We are pleased to announce that the period for scholarship application is now open, and will continue until 5 PM on Sunday, May 4 2025. Application review continues throughout the summer, and students will be notified of awards by mid-August 2025.
Students seeking support must complete an electronic application to help us review their qualifications/match for available scholarships and awards. Students will be considered for all college scholarships for which they are eligible.
Eligibility Requirements
You are eligible for an award if:
- Your primary major is in CMNS. Please note that Computer Engineering is NOT a CMNS primary major
- You have a current Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on file with the University of Maryland Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA). This allows us to determine financial need. Students who do not have a FAFSA on file for the coming academic year will not be considered for CMNS scholarships.
- You are currently enrolled in the spring semester and will be returning for the next academic year. CMNS scholarships are not awarded to new fall freshmen and transfer students
- Students who received a CMNS scholarship in 2024-25 and are continuing their studies in 2025-26 MUST REAPPLY to be considered for a scholarship in the coming academic year.
Application Information
- Our scholarship application is now part of the Scholarship Universe (SU) platform being used by the University and the Office of Student Financial Aid. The SU platform will allow you to apply for CMNS Undergraduate Scholarships and to search/apply for other on-campus and off-campus scholarships you may be eligible for now or in the future.
- The SU platform will communicate with your @terpmail.umd.edu or @umd.edu email account, so be sure to look for those communications. When you have successfully submitted your application, be sure to see that you have received a confirmation email (and check your spam folder as well). All scholarship award notifications will be made through the SU platform to these same email accounts.
- In addition to brief demographic and major/career interest questions, students should be prepared to cut and paste a resume into their application.
- Because the SU platform draws a lot of demographic and financial eligibility information from UMD records, the application completion time should be much shorter. We estimate that it will take 30 minutes or less to complete the application.
- You may start/stop your application without losing information. However, you must complete/submit the application for it to be reviewed and considered. Submitted applications will receive an email confirmation.
To Complete an Application
The CMNS scholarship application is now open (March 27, 2025), and must be completed and submitted by May 4, 2025 at 5 PM. This is a FIRM deadline, as the scholarship application cannot be reopened after that time.
You can access the application at the link below:
