Amount: $5,000. About: Offered by General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, the Rosalie Bentzinger Scholarship is a $5,000 award to recognize United Methodist students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees. Applicants must have minimum of three years of membership in the UMC and a minimum 3.0 GPA; applicant must be an active, full member of The United Methodist Church for at least one year; membership is determined by the date the applicant was confirmed and took membership vows with a United Methodist church. (Members of other Methodist denominations are not eligible.); applicants must be pursuing a degree program at an accredited institution within the U.S. High school students may apply if they will be college students in the fall term; applicants must have a minimum GPA of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale; applicants are required to be full-time students according to their school’s standards for the program for which they are enrolled; a student may receive GBHEM scholarships for up to seven award years maximum; applicants will not be considered for an eighth academic year for a GBHEM scholarship.
Eligible Grade Levels: Graduate Student, College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior, High School Senior
Eligible Majors: Religion [new-major?]
Residency Requirement: No residency requirement
Minimum GPA: 2.5
Deadline: March 13. Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor’s website for up-to-date deadlines.