Hamilton College Scholarships


Adam Gordon Campus Service Awards
Annual award for undergraduate or graduate students that are attending Hamilton College in New York. Selection made by the Student Assembly for students that have made significant contributions in the area of campus service. Due date, number of awards and award amount varies. more...

Adam Gordon Poetry Award For First-Year Students
Annual award for an undergraduate student who is a freshman at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must submit the best poem of the first-year class. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Alfred J. & A. Barrett Seaman Awards In Interdisciplinary Writing
Annual award for students who are sophomores at Hamilton College in New York. Applicants must be Sophomore Seminar students who demonstrates excellence in writing, richness and clarity of interdisciplinary thinking, with the ability to effectively communicate to a wide audience. Due date, number of awards and award amount varies. more...

Arthur O. Eve Award
Annual award for a student that is a graduating senior attending Hamilton College in New York, in the Higher Education Opportunity Program/College Scholars Program and best exemplifies academic achievement and community service. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Award For Excellence In Chinese Language
Scholarship for undergraduate and graduate students at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must excel in the study of Chinese language and literature. One award given for introductory level of study and one for advanced level. Due date and award amount varies. more...

B.F. Skinner Award
Annual award for student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must excel in Psychological research. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Babcock Prize In Philosophy & Pedagogy
Annual award for student who is a senior attending Hamilton College in New York who has excelled in Philosophy and particularly in the science of Pedagogy. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Bacot, Gunn, Kempf Family Scholarship
Annual award for Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Essex County, New York residents who are undergraduate students planning to pursue postsecondary education at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must have financial need, though a limited number of merit-based grants are also considered. Selection will be based on high school performance, standardized test scores, demonstrated leadership and community involvement. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Fellowship
Annual award for students that are attending Hamilton College in New York, and plan to participate in summer research projects. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

Brockway Award
Annual award for a student that is a member of the first-year class attending Hamilton College in New York who has the best academic record. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Casstevens Family Scholarship Fund
Annual award for students that are attending Hamilton College in New York, and plan to participate in special research projects. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

Charles J. Hasbrouck Award In Art History
Annual award for a student that is a senior attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must excell in the study of Art History. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Clark Award
Annual award for an undergraduate student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must be adjudged the best speaker in the annual Clark Oratorical Contest. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Cobb Essay Award
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must submit the best essay on journalism. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Constantine Karamanlis Award In World Politics
Annual award for a student that is a senior attending Hamilton College in New York majoring in Political Science. Applicant must be the outstanding senior concentrator in World Politics. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Cunningham Essay Award
Annual award for an undergraduate student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must submit the best essay on some phase of the life of Abraham Lincoln. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Darling Award In American History
Annual award for a student who is a senior attending Hamilton College in New York, and has the highest distinguished achievement in at least four courses in American History. Due date and award amount varies. more...

David J. Gray Award In Sociology
Annual award for a student that is a senior attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must be an outstanding senior concentrator. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Dean Alfange Essay Awards
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student at Hamilton College in New York. Applicants must be judged to write the best and second-best essays on a feature or an issue of American constitutional government. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Don Potter Endowment In Geology
Annual award for undergraduate students that are attending Hamilton College in New York pursuing Geological field research. Preference will be given to summer research projects. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

Donald J. Denney Award In Physical Chemistry
Annual award for a student that is attending Hamilton College in New York, and excels in Physical Chemistry. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Dr. Edward Fitch Award In Greek
Annual award for a student that is attending Hamilton College in New York, and is studying the Greek language. Applicant must have highest record in that subject, and must elect Greek again the following year. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Dr. Edward Fitch Award In Latin
Annual award for a student that is attending Hamilton College in New York, and is taking Latin courses. Applicant must have highest record in Latin after taking one or two years, and must plan to elect Latin the following year. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Dwight N. Lindley Award
Scholarship for undergraduate or graduate student attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must write the best essay during the academic year in English 150 of an entry-level course in English-language literature. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Earl H. Wright Award For Excellence In Public Discourse & Advocacy
Annual award for an undergraduate student who is a junior or senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must demonstrate excellence in public discourse and advocacy within the academic environment. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Edgar Baldwin Graves Award In History
Annual award for a student that is a senior attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must excel in the study of History. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Edwin B. Lee, Jr. Award In Asian History-Asian Studies
Annual award for an student that is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must excel in the study of Asian History or in Asian Studies. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Edwin Barrett Award
Annual award for undergraduate student that will be a junior attending Hamilton College in New York, and has made a significant contribution to the colleges Theatre program. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Elihu Root Fellowships
Annual award for students that are seniors attending Hamilton College in New York to study Science. Applicants must show high achievement and special aptitude for research in one or more of the departments of science and plan to pursue graduate study in Science. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

Emily & Alfred Bohn Award In Studio Art
Annual award for an undergraduate student who is a junior or senior attending Hamilton College in New York that demonstrates significant progress in Studio Art. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Francis W. Gilbert Award
Annual award for a student that is a sophomore attending Hamilton College in New York. Selection is made by the dean of students, and is based on who has shown the greatest scholastic improvement in the spring term of the first year. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Franklin D. Locke Fellowship
Annual award for graduate students pursuing postsecondary education at Hamilton College in New York to study Greek. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

Franklin G. Hamlin Award In French
Annual award for a student that is a senior attending Hamilton College in New York, and is studying French. Applicant must have excelled in French and plan to continue its study, or the study of a related field, in graduate school. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Frederick Edmund Alexis Bush Award
Annual award for a student that is a member of the Student Assembly attending Hamilton College in New York, and is a great leader, a devoted representative to their class, and a hard worker. Due date and award amount varies. more...

G. Harvey Cameron Memorial Award
Annual award for a first-year student or sophomore that is attending Hamilton College in New York that shows potential in experimental Physics. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Gelas Memorial Award
Annual award for a student who is a senior attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must show strong development of character, leadership and athletic ability while at Hamilton. Due date and award amount varies. more...

General Electric Fellowship For Minority Science Students
Annual award for minority students that are attending Hamilton College in New York, and plan to participate in scientific research projects during the summer. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

George A. Watrous Literary Awards
Annual award for undergraduate or graduate students at Hamilton College in New York. Selection is based on students work in poetry, fiction and criticism, with an additional award for the students work that is considered to be the most promising. Due date, number of awards and award amount varies. more...

George Lyman Nesbitt Awards
Annual award for two students at Hamilton College in New York. Applicants must be the Valedictorian and Saluatorian of their class. Due date and award amount varies. more...

H. Samuel Slater Award In Romance Languages
Annual award for student at the end of their sophomore year at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must have excelled in the study of a romance language. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Hamilton College Book Award In Russian
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student that is attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must excell in the study of Russian. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Hamilton College Campus Service Award
Annual award for undergraduate or graduate students that are attending Hamilton College in New York. Selection is made by the Student Assembly for students that have made significant contributions in the area of campus service. Due date, number of awards and award amount varies. more...

Hamilton College Fellowship At Vanderbilt Law School
Annual award for undergraduate or graduate students that graduate from Hamilton College and matriculate at Vanderbilt University Law School. Preference will be given to first-year law students. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. Renewable. more...

Hans H. Schambach 43 Scholarship
Annual award for undergraduate students planning to pursue postsecondary education at Hamilton College in New York. Award amount is equal to full-tuition for four years, and a $3000 research stipend. Due date varies. Renewable. more...

Harold C. Bohn Award In Anthropology
Annual award for a student that is attending Hamilton College in New York, and has excelled in the study of Anthropology. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Hawley Award In Greek & Latin
Annual award for undergraduate or graduate students that are attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicants must excell in the study of Greek and/or Latin. The award takes the form of books and are selected by the winners each year. Due date, number of awards and award amount varies. more...

Head Essay Award
Annual award for an undergraduate student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must be adjudged the best senior essay upon a theme relating to Alexander Hamilton. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Henry M. Love Fellowship
Annual award for students who are relatives of Henry M. Love, Class of 1883, or, when no such relative is at the College, may be awarded to a senior in the Emerson Literary Society for graduate study leading to a career in Law, Medicine, Journalism, Teaching or Theology. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Holbrook Award In Biology
Annual award for a student that is a senior attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must have the best record in six courses in Biology. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Howard Hughes Science Students Research Scholarship
Annual award for undergraduate students that are attending Hamilton College in New York to study Science, and plan to participate in summer research projects. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

Hutton Essay Award
Annual award for an undergraduate student who is a sophomore at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must write the best essay on the assigned subject in history, translations or literature of the Bible. Due date and award amount varies. more...

J. Barney Moore Award In Art
Annual award for an student that is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must excel in Studio Art. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Jack B. Riffle Awards For Senior Athletes
Annual award for a male athlete and a female athlete who are seniors at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must demonstrate the highest ideals of competitive sports. Due date and award amount varies. more...

James H. Glass Fellowship
Annual award for undergraduate students who are seniors pursuing graduate studies at Hamilton College in New York planning to conduct research in Biology. Applicant must have demonstrated a high order of scholarly attainment in general. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

James L. Bennett Award
Annual award for undergraduate student who is a senior attending Hamilton College in New York that has completed their junior year with distinction. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Jeffrey P. Mass Award In Japanese History
Scholarship for undergraduate or graduate student attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must write the best essay on the subject of Japanese history. Due date and award amount varies. more...

John Lovell Watters Award
Annual award for student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must demonstrate excellence in French, and must have made significant contributions to the intercollegiate athletic program. Due date and award amount varies. more...

John V.A. Weaver Award In Poetry
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must write the best poem or poems. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Jonathan Marder Award
Annual award for an student that is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must excel in the study of Psychology. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Judge John Wells Fellowship
Annual award for graduate students who are currently seniors attending Hamilton College in New York studying the areas of Government and Political Science. Applicants must show a high order of scholarly attainment in general and show marked ability and special aptitude for research in political science. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

Karen Williams Theatre Award
Annual award for student who is a junior at Hamilton College in New York majoring in Theatre. Applicant must demonstrate a generosity of spirit and commitment to theatre activities at Hamilton College. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Kellogg Essay Award
Scholarship for student who is a junior, sophomore and first-year student attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must have excelled in English essays. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Kirkland Award
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student that is attending Hamilton College in New York to major in Mathematics. Applicant must be outstanding in Mathematics. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Kirkland Endowment Essay Award In Interdisciplinary Studies
Scholarship for undergraduate or graduate student attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must write the best essay on interdisciplinary studies. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Kneeland Award
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student that is attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must have the best record when the grades in two courses on the Bible and an essay competition on an assigned biblical subject are combined. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Leo Mackta Award In Physics
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must excel in the study of Applied Physics. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Manley F. Allbright Fellowship
Annual award for graduate students entering their first year of graduate school at Hamilton College in New York. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

Mary Mcmaster Hallock Award In Science
Annual award for a student that is a senior attending Hamilton College in New York admitted to Medical School. Selection is made by the Health Professions Advisory Committee for the student that has demonstrated excellence in coursework in science. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Mckinney Speaking Awards
Annual award for four undergraduate student, one in each class, at Hamilton College in New York. Applicants must be considered to be the best speakers in the competition. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Michael T. Genco, Jr. Award In Photography
Annual award for a student that is attending Hamilton College in New York, and is studying Art. Applicant must have submitted the best work to the Genco Photographic Contest, and must show an unusual interest in Photography. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Nelson Clark Dale, Jr. Award In Music
Annual award for a student that is attending Hamilton College in New York, and has shown exceptional ability in Music as a composer, interpreter or leader; or has contributed most to the musical life of the College. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Norton Award
Annual award for an undergraduate student at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must demonstrate the greatest capacity for research in Chemistry. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Payne Hills Award
Annual award for an undergraduate student that is a junior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must excel in Geology field work. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards
Annual award for undergraduate students that have completed their first year at Hamilton College in New York. Applicants must have the highest grade point averages at the conclusion of their first year of study, and be likely candidates for election to Phi Beta Kappa. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Pruyn Essay Award
Annual award for a student who is a junior or senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must write the best essay on The Duties of Educated Young Citizens. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Public Policy Award
Annual award for a student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must have the best record in the Public Policy Program and in the Public Policy Seminar. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Putnam Award In American History
Annual award for a student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must have the second-most distinguished record in at least four courses in American History. Award given is books. Due date varies. more...

Ralph & Doris Hansmann Poetry Award
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student at Hamilton College in New York. Selection is based on the results of a competition involving ten selected colleges. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Ralph E. Hansmann Science Students Scholarship
Annual award for students that are attending Hamilton College in New York, and plan to participate in Science research projects during the academic year or over the summer. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

Raphael Lemkin Essay Award
Scholarship for undergraduate or graduate student attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must write the best essay on a topic related to Mr. Lemkins concerns and reflecting his ideals. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Renwick Award In Biology
Annual award for an undergraduate student that is a junior or senior at Hamilton College in New York. Faculty provides an award for the study of Biology during the summer vacation. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Rogers Award In Geology
Annual award for a student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York majoring in Geology. Applicant must be excelling in the courses in that concentration. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Rose B. Tager Award
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must write the best short story. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Rusty Smith Memorial Teaching Award In Computer Science
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must be selected as the concentrator that is most committed to helping other students of computer science through shared learning. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Samuel F. Babbitt Kirkland College Fellowship
Annual award for a female graduate student planning to pursue a graduate degree at Hamilton College in New York. The applicant must best exemplify the spirit of individual learning that was associated with Kirkland College. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

Senior Award In Biochemistry-Molecular Biology
Annual award for student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must be the outstanding concentrator in Biochemistry/molecular Biology. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Senior Award In Comparative Literature
Annual award for student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must be the outstanding senior concentrator in Comparative Literature. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Senior Award In Dance
Annual award for student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must be the outstanding senior concentrator in Dance. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Senior Award In Government
Annual award for student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York majoring in Government. Applicant must be the outstanding senior concentrator in Government. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Senior Award In Neuroscience
Annual award for student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must be the outstanding senior concentrator in Neuroscience. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Senior Award In Theatre
Annual award for student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must be the outstanding senior concentrator in Theatre. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Sergei S. Zlinkoff Student Medical Research Scholarship
Annual award for students that are attending Hamilton College in New York in Pre-Med, and plan to participate in research projects related to the field of Medicine. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

Soper Essay & Research Awards
Annual award for a student who is senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must write the best essay on a topic in economics assigned by the faculty and for the best research paper in economics. Student must be taking a second- or third-year course in economics. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Southworth Award In Physics
Annual award for student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must excel in Physics. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Squires Award In Philosophy
Annual award for student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must achieve the highest grade when the scores for six courses in Philosophy and a special examination designed for the purpose are combined. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Steven Daniel Smallen Memorial Fund For Student Creativity
Annual award for students that are attending Hamilton College in New York, and plan to participate in research projects that display some, or all, of the characteristics of originality, expressiveness and imagination. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

Sydna Stern Weiss Essay Award In Womens Studies
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must write the best essay on the subject of Womens Studies. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Tarbell Book Award In Organic Chemistry
Annual award for undergraduate or graduate student at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must have just completed Organic Chemistry with distinction, demonstrating high aptitude for the subject and strong interest in organic chemistry. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Thomas E. Meehan Award In Creative Writing
Annual award for two students that are juniors at Hamilton College in New York. Applicants must distinguish themselves in Creative Writing. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Thomas Mcnaughton Johnston Award In English
Annual award for undergraduate or graduate student attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must write the most elegant essay submitted to the English Department during the year. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Todd Award In Rhetoric & Mass Media
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must write the best essay on the influence of the electronic media on political discourse and advocacy that shape public attitudes and behavior. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Tompkins Award In Mathematics
Annual award for students who are juniors at Hamilton College in New York. Applicants must excel in Mathematics. Selection is based on an examination near the close of the junior year, involving three years of work in mathematics. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Underwood Award In Chemistry
Annual award for student who is a senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must excel in Chemistry. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Wallace Bradley Johnson Award
Annual award for undergraduate student attending Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must write the best one-act play produced at the College. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Walter Pilkington Memorial Award
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must render distinguished service to the community in the areas of Print and Radio Journalism and Dramatics. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Warren E. Wright Award In Public Speaking
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must be considered the best speaker in the annual Wright Prize competition. Due date and award amount varies. more...

William Gillespie Award In Art
Annual award for an undergraduate or graduate student that is attending Hamilton College in New York. Award is given to a concentrator in art who excels in that subject. Due date and award amount varies. more...

William M. Bristol, Jr. Fellowship For International Travel
Annual award for undergraduate or graduate students pursuing postsecondary education at Hamilton College in New York who wish to experience the richness of the world by living outside the United States while exploring a project of deep personal interest. Due date, number of awards, and award amount varies. more...

William M. Bristol, Jr., 17 Scholars Program
Annual award for undergraduate students planning to pursue postsecondary education at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must be on the top 5% of their high school class, have a SAT score of 1460, strong involvement in school and/or community activities. Award amount is equal to half-tuition for four years), plus a $3000 research grant to ten of Hamiltons most outstanding applicants. Due date and number of awards varies. Renewable. more...

William Rosenfeld Chapbook Award In Creative Writing
Annual award for a student who is a graduating senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must have a portfolio of poetry, prose fiction or drama that is selected by faculty members in the Department of English. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Winchell Award In Greek
Annual award for an undergraduate student at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must have the best record in six courses in the Greek language. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Winslow Award In Greek
Annual award for an undergraduate student that is a sophomore at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must have the greatest proficiency in Greek for the year. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Winslow Award In Latin
Annual award for an undergraduate student that is a member of the first-year class at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must attain the greatest proficiency in Latin for one year. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Winslow Award In Romance Languages
Annual award for an undergraduate student who is a junior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must attain the greatest proficiency in romance languages. Due date and award amount varies. more...

Wyld Award In German
Annual award for an undergraduate student who is a junior or senior at Hamilton College in New York. Applicant must have achieved excellence in German as evidenced by coursework and an essay. Due date and award amount varies. more...