Scholarships
Students are encouraged to apply for internal and outside scholarships.
Dental Trustee Scholarships
The Admissions Committee selects D1 Trustee Scholarships.
The Scholarship Committee in the College of Dentistry selects D2 to D4 Trustee Scholarships.
- Awarding is based on class rankings (GPA)
- Amounts vary each year
- Awarding is limited
- Amounts awarded depends on funding
After the Trustee scholarship has been authorized for awarding, the selected students can view their Trustee scholarship in the Financial Aid Award section on the Bisonweb portal.
Award Amounts
Trustee Scholarship award amounts vary each academic year from $5,000 to the full cost of tuition: $42,632.
Award amount is usually distributed as:
one-half in the fall semester; and
one-half in the spring semester.
Main Campus Donor Scholarship Application
Each Spring semester, we send an HU Communication to students’ Bison emails to notify students of the window and instructions on how to apply.
This is a one-time award ranging from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand dollars.
Students need to re-apply each year.
Application Criteria
D2 to D4 Students can apply for the main campus Donor Scholarship during spring semester of each academic year.
Eligibility determination is based on the following academic year.
Outside Scholarships
Dental Scholarships
Students are encouraged to research these scholarships on their own and apply.
- Students may apply for the NHSC (National Health Service Corps) Scholarship on their own accord, each year.
When the Office of Financial Aid is notified of a specific and time sensitive scholarship directly, the information is sent out via Bison email of all possibly eligible/ relevant students.
Examples of scholarships students have been awarded/ offered in the past:
- Angel City Scholarship
- Wolverine Dental Society Scholarship (paper application was sent via mail)
- ANDA Scholarship
General Scholarships
Students are encouraged to seek these on their own and apply.
- Scholarships.com
- Article on Outside Scholarships
- GoodCall
- United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
- FastWeb
- Best Colleges
- UNIGO
- Bauce Magazine
- Other Scholarships