Each year the department awards undergraduate scholarships, with particular emphasis on enabling students to study abroad in Germany and Scandinavia. Please see our Study Abroad page for details on how to apply for these scholarships.
At our annual Spring Celebration in May, we offer scholarship awards on the basis of academic merit and financial need. For need-based scholarships, students must have an up-to-date FAFSA on file at the UO Financial Aid Office.
We would like to thank our generous donors for the scholarships they have endowed:
- Anderson Scandinavian Studies Scholarship
- Philip and Teresa Hansen Germanic Languages and Literature Scholarship
- The Beth Maveety Study Abroad Scholarship
- Herbert Merker Scholarship in German and Scandinavian
- Helmut Plant German Undergraduate Scholarship
Herbert Merker Scholarship
This scholarship makes awards available to undergraduate students to assist them with expenses related to attending the university, including but not limited to, tuition, fees, books, room and board.
Eligibility:
- Undergraduate students majoring in a degree program in German and Scandinavian
- Overall high quality of academic work and a demonstrated commitment to learning
- Financial need as determined by the University.
Award: Up to $3500
Plant German Undergraduate Scholarship
This scholarship assists students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Department of German and Scandinavian with expenses related to attending the university, including but not limited to tuition, fees, books, room and board.
Eligibility:
- Undergraduate students majoring in a degree program in German
- Academic merit
- Financial need as determined by the University.
Award: $1000 to $3500
Beth Maveety Study Abroad Scholarship
This scholarship assists outstanding undergraduate or graduate students majoring in German in the Department of German and Scandinavian with study abroad in Germany. Preference is given to students who intend to teach German.
Eligibility:
- Undergraduate students majoring in a degree program in German
- Overall high quality of academic work
- Demonstrated commitment to learning and potential for further academic achievement
- Preference will be given to students with demonstrated financial need (determined by UO Financial Aid and Scholarships)
- Must be applied to study abroad
Award: Up to $3500
Application Deadlines:
- November 1
- March 1 (second cycle)
Arlene Schnitzer Study Abroad Scholarship
The Arlene Schnitzer Study Abroad Scholarship is an award of up to $5,000 (average award will be approximately $3,000) available to UO majors in the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages who plan to participate in a GEO-sponsored study abroad program or internship. This scholarship encourages students to pursue language learning and global engagement by studying abroad and becoming a major in the Schnitzer School. Selection is based on financial need, academic merit, and a well-completed scholarship application.Students can apply for the Arlene Schnitzer Study Abroad Scholarship as early as their first term at the UO, and the funds can be used at any time during their college career at the UO. Students do not need to be declared majors by the application deadline, but recipients will need to be majors in the Schnitzer School by the time they go abroad on their program or internship. Learn more on how to declare a Global Studies major.
CAS Scholarships
The College of Arts and Sciences awards various scholarships to both incoming students and those who are already attending the UO, including donor-supported scholarships and fellowships; inclusion scholarships to support students coming to the UO from underrepresented communities; and financial support to assist students in completing an unpaid internship, research opportunity, or service-learning experience. Scholarships available through the College of Arts and Sciences include:
- Mildred Braaten Archibald Scholarship Fund in Science and Mathematics
- Mary Chambers Brockelbank Endowed Assistance Fund
- Hazel Leonard Buck Scholarship
- College of Arts and Sciences Scholarship
- Clarence and Lucille Dunbar Scholarship
- Henry V. Howe Scholarship
- Hildegard Kurz Foreign Language Scholarship
- Everett D. Monte Scholarship
- Steve and Sherry Schroeder Scholarship
- Joames and Dorothy Whitman Scholarship
- Susan A. Winn Memorial Scholarship
Affiliate Scholarships
Students in the Department of German and Scandinavian have a variety of scholarships that they can apply to outside of UO.
- The German Chancellor Fellowship of the Humboldt Foundation is targeted at university graduates from the United States, the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, Brazil and India who have an international outlook and initial leadership experience.
- The Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) promotes international academic relations and cooperation by offering mobility programs primarily for students and faculty, but also for administrators and others in the higher education realm.
- The Freie Universität Berlin invites applications for its undergraduate FU-BEST program.
- The German Bundestag (the German Parliament) offers young people the opportunity to get to know the German parliamentary system and political decision-making processes and to gain practical experience of parliamentary work during a 15-week work placement with a Member of the Bundestag.
- The College of Arts and Sciences offers a number of fellowships to continuing students.
- The Center for the Study of Women in Society offers several grants and fellowships.