Scholarships & Funding Opportunities
Most of our college scholarships have been condensed into a Microsoft Form. All currently enrolled WWU students working towards a College of the Environment degree are eligible to apply.
The 2023-2024 academic year Scholarship Application is closed
Applications closed 11:59pm PT on Sunday, April 2, 2023.
Scholarships that are awarded in spring quarter are typically distributed in fall, winter, and spring quarters in the following academic year. Award amounts may vary from year to year and are subject to fund availability. All applicants will automatically be considered for any general department/college scholarships.
The College of the Environment sometimes offers scholarships with special application procedures and due dates. These opportunities will be announced via the College of the Environment Student List Serve. (Note: Other university opportunities are listed below.)
The scholarships included in the annual CENV Scholarship Application are:
- Congressman Al Swift Endowment (Undergraduate Only)
- Bess Fosse Scholarship (Undergraduate Only)
- Brooks Family Scholarship Fund – Main Campus (Undergraduate Only)
- Brooks Family Scholarship Fund – Peninsulas Campus (Undergraduate Only)
- Cecil William Westman (Undergraduate Only)
- Chuckanut District WSFGC Scholarship (Undergraduate Only)
- Gary Gray Memorial Scholarship (Undergraduate Only)
- IEME Emergency Planning Scholarship (Undergraduate Only)
- John D. Spromberg Opportunity Scholarship (Undergraduate Only)
- MDU Resources Foundation Scholarship (Undergraduate Only)
- Richard B. Whitmire Memorial Scholarship (Undergraduate Only)
- WA State Federation of Garden Clubs Scholarship (Undergraduate)
- Veterans Scholarship (Undergraduate and Graduate)
- College of the Environment Annual Scholarship (Undergraduate and Graduate)
- College of the Environment Scholarship Endowment (Undergraduate and Graduate)
- Rocky Spencer Memorial Scholarship (Undergraduate and Graduate)
- David Clarke Graduate Fellowship (Graduate Only)
Questions or Comments?
Please email cenv@wwu.edu, visit ES 539, or call (360) 650-3520
Other College of the Environment Funding Opportunities
Please note, the following scholarships have their own application process:
- Aaron Edward Gastellum Memorial Scholarship
- American Planning Association Scholarships - Washington Chapter
- Dean's Fund for Sustainability Studies
- Dean and Sandy Blinn Travel & Research Fund
- Environmental Studies Technology Equity Award
- Patrick L. Monahan Memorial Scholarship
- Steve Liming Student Support Fund
- Tommy Gaines Research Fund
College of the Environment Admissions & Access Scholarships
- Demy-Gibbard Scholarship for Indigenous College of the Environment Student
- College of the Environment 50th Anniversary Scholarship
- Stephanie Sutherland Keyes Scholarship
- Louis & Penny Graham Scholarship
- Thomas Graham Memorial Scholarship
- Bliss Family Scholarship
Off Campus/Outside Opportunities
- American Planning Association Scholarship - Northwest Washington
- Aqualiv Scholarship
- Ecosystem Scholarship
- ExtremeTerrain Student Scholarship
- Fidalgo San Juan Island and Puget Sound Anglers Scholarship
- College of the Environment BIPOC Scholarship
- Norwegian Club Fisheries Scholarship
- National Garden Clubs
- North Cascades Audubon Society Research Grants
- Puget Sound Engineering & Science Scholarship Fund
- Renewable Energy Scholarship
- Scholarship in Memory of Stephen Manthey
- The Ecosystems Scholarship Fund