How to Apply
New Students
If you are a newly-accepted student, please download our brochure for complete information (PDF). Once you have read through the brochure, download the application and follow the directions for submission to the Merit Scholarship Office.
Continuing UMass Boston Students
If you are currently a student at UMass Boston, please download the application for continuing students.
For continuing students, the deadline is each November for that academic year. Most scholarships for continuing students are SPRING awards, so you apply in the FALL. However, see below for some exceptions to this.
Current Opportunities
The Foster Furcolo Scholarship Program at UMass Boston
The Foster Furcolo Scholarship program was established in honor of former Massachusetts Governor Foster Furcolo (1957-1960), who played a major role in the creation of the public community college system of the Commonwealth.
Through the Foster Furcolo Scholarship program, the University of Massachusetts Boston will provide, each year, the equivalent of a two year tuition and mandatory fees scholarship to one entering transfer student from each of the public community colleges within the Commonwealth. Each recipient will be nominated by the President of his of her institution; selection is to be based on the following criteria:
1. The nominee must have completed the associate’s degree the spring immediately preceding fall semester entrance into UMass Boston. For 2008-2009 this means the nominee must have graduated from the community college in the spring of 2008 and be planning to enroll at UMass Boston for the fall 2008 semester.
2. The nominee must have achieved a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50.
3. The nominee must qualify as a Massachusetts resident.
4. The nominee must exemplify the community college system’s success in fulfilling the educational mission envisioned by Governor Furcolo.
5. The nominee must apply and be admitted to the University of Massachusetts Boston for the fall 2008 semester.
Each community college president will submit the name of their nominee to the university’s scholarship coordinator by April 23, 2008. The name of the nominee should be communicated via a letter from the community college president that describes why this student is deserving of the scholarship.
Nominations and further information inquiries should be directed to:
Kelly McLaughlin
University Scholarship Coordinator
Office of Enrollment Services
University of Massachusetts Boston
Campus Center, 4th Floor
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125-3393
(617) 287-6025
Final determination of recipients and awarding of the scholarships will be made by UMass Boston