History Department Undergraduate Scholarships

HISTORY MAJORS: Apply for a scholarship for Academic Year 2026-2027. To apply for a Department of History scholarship, students who have already applied for scholarship aid through the K-State Scholarship Network (KSN) must also complete the brief History Department application, which can be accessed by clicking this Microsoft form. Your KSU email and password are required to access the form. Applications are due Friday, April 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM (CST).

There are scholarships available for every academic level (freshman through senior, based on 2026-27 enrollment status). The selection of awardees will be based on academic record and need.

Are you planning on graduating in the Fall 2026? Apply to be considered for partial-year funding.

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To be considered for one of the department's scholarships, you must submit an application to the Kansas State University Office of Student Financial Assistance. Click on the statement that applies to you to submit the application through KSN.

Continuing K-State students
Freshman/New/Transfer students (domestic or international)

For continuing students, the KSN deadline is March 15 of each year. For those of you who choose History in the KSN application, you will be asked to review and answer several questions specific to the Department.

DeWyke Family History Scholarship

Charles M. Correll Memorial History Scholarship

Department of History Undergraduate Student Research Award

Cora Stewart Wilcoxon Undergraduate Scholarship

Leo and Irene Chapman Excellence in History Scholarship

Mr. Mark Chapman, a KSU alumnus, who has maintained his interest in KSU and has a love of history, in honor of his parents, Leo and Irene Chapman, established this scholarship in 2004. In addition to considering scholarship applicants, the Scholarship Committee considers students nominated by the rest of the faculty. Financial need is not a factor in awarding this scholarship. $4,000 scholarship(s) for students, generally juniors or seniors, who demonstrate personal initiative as well as commitment to the discipline of history and compile an outstanding record of academic achievement.

Josie S. Sanders Memorial Scholarship

Robert D. Linder History Scholarship

This scholarship was established in 1987 in honor of Dr. Robert Linder, a native Kansan and Professor of History at Kansas State University since 1965, by his numerous friends and former students. The endowment funds four annual scholarships of at least $1000 each, to be awarded each year to an outstanding freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior respectively - renewable up to four years per student (dependent upon maintaining an overall 3.0 GPA). Dr. Linder was formerly known as "Cowboy Bob"; because of his interest in Australian church history; he has come to be known as "Crocodile Bob." He was named a University Distinguished Professor by Kansas State in 2003, and retired in the Spring of 2018. Dr. Bob Linder passed away Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021, and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Brendon M. Guth - Mary Vanier KSU Family Scholarship

Lois Belle Turner Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship was established in 1973 to perpetuate the memory of Lois B. Turner, a member of the History Department faculty from 1943-1967. Professor Turner received a BS from K-State in 1941 and a MS from K-State in 1946. She was known for her innovative and creative teaching style. When she died at age 58 from polio, her two brothers established this scholarship to give recognition and financial assistance to deserving undergraduate students majoring in history, preferably a graduate of an accredited Kansas high school. The donors expressed the hope that recipients selected will be scholastically capable and of good moral character and social conduct, emphasizing that Professor Turner "did not approve of student sit-ins, mob-ins and destruction of property" and are not interested in seeing that such individuals are "financed by this fund." There will be one or two scholarships. Amounts vary from $500-$1000.

Gary Joseph Younger Memorial Scholarship

Clyde & Marilena Ferguson Scholarship

The purpose of the fund is to provide financial assistance to students enrolled at Kansas State University according to the award guidelines and criteria listed below. The fund is established by the Dr. Clyde R. Ferguson Trust, Gloria Juhl Raney Trustee. Clyde worked for Kansas State University from 1960-1992, first as the Home Study Director for the Division of Continuing Education and then for the Department of History. To be eligible for consideration, the student shall be: One (1) undergraduate student enrolled in the Department of History in the College of Arts and Sciences, with an interest in Early American History.