Academic Disciplines

For more information regarding these scholarships, contact each department directly.

Biology

Pedro Barboza. For Hispanic students majoring in the biological, chemical, or natural sciences.

Ralph J. DeFalco. For juniors or seniors majoring in biology or the health-related sciences at Rutgers College or Douglass College.

Thurlow and Dorothy Nelson. For students majoring in biology; based on academic achievement.

Chemistry

Pedro Barboza. For Hispanic students majoring in the biological, chemical, or natural sciences.

Bruce Garth Memorial. For a senior who demonstrates outstanding research in chemistry.

J. Livingston Rutgers Morgan. For a high-achieving student majoring in chemistry, with preference given to physical chemistry.

Economics

Bear, Stearns & Co. For a student majoring in economics in preparation for a career in business.

English

Drioux Scholarship. For a student majoring in English literature; based on financial need.

Jonathan Wilcox Scholarship. For a junior or senior in recognition of outstanding academic achievement; selected by the chairperson of the Department of English in cooperation with the Office of Financial Aid.

Food Science

New Jersey Food Council. For students majoring in business management or food science who have at least one year experience in the New Jersey food distribution industry, with preference given to juniors or seniors.

German

Karl and Franziska Lederer. For a student who is majoring in German studies; based on financial need.

Juliana Ratych. For a meritorious member of Delta Phi Alpha, with preference to a member of the German Honor Society who is a participant in a college sport.

Hungarian

Hungarian Alumni Association Scholarship. For a sophomore, junior, or senior student minoring in Hungarian; based on high academic achievement and financial need. Students apply through the Institute of Hungarian Studies.

Italian

Italian Scholarship Fund. For a deserving student majoring in Italian language and culture.

Jewish Studies

Leonard and Adele Blumberg Student Award. For students who have achieved excellence in the field of Jewish studies.

Andrew Feinerman Memorial Scholarship Fund. For a full-time junior or senior majoring in Jewish studies; based on academic merit and financial need.

Louis Fishman Memorial Student Support Fund. For students enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program of Jewish studies; based on academic merit and financial need.

Betty and Julius Gillman Memorial Student Support Fund. For students enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program of Jewish studies; based on academic merit and financial need.

Sandra and Stephen M. Greenberg Student Award. Research stipends to promising students enrolled at Rutgers majoring in Jewish studies to support a research program in their field. Merit, as determined by scholarly achievement and promise in Jewish studies, is the major criteria for selection.

Gertrude and Jacob Henoch Memorial Student Support Fund. For students enrolled in Jewish studies at the Center for the Study of Jewish Life in New Brunswick; based on academic merit and financial need.

Rudolph and Mary Solomon Klein Undergraduate Scholarship. For full-time undergraduate students majoring in Jewish studies; based on academic merit and financial need, with preference given to residents of Middlesex County.

Norma U. and David M. Levitt Student Award. Research stipends for students in support of research in the field of Jewish studies; based on the merit of their research project.

Bernice and Milton I. Luxemburg Student Award Fund.  For seniors who have achieved excellence in their field as Jewish studies majors, preferably to those who show evidence of commitment to further studies related to Judaism, or a career in this area.

Maurice Meyer III and Irma Meyer Endowed Student Support Fund. For students majoring in Jewish studies; based on academic merit and financial need.

Harold and Betty Perl Endowed Scholarship. For full-time undergraduate students majoring in Jewish studies for one or two years; based on academic merit and financial need. Graduate students doing research on a Jewish studies topic also are eligible for consideration.

Reitman Family Student Award Fund. Research stipends for students in support of research in the field of Jewish studies; based on the merit of their research project.

Baruch S. and Pearl W. Seidman Scholarship Fund. For full-time undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Jewish studies; merit, as determined by scholarly achievement and promise, is the major criteria for selection, although need may be introduced as a consideration in instances when two or more students of similar achievement and promise show a substantial disparity in funds available.

Luba Shapira. For students who are pursuing the study of Russian and Soviet Jewish history.

Journalism

Edgar B. Bacon. For a resident of Hudson County majoring in journalism and media studies.

John H. Cook. For students in the field of writing and reporting for newspapers. Selected by the Journalism Resource Institute.

Eliot Frankel. For a minority student majoring in journalism and media studies with a strong interest in broadcast journalism.

Kenneth O. and Viola W. Jennings Memorial. For a junior entering his or her senior year in journalism and media studies; based on academic merit and financial need.

School of Journalism. For students majoring in journalism and media studies; based on academic achievement or financial need.

Music

Steven M. Keneely. Presented by the Rutgers University Alumni Band Association to a student who is a dedicated member of the Rutgers University Marching Band.

Marching Band. For a student who participates in the Rutgers University Marching Band.

Physics

Mary Wheeler Wigner Memorial. For juniors or seniors majoring in physics.

Portuguese

Victor Fernandez-Fragosa. Awarded for outstanding achievement in the areas of Caribbean literature and Hispanic poetry and theater to students who major in Spanish, Portuguese, or Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean studies.

Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean Studies

Victor Fernandez-Fragosa. Awarded for outstanding achievement in the areas of Caribbean literature and Hispanic poetry and theater to students who major in Spanish, Portuguese, or Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean studies.

Spanish

Victor Fernandez-Fragosa. Awarded for outstanding achievement in the areas of Caribbean literature and Hispanic poetry and theater to students who major in Spanish, Portuguese, or Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean studies.