History Scholarships
Edward Earl Bennett Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Senior history or history-political science major who demonstrates general excellence in the field, without regard to need. The award is to be announced in the spring of the student's junior year.
Scholarship awards and amounts vary: Please contact department.
Professor Robert O. Lindsay Scholarship
Criteria: History major at UM. The recipient will be selected based on academic merit.
Amount: Varies - approximately $1,000
Harold E. Blinn Scholarship in History
Criteria: History major who is a deserving student and who has demonstrated good academic progress.
Amount: Varies - approximately $900
Eugene C. Tidball Scholarship Endowment
Criteria: Deserving UM student. Recipient must be a graduate student in history and must have exhibited the ability to write narrative history clearly and free of esoteric and scientific language while maintaining a high level of scholarly discipline, in a way that can be understood and enjoyed by an educated member of the general public. The recipient is to be chosen by the faculty of the Department of History, upon recommendation of the Graduate Committee.
Amount: Varies - approximately $1,000
Carman Skari Scholarship in History
Criteria: History major at UM who has freshman or sophomore standing and has demonstrated academic excellence. The History Department has the discretion to determine the number of awards to be given each year.
Amount: Varies - approximately $500
Jules A. Karlin History Scholarship for Seniors
Criteria: History major who is a junior and has demonstrated a capacity for independent thinking, intellectual growth and academic achievement.
Amount: Varies - approximately $4,800 total budget
Jules A. Karlin History Scholarship for Juniors
Criteria: History major at The University of Montana who is a senior in the year of the award. The recipient must have demonstrated independence of thought
Helen Ingersoll Cappadocia and Ezio Cappadocia Fellowship
Criteria: Qualified and promising graduate students in European history. The recipient must display academic merit. The selection committee shall consist of the chair and the Europeanist faculty members of the Department of History who shall select the recipients and the amount and number of awards as described below.
Amount: Varies - currently two awards of $3,000 each.
