Numerous scholarships are available that recognize and reward outstanding achievements by English majors, including English, Creative Writing, and Teaching of English. Several of our scholarships are specifically for future teachers of English.
The scholarship competition happens each spring semester, with applications always due in early February. Please pay attention to email notifications from the advising office for this year's timeline for applications, including notifications about any informational meetings that may be offered.
Scholarship awards vary in value and are generally applied to a student's tuition and fees.
Note: If an award takes you over the total amount that the university’s Financial Aid Office calculates as your “cost of attendance,” this could affect and reduce other loans or scholarships.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for these scholarships, an applicant must:
- be an English department major planning to be enrolled for at least one semester of the coming academic year
- at the time of application have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0 overall
- at the time of application have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.75/4.0 in English and/or creative writing courses taken at Illinois
- by the end of the spring semester in which you are applying, have completed at Illinois a minimum of four English, creative writing, and/or rhetoric courses beyond Composition I
- remain in good standing with the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences throughout the application process