After their first year, all Jewish Studies major, certificate, minor, and Hebrew minor students may apply annually for additional Jewish Studies scholarships. These scholarships were established to assist Jewish Studies students with financial need and to recognize outstanding student performance.

• Bicentennial Jewish Studies Scholarships
• Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Scholarships & Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Merit Scholarships
• Edward M. Dayan Scholarship: Preference given to a student planning to teach Hebrew or Jewish Studies
• Henry Fischel, Ph.D., Scholarship: For incoming juniors and seniors who will study in Israel on an approved overseas study program or volunteer in an organized nonprofit program during the funding year
• Rikki and Leonard Goldstein Scholarships
• Irving Katz Scholarship: Preference may be given to students studying Jewish history
• Louis and Myrna Lemberger Memorial Scholarship
• The Percy Family Scholarship: To support study in Israel
• Erna Rosenfeld Scholarship: Preference for students interested in study of antisemitism or the Holocaust
• Erna B. Rosenfeld Scholarship: For Jewish Studies students committed to enrolling in at least one antisemitism-related course or (a minimum of 1 credit) directed readings course during the funding year. Applicants must request a recommendation from either Professor Günther Jikeli or Professor Alvin Rosenfeld. Graduate students will find instructions on how to apply for the Erna B. Rosenfeld Scholarships here.
• Sandra and Stanley Trockman Scholarship
• Paulina and Dr. Alberto Waksman Scholarship
• Weinberger Family Scholarships

Eligibility

Scholarships are open to Indiana University Bloomington students with a minimum GPA of 3.2 who are either majoring in Jewish Studies or pursuing the Jewish sacred music curriculum, the Jewish Studies certificate, the minor, or the minor in Hebrew. Students with significant financial need and a minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher may also apply. Students graduating in December will be eligible for fall semester scholarship funding only, i.e., half of a full year of scholarship funding.

Recipients must be full-time students and maintain a minimum of a 3.0 GPA and continue as Jewish Studies students during the funding period. Recipients are expected to enroll in at least one Jewish Studies course per semester during the funding period.

Students may use scholarship funding toward study abroad programs that allow them to continue normal academic progress toward graduation or to pursue full-time, unpaid Jewish Studies-related internships away from the Indiana University Bloomington campus in the fall or spring when registered for ASCS-X 373 or ASCS-X 375 or JSTU-X 473.

Students who are 21st Century scholars, Groups grant recipients, Pell Promise/HHSP recipients, or Wells (or Cox) Scholars, etc. may not be eligible to benefit monetarily by being awarded a scholarship because their institutional award/s may affect further funding.

Note that scholarships are awarded through credit on student Indiana University bursar bills (divided equally between the two semesters).

Selection criteria

Candidates will be considered on the basis of a combination of academic and personal achievement, and financial need, if applicable. Preference will be given to applicants with records of both financial need and academic/personal achievement. In cases where all is equal, majors will receive priority over certificate, then minor, and Hebrew minor students.

Application procedure for scholarships:  IU Scholarships - the new way of applying for departmental funding

IU Scholarship Applications:  Jan 15 - March 01

IU Scholarships is a single portal for students to find funding University-wide. It will also optimize funding opportunities by matching you to recommended awards that you may not be aware that you’re eligible for.

To be considered for these funding opportunities, you will need to complete the general application, which consists of answering 7 required questions, electronically signing, and submitting. This application may be submitted at any time during the academic year, but you will not be considered for awards in the system until it is submitted.

Continuing undergraduate and graduate students need only complete the required 7 questions. The College has created a guide for those students on how to navigate to and complete this general application.

NOTE: one of the required questions is whether you have or will file a FAFSA for the coming year. Since some funding opportunities are given to students who demonstrate financial need, please consider filing the FAFSA to provide the greatest access to funding.

Once you’ve completed the general application, you will be sent emails about specific opportunities for which you are initially eligible but may need to provide additional materials. These opportunities will tell you exactly what is needed, including things like your CV and letters of recommendation.

Start your general application today by searching in One.IU for the tile “IU Scholarships” and plan to return regularly.

Announcement of scholarships

Recipients will be notified in late March-early April.