for...
Deadline06/01/2024
up to $1,000 Greenwood Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
Established in December or 2015 by The Greenwood Chamber of commerce to...
Deadline06/01/2024
Varies Greenwood County Scholarship
Established in 1995.  Two scholarships for exceptionally financially...
Deadline06/01/2024