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 2024-2025 award year. Please do not start your application until it opens for your college.
College of Medicine: March 1, 2024 – April 5, 2024 (Incoming Students); April 1, 2024 – May 6, 2024 (Current Students)
College of Pharmacy: April 8, 2024 – June 23, 2024
College of Health Professions: May 28, 2024 – June 23, 2024 (Fall); September 1, 2024 – September 30, 2024 (Spring)
College of Nursing: * June 14, 2024 – July 15, 2024 (Fall); November 1, 2024 – November 30, 2024 (Spring)
*College of Dental Medicine: June 27, 2024 – July 19, 2024
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 (2024-25) 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.
Selection...
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Ended |
$5,000.00 |
Olympia "Bia" Vallis Nursing Scholarship (ABSN)
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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Ended |
Varies |
Olympia "Bia" Vallis Nursing Scholarship (PhD)
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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Ended |
Varies |
PhD Student Scholarship (Nursing)
Established through donations by graduates of the College of Nursing PhD...
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Ended |
Varies |
Reba Carter O'Keeffe Endowed Scholarship
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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Ended |
Varies |
Ruth Jaqui Skudlarek Nursing Scholarship
Established as a gift from Dr. Mary Sudzina to provide financial support...
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Ended |
Varies |
Samuel Steinberg Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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Ended |
Varies |
Ted and Joan Halkyard Nursing Endowed Scholarship
Established in 2004 as a Gift from Mr. and Mrs. Halkyard, to grant...
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Ended |
Varies |
Thomas J. Wiscarz Memorial Nursing Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship will be awarded to College of Nursing students with a...
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Ended |
Varies |
Ursula Caton Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Established as a Memorial contribution, Mrs. Caton passed away on...
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Ended |
Varies |
Vanette Schultz Forbes '47 Nursing Scholarship
This scholarship supports an incoming ABSN or RN-BSN student who...
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Ended |
Varies |
Veterans Scholarship Fund in Nursing
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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Ended |
Varies |
Virginia Lawton Harper Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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Ended |
Varies |
Women Inspired Through Stories
This annual scholarship will support a College of Nursing student,...
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Ended |
$2,000 |
Andrea Freeman Memorial Scholarship
Andrea Freeman, a 1994 graduate of the OT program in the College of...
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Ended |
$2,000 |
Andrea Weatherby White, PhD, Leadership Scholarship
Dr. Andrea White was an outstanding faculty member, program director,...
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Ended |
$1,000 |
Bantam Scholarship
This fund was established as a gift from the High School of Charleston...
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Ended |
(2) $1,000 |
Catherine Michele Poulnot Memorial Scholarship
In honor of the memory of an outstanding physical therapy student who...
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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....
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Ended |
(2) $1,000 |
Charleston Miracle League's Patty Coker-Bolt Scholarship
This fund was established in 2011 by the Charleston Miracle League’s...
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Ended |
$1,500 |
Colonel Michael G. La Belle Scholarship
This fund was established in 2015 with the generous gift from Colonel...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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Ended |
$2,000 |
John & Sally Osborne Endowed Educational Scholarship
This fund was established by Dr. Anne Kilpatrick in memory of her...
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Ended |
Up to $2000 |
Principe Family Scholarship
Nan Principe Crockett graduated from the Medical University of South...
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Ended |
$1,000 |
Salvatore Scaletta Education and Scholarship (PhD)
This fund was established by Drs. Michael and Lisa Saladin to honor...
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Ended |
$1,000 |
Salvatore Scaletta Education and Scholarship (Physical Therapy)
This fund was established by Dean Lisa K. Saladin and her husband Dr....
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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...
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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...
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Ended |
Varies |
Jean P. Wilson College of Nursing Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship supports College of Nursing students.
Selection...
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