Our Opportunities
Welcome to MUSC SOARS (Scholarship Opportunity Awards Resource System). Please note below your college’s open and close dates for the scholarship application for the 2025-2026 award year. Please do not start your application until it opens for your college.
College of Medicine: May 2, 2025 – June 20, 2025
College of Pharmacy: May 7, 2025 – May 28, 2025
College of Health Professions: May 27, 2025 – June 22, 2025 (Fall)
College of Nursing: * June 14, 2025 – July 15, 2025 (Fall); November 1, 2025 – November 30, 2025 (Spring)
*College of Dental Medicine: July 3, 2025 – July 9, 2025
College of Graduate Studies: Your college will provide instructions about CGS scholarship opportunities.
Below you will find a listing of scholarships available with brief information about the qualifications. Most scholarships are college-specific and are not applicable to all students. Click “Show Filters” to display filter options by college. Select the scholarship name to learn more about the opportunity.
To be eligible for need-based scholarships, you must have an up-to-date (2025-26) FAFSA filed with the MUSC Office of Financial Aid. Once your FAFSA data is received, your scholarship application will automatically be updated.
To apply:
- Sign in with your NetID and password. You must be a current student. Please wait to apply until your college’s application cycle opens.
- You will be prompted to complete a general and college-specific application, which automatically applies you for scholarships for which you qualify.
- In some cases (not all), you may be recommended to apply to scholarships that require additional information.
- After you complete the applications by your college’s posted deadline, you are done!
Detailed instructions: Student Manual | Video demonstration
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Norma Steele Oliver Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
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Olivette Garr Smith Scholarship
Established in Memory by her classmate and MUSC alumna Mervyn Juchartz. ...
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$5,000.00 |
Olympia "Bia" Vallis Nursing Scholarship (ABSN)
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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Olympia "Bia" Vallis Nursing Scholarship (PhD)
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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PhD Student Scholarship (Nursing)
Established through donations by graduates of the College of Nursing PhD...
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Reba Carter O'Keeffe Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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Roper St. Francis Healthcare Patron Nursing Scholarship
Pledge from RSFHC via Letter of Agreement to provide financial support...
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Ruth Chamberlin Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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Ruth Jaqui Skudlarek Nursing Scholarship
Established as a gift from Dr. Mary Sudzina to provide financial support...
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Ruth P. and Stephen Stewart Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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Samuel Steinberg Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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Sandra Hayes Poulnot Nursing Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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Ted and Joan Halkyard Nursing Endowed Scholarship
Established in 2004 as a Gift from In furtherance of the University’s...
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Vanette Schultz Forbes '47 Nursing Scholarship
This scholarship supports an incoming ABSN or RN-BSN student who...
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Veterans Scholarship Fund in Nursing
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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Virginia Lawton Harper Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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Charleston County Medical Society Alliance Scholarship- Nursing
Awarded annually to a nursing and medical student. The Scholarship...
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2 @ $2,500 |
Graduate Incentive Award- Nursing
Offered by the MUSC Office of Student Engagement, the Graduate Incentive...
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$9,000.00 |
Jean P. Wilson College of Nursing Endowed Scholarship (ABSN)
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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Ended |
Varies |
Rose and Ted Levin Nursing Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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$2,000.00 |
Marvesh Mendi Endowed AFN Scholarship
Dr. Marvesh Mendhi, a 1993 graduate of the AFN (Anesthesia for Nurses)...
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Charleston County Medical Society Alliance Scholarship- Medicine
Awarded annually to a nursing and a medical student. The Scholarship...
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$0.00 |
H. Biemann Othersen, Jr., MD Endowed Scholarship
H. Biemann Othersen, Jr., MD is a graduate of the College of Charleston...
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Lewis M. Davis, Sr., M.D. Endowed Scholarship
Lewis M. Davis, Jr. (Class of 1971) established this scholarship in...
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Proctor Family Endowed Scholarship
Established by Dr. Edward Proctor (Class of 1947) and his wife, Mary...
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Thrasher Family Endowed Scholarship
James Brantley Thrasher, M.D. and Laura L. Thrasher graduated from MUSC...
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Ended |