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); September 15, 2025 -October 5, 2025
College of Nursing: * June 14, 2025 – July 15, 2025 (Fall); November 1, 2025 – November 30, 2025 (Spring)
*College of Dental Medicine:
November 4, 2025 – November 11, 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:

  1. Sign in with your NetID and password. You must be a current student. Please wait to apply until your college’s application cycle opens.
  2. You will be prompted to complete a general and college-specific application, which automatically applies you for scholarships for which you qualify.
  3. In some cases (not all), you may be recommended to apply to scholarships that require additional information.
  4. After you complete the applications by your college’s posted deadline, you are done!

Detailed instructions: Student Manual | Video demonstration

Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
$2,500.00 Grooms Family Nursing Scholarship
To provide support to students in any program at the MUSC College of...
Ended
$20,000.00 Halkyard Nursing Scholars
Scholarship support for RN-BSN program
Ended
Varies Henry Taylor Finch Nursing Scholarship
Planned Giving Gift from Dr. Nancy Finch, initiated by board member,...
Ended
Varies Izant Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Izant Family Foundation funds scholarships for graduate level programs...
Ended
Varies James B. Edwards Nursing Scholarship
Established in 2016 from a Gift in memory of Dr. James B. Edwards, the...
Ended
Varies Jill and Richard Almeida Nursing Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship will be awarded to a College of Nursing student with...
Ended
Varies Joel and Joan Rigter Nursing Scholarship
Initiated to support MUSC College of Nursing students in any program...
Ended
Varies Joseph H. and Terese T. Williams Endowed Nursing Scholarship
Established in 2016 to support College of Nursing students. Selection...
Ended
$0.00 Keith & Pam Nothstein Nursing Endowed Scholarship
The Keith & Pam Nothstein Nursing Endowed Scholarship is an endowed...
Ended
$0.00 Lighting the Way Gala Scholarship
To support MUSC College of Nursing student scholarships.
Ended
Varies Margaret Ann Kerr Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students. Selection...
Ended
Varies Marianna Stuart Mason Endowed Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship funds incoming Ph.D. nursing students with financial...
Ended
Varies Marianne T. Chitty Endowed Nursing Scholarship
Scholarship supports College of Nursing Students. The donor’s intent is...
Ended
Varies Mary Swain Endowment
This scholarship is for current (returning) students in the MUSC College...
Ended
Varies Mason Scholars
This scholarship funds incoming Ph.D. nursing students with financial...
Ended
Varies McClelland - Palmer Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students. Selection...
Ended
Varies Norma Steele Oliver Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students. Selection...
Ended
$5,000.00 Olympia "Bia" Vallis Nursing Scholarship (ABSN)
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students. Selection...
Ended
Varies PhD Student Scholarship (Nursing)
Established through donations by graduates of the College of Nursing PhD...
Ended
$0.00 Prevost Family Nursing Scholarship
The Prevost Family Nursing Scholarship supports students in the...
Ended
Varies Reba Carter O'Keeffe Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students. Selection...
Ended
Varies Rose and Ted Levin Nursing Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students. Selection...
Ended
Varies Ruth Jaqui Skudlarek Nursing Scholarship
Established as a gift from Dr. Mary Sudzina to provide financial support...
Ended
Varies Samuel Steinberg Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students. Selection...
Ended
$2,000.00 Tammy Mahaney Endowed Scholarship
The Tammy Mahaney Endowed Scholarship Fund will support students in the...
Ended
Varies Ted and Joan Halkyard Nursing Endowed Scholarship
Established in 2004 as a Gift from In furtherance of the University’s...
Ended
Varies Ursula Caton Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Established as a Memorial contribution, Mrs. Caton passed away on...
Ended
Varies Virginia Lawton Harper Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students. Selection...
Ended
Varies Annie Lee Jerido Williams Lowcountry Endowment and Pharmacy Scholarship
Dr. Jacquetta Lashea Manigo ‘07 (Shea), originally from Walterboro, SC,...
Ended
Varies James L. Hodges '71 Alumni Association Scholarship
Mr. James L. Hodges made history as the first African-American student...
Ended
$2,000 Andrea Freeman Memorial Scholarship
Andrea Freeman, a 1994 graduate of the OT program in the College of...
Ended
$2,000 Andrea Weatherby White, PhD, Leadership Scholarship
Dr. Andrea White was an outstanding faculty member, program director,...
Ended
$1,000 Bantam Scholarship
This fund was established as a gift from the High School of Charleston...
Ended
(2) $1,000 Catherine Michele Poulnot Memorial Scholarship
In honor of the memory of an outstanding physical therapy student who...
Ended
(2) $2,500 (*amount can vary based on funding available*) Cecil and Jones Endowed Scholarship
This fund was established in 1985 through the generosity of Mr. & Mrs....
Ended
$1,500 Colonel Michael G. La Belle Scholarship
This fund was established in 2015 with the generous gift from Colonel...
Ended
(2) $2,000 (*amount can vary based on funding available*) Deborah A. Geisler Leadership Scholarship
The Deborah A. Geisler Leadership Scholarship Fund was established by...
Ended
$2,500 (*amount can vary based on funding available*) Elizabeth P. Gouge Memorial Physician Assistant Scholarship
This scholarship was established by the South Carolina Academy of...
Ended
$2,000 (*amount can vary based on funding available*) Ernest W. Carpenter, M.D. Endowed Scholarship
The Ernest W. Carpenter, M.D. Scholarship was established by Mary. G....
Ended
Up to $2000 Principe Family Scholarship
Nan Principe Crockett graduated from the Medical University of South...
Ended
$1,000 Salvatore Scaletta Education and Scholarship (PhD)
This fund was established by Drs. Michael and Lisa Saladin to honor...
Ended
$1,000 Salvatore Scaletta Education and Scholarship (Physical Therapy)
This fund was established by Dean Lisa K. Saladin and her husband Dr....
Ended
(2) $2,000 (*amount can vary based on funding available*) Sushma Rao Endowed Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship was established by family and friends as a memorial to...
Ended
$2,000 (*amount can vary based on funding available*) Will Hagood Memorial Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship was established in memory of Will Hagood, a...
Ended
$0.00 Joanne and William Conway Nursing Scholarship
The Conway Scholars Program provides generous scholarship support to...