Know a student who could use a little boost to fund his or her college education?

Several academic scholarships for new or incoming first-time students to UALR are available, but the deadline is fast approaching.

Among the scholarships available are the Chancellor’s Academic Distinction; Provost’s Academic Excellence; Dean’s Academic Merit; UALR Academic Achievement; Freshmen Award, and Engineering and Information Technology.

These four-year renewable awards provide funding ranging from $8,000 to $40,000 while the student is enrolled in school.

Other UALR scholarship opportunities with later final deadlines approaching include Donaghey Scholars, Chancellor’s Leadership Corps, Science Scholars, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in STEM and EAST Scholars.

Award values for these scholarships range from $8,000 to $80,000.

For an application and to learn more about scholarship opportunities, visit ualr.edu/scholarships.

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