Endowed Scholarships

Background Since 1960, the members of the Foundation have supported the Paper Science and Engineering Program through annual contributions. These gifts in turn have been used to a very large extent to fund student scholarships each year. An endowment fund was established in the mid-1980's to meet the growing needs of the department and to provide a more stable financial position for the Foundation. Today, proceeds from the permanently endowed funds provide one half the annual student scholarship distributions. In the future, our goal is to fund all of the student scholarships from endowments.

Named Endowed Scholarships A Named Endowed Scholarship can be created with a minimum contribution of $25,000, which can be given at one time or in a series of payments over 3 to 5 years, and can be named as the donor designates. Special conditions may be applied provided the awardees meet all Foundation and Miami University requirements. The donor or a designated representative may present the scholarship award during the Foundation's Annual Meeting.

The Miami University Paper Science and Engineering Foundation is sincerely grateful to the companies and individuals who have contributed to Named Endowed Scholarships.

Special Scholarships
The scholarships below are awarded using criteria other than that listed on the Foundation's Scholarship Guidelines.

Ohio TAPPI Leadership Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Awarded to upcoming sophomore, junior or senior with a gpa between 2.500 and 2.999, an active member of Student TAPPI and involved inPaper Science as a whole.

Williams Leadership Scholarship
Criteria: To be awarded annually for a full academic year to the PCE undergraduate student (sophomore, junior or senior) who best exhibits leadership and creativity characteristics in addition to superior academic achievement. The same student could receive this award in successive years provided he/she is considered to be the best qualified undergraduate.  The scholarship amount shall be equal to the total of the published tuition, fees, room and board, established by Miami University for the school term of its award, less the amount of the Ohio Resident Scholarship/Ohio Leadership values credited to the recipient for that school term. Non-Ohio resident students awarded the scholarship shall receive the total of the published tuition, fees, room and board, less the average Ohio Resident Scholarship/Ohio Leadership Scholarship values determined by the university for the school term, plus any out-of-state scholarship supplement offered for that term by the Foundation.