Scholarships
The UNCW Alumni Association annually awards scholarships funded by alumni contributions. These scholarships will be awarded to deserving UNCW full-time undergraduate and graduate students for the following academic year. Scholarship applications are available each fall and are accepted until mid-March each year.
Want to apply?
The deadline for the 2008-09 school year has passed. The Alumni Relations office is modifying the application for the 2009-10 school year and will have it available by the end of September, 2008.
Alumni Scholarships
- Bob King Scholarship
- Hugh Henry Fox Scholarship
- Jim Humphries Scholarship (seperate application and criteria, see below)
- Lewis-Wiley Graduate Fellowship
- Perry Daniel Lockamy Jr. Graduate Scholarship
- Patricia Corcoran Smith Scholarship
- Gerald Shinn Scholarship
- Wilmington College Scholarship
- Sara Fussell Messer Scholarship
- Cape Fear Bank/John Cameron Coburn Alumni Association Scholarship
- James Family Scholarship
Other Scholarships
In addition to the scholarships offered by the alumni association, several other opportunities for financial assistance are available to students. Please visit the Office of Admissions for more information.
Our association strives to increase the number and value of our scholarship awards. Your support of our UNCW seahawk license plate program and designated gifts assist us in this effort.

