Our Opportunities

Welcome to the Saluki Scholarship Portal!


*The portal is open for applications for the 2025-26 Academic Year*


Incoming Fall 2025 students must be admitted to SIU and have a claimed Network ID to sign in and apply or you will not be matched to scholarships. Please read instructions below thoroughly.

Below, you will find a listing of college, school, departmental and alumni association scholarship opportunities available to students with information about the applications, deadlines, eligibility criteria, award amounts, donors, and more. Both new incoming and continuing students are eligible to apply here and encouraged to reapply every year. To apply, please Sign In at the upper right-hand corner, sign in with your Network ID. and complete the brief General Application. Based on your answers in the General Application, you may be directed to fill out supplemental applications tied to your college, school or major and more specific applications for scholarships for which you are eligible.

Incoming Students



As an incoming student, explore applying for scholarships as soon as you receive notification of acceptance from Undergraduate Admissions or the Graduate School and have followed the steps to claim your Network ID.
Applications for incoming students open October 1. Please submit your application(s) as soon as you are admitted to SIU to be reviewed for the most awards! Students are considered for awards on criteria that may include, but is not limited to, academic achievement, potential contributions, service and leadership, and financial need. To search for scholarships, please use these saved searches.

Continuing Students


Each Fall, please submit a new General Application, along with other supplemental applications for your college, school, major and others for which you are eligible to complete.
To be considered for the most academic college, departmental and alumni scholarship opportunities, your General Scholarship Application and all conditional applications should be submitted in the Fall**

If you have questions, please contact the Academic Scholarship Office at 618-453-4628 or by email at scholarships@siu.edu.
If you have your Network ID, but are having trouble with sign in, please contact SalukiTech at 618-453-5155.

Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
Varies Anne West English Scholarship
Scholarships shall be awarded to needy students of high scholastic...
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Varies Anne West Journalism Scholarship
Scholarship for needy students with high scholastic standing, majoring...
Ended
Varies Annette and Seetharaman Narayanan Scholarship
Scholarship for students majoring in mechanical engineering or...
Ended
Varies Antonio A. Washington Memorial Leadership Award
Applicants must have demonstrated in leadership accomplishments high...
Ended
Varies Arah May Dunn Belbas Scholarship
Arah May Dunn Belbas was a native of Marissa, Illinois, who spent most...
Ended
Varies Arnold Air Society Financial Assistance Award
Scholarship for a sophomore or junior who is also a member of the Air...
Ended
Varies Arthur and Sammye Aikman Educational Council of 100 Prospective Teacher Scholarship
Scholarship for a student in the Teacher Education Program in the...
Ended
Varies Arthur and Sammye Aikman Educational Council of 100 Scholarship (DSS)
Student with Disabilities Scholarship - Shall be given to a student...
Ended
Varies Arthur M. Horne Student Award
Award will be given to a student actively enrolled in Master’s, Ed.S, or...
Ended
Varies Arthur R. Menendez Memorial Fund for Graduate Student Vision Research
Scholarship for graduate student(s) in psychology or physiology with a...
Ended
Varies Arthur Wiese Scholarship
The Arthur Wiese Scholarship was established by Arthur E. F. Wiese, Jr.,...
Ended
Varies Asian-American Fund Award
Scholarship for Asian-American students
Ended
Typically $500 Asthagiri Chandra Sekaran Award for the Most Outstanding Female MBA Graduate Student
Award for the most outstanding graduating female MBA student of SIU...
Ended
Varies Aude-Reid Scholarship
Scholarship awarded to student majoring in agribusiness economics,...
Ended
Varies Audrey Tomera Memorial Scholarship
Scholarship for graduate students in curriculum and instruction.
Ended
Varies August L. Gus Fowler Scholarship
Scholarship for a law student.
Ended
Varies Augusta & Jimmy Auerbach Memorial Scholarship for Foreign Students
Created by the family of SIU alumna, Dr. Augusta Auerbach. Scholarship...
Ended
Varies Auxilia C. Hsu Scholarship
Scholarship for graduate student majoring in Professional Media and...
Ended
Varies Aviation Management and Flight New Student Scholarship
Scholarship for an incoming student in Aviation Flight or Aviation...
Ended
Varies Avona Eloise Greene Scholarship
Scholarship for a student in health care management with a minimum...
Ended
Varies Award for Excellence in Technical Production
Scholarship for a student majoring in theater.
Ended
Varies Bakerywala Electrical Engineering Scholarship
Scholarship for full-time students in Electrical Engineering who are...
Ended
$2,000 Balancing Education, Experience, and Reality (BEER) Scholarship
Recipient must be a junior or senior. Recipient must be in good...
Ended
$2,000 - $4,000 Barbara Brown Memorial Scholarship
Scholarship for a continuing or incoming student, in good standing,...
Ended
Varies Barbara Cordoni Legacy Scholarship - Alison Hiller
Scholarship for full-time undergraduates in the Achieve...
Ended
Varies Barbara Spieth Academic Merit Scholarship
Scholarship for an incoming or continuing student with a minimum GPA...
Ended
Varies Barbara Spieth Transfer Student Academic Merit Scholarship
Scholarship for an incoming community college transfer...
Ended
Varies Basanta-Wells Agricultural Sciences Scholarship
Recipient must be majoring in Agribusiness Economics; Agricultural...
Ended
Varies Baseball General Scholarship
Scholarship for a student-athlete in Baseball
Ended
$1,000 Bates Foundation Scholarship
Scholarship for a student in the College of Engineering, Computing,...
Ended
Typically $1,000 Beatrice and Bayard Scotland Scholarship
Awarded to a female student with a minimum GPA of 3.0.
Ended
Varies Benton K. Berry Memorial Scholarship
Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate students majoring in Physics.
Ended
Varies Bernice Newton Gore Memorial Scholarship in Elementary Education
Scholarship for a student from Marion, IL, majoring in education.
Ended
Varies Bert Belasco Award
Awarded to a graduating student actor in recognition of his/her...
Ended
Varies Bert Belasco Theater Scholarship
Scholarship for an incoming student who best exemplifies ingenuity,...
Ended
Varies Besterfield Industrial Technology Scholarship
Scholarship for a junior in the School of Applied Engineering &...
Ended
Varies Betty and John McDaniels Scholarship
Scholarship for undergraduate students majoring in English who have...
Ended
Varies Betty Fladeland Award
Recipient must have a major or minor in Women, Gender and Sexuality...
Ended
Varies Betty Mitchell Scholarship
The Betty Mitchell Scholarship was established by the Beta Eta Chapter...
Ended
Varies Beverly L. Yates Peebles Scholarship
The Beverly L. Yates Peebles Scholarship was established in memory of...
Ended
Varies Bill & Rose Cornell Scholarship
*Scholarship for a member of the Men’s Track Team and/or Cross Country...
Ended
Varies Bill and Barbara Beck Accounting Scholarship
Scholarship for graduates of Jefferson County High School (Illinois)...
Ended
Varies Bill and Shirley Bailey Radio-Television Scholarship
Scholarship for students with a major in Radio, Television, & Digital...
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$1,000 or more Bill D. Allen Geology Memorial Scholarship
Scholarship for a junior or senior Geology major, with a minimum...
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Up to $350 Bill G. and Marjorie Allen Scholarship
Preference shall be given to an undergraduate student majoring in Music...
Ended
Varies Bill Harmon Scholarship
Scholarship for rising junior or senior Journalism majors, with a...
Ended
Varies Bill Potter Scholarship
Scholarship through Library Affairs.
Ended
Varies Billie Wills Award in Agribusiness Economics
Scholarship for an incoming freshman studying agribusiness...
Ended
Varies Billy Neil Carr Scholarship
The Billy Neil Carr Scholarship was established in memory of Billy Neil...
Ended
Varies BLDD/Mike Cardinal Excellence in Architecture Scholarship
Annual scholarship for a student majoring in architecture or design.
Ended