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ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS

2023 to 2024 scholarships announcement
click here to view our 2023 to 2024 recipients
make a donation to the 2023 general scholarship campaign

OVERVIEW OF SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

Each year, generous donations from our alumni and friends make it possible for the Sigma Chi Foundation to grant academic scholarships and awards to our deserving undergraduate and graduate brothers and sweethearts.

Providing scholarships and academic awards furthers the Foundation’s goal to promote academic excellence and volunteerism. We proudly award brothers who show outstanding leadership, academic motivation and commitment to their chapters and communities.

During the 2023 to 2024 fiscal year, thanks to the Donor-Scholar Initiative, as well as the Thomas Cowan Bell Chapter Challenge program, 310 individuals were recognized specifically by the Foundation with awards totaling $463,300.

Awards include undergraduate general academic scholarships, chapter sweetheart scholarships, military service awards and graduate scholarships in international business, engineering, medicine, general academic studies, media and law. Additional awards supported by the Foundation include the International Balfour Award, International Sweetheart, Daniel William Cooper and Legion of Honor recipients.

For more information on Sigma Chi’s academic scholarships program contract Scholarship Administrator Heidi Holley via email or at 847-425-4470.

2024 to 2025 application portal (opens in January)
  • Motivate our brothers to reach their full potential as leaders.
  • Support our brother’s academic endeavors.
  • Reward hard work and character.
  • Recognize and encourage excellence.
  • Support the studies of brothers who have financial need.
  • Undergraduate member or pledge in good standing of Sigma Chi Fraternity
  • Cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale
  • Copy of your most recent transcript
  • Two letters of recommendation: chapter advisors, college professors and staff, high school teachers, employers, coaches, members of the clergy and co-workers are all good choices. Letters of Recommendation from your undergraduate chapter brothers/peers, family members and friends are not acceptable.
  • Member in good standing of Sigma Chi Fraternity
  • Cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
  • Copy of your most recent transcript
  • Two letters of recommendation: one letter of recommendation must be from a dean, professor or professional colleague and the other letter should be from a Sigma Chi alumnus you have known for at least a year. Letters of Recommendation from family members and friends are not acceptable.

GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

  • General Academic Scholarship Award
    All applicants to the General Undergraduate Scholarship will be considered for the Founders’ Scholarship, Bell Chapter (if applicable), and available Donor-Scholar awards. You do not have to complete a separate application for any of these awards.

 

  • Donor Scholarships (see Donor Scholars Program)

 

  • Sigma Chi Founders’ Scholarships
    • The Sigma Chi Foundation Founders’ Scholar awards will be awarded to the top seven undergraduate applicants based on academic performance, demonstrated leadership, and chapter involvement:
      • Up to $10,000 — Founder William Lewis Lockwood Scholarship, in honor of Chuck and Kim Watson
      • Up to $10,000 — Founder Franklin Howard Scobey Scholarship, in honor of John and Nancy Peterson
      • Up to $10,000 — Founder Daniel William Cooper Scholarship
      • Up to $10,000 — Founder Thomas Cowan Bell Scholarship, in honor of Bob and Sabrina Johnson
      • Up to $10,000 — Founder James Parks Caldwell Scholarship, in honor of Joseph and Judy Durzo
      • Up to $10,000 — Founder Issac M. Jordan Scholarship, in memory of John Thumel, NORTHWESTERN 2015, awarded to a qualified applicant with initial preference given each year to brothers pursuing a degree in engineering
      • Up to $10,000 — Founder Benjamin Piatt Runkle Award

 

  • Military Service Scholarship

    • This scholarship award was established through the generous support of Significant Sigs Timothy A. Michael, OHIO STATE 1970, John G. Berylson, BROWN 1975, and Dr. Daniel P. Walsh, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 1971, and other brothers. The Military Service Scholarship Award provides academic scholarships, in varying amounts beginning at $1,000, to undergraduate and graduate Sigma Chi Brothers who are currently serving or have served on active duty in their country’s military — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, or National Guard. For more information on this award, click here.

  • Denton International Business Scholarship
    • A gift from Leona Denton, wife of Earl A. Denton, Chicago 1929, inaugurated the Denton Scholarship Award. The award provides a minimum $1,000 grant to a student pursuing a graduate degree in the field of International Affairs with an emphasis in World Trade, Economics, Business or Political Science. Brother Denton owned and operated a Chicago-based international trade firm. It was his desire that recipients of this award will have an impact in the area of world trade.

 

  • Herschede Engineering Scholarship
    • Order of Constantine Sig Mark P. Herschede, CINCINNATI 1940, established the Herschede Engineering Scholarship to benefit brothers pursuing a graduate degree in the field of engineering. This award provides a minimum of $1,000 in scholarship support.

 

  • General Graduate Scholarship
    • The General Graduate Scholarship is presented to qualified members of Sigma Chi Fraternity pursuing their first year of graduate level study in any academic field. The award provides a minimum of $1,000 in scholarship support.

 

  • Military Service Scholarship
    • This scholarship award was established through the generous support of Significant Sigs Timothy A. Michael, OHIO STATE 1970, John G. Berylson, BROWN 1975, and Dr. Daniel P. Walsh, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 1971, and other brothers. The Military Service Scholarship Award provides academic scholarships, in varying amounts beginning at $1,000, to undergraduate and graduate Sigma Chi Brothers who are currently serving or have served on active duty in their country’s military — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, or National Guard. For more information on this award, click here.

 

  • Sigma Chi Law Scholarship
    • This scholarship award is provided through the generous support of an anonymous brother. The Law Scholarship Award provides a $1,000 academic scholarship to a qualified Sigma Chi graduate through the Graduate Scholarship process and enrolled at a United States A.B.A.-accredited law school.

 

  • Sigma Chi Medical Scholarships
    • The Sigma Chi Medical Scholarship is presented to (a) graduate student(s) pursuing a career in medicine with primary consideration given to financial need. Over the past ten years, the scholarship has been made possible by Significant Sig Dr. Daniel Walsh, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 1971, a prior Sigma Chi Foundation Buckby Medical Scholarship winner, in honor of his parents Sidney G. and Juanita E. Walsh. Today the Scholarship is sustained by Sigma Chi brothers who have in the past benefited from the Buckby Medical Scholarship and the generosity of our alumni Brothers in general. The award provides a minimum of $1,000 in scholarship support.
    • Ravi Goel, M.D. Medical Scholars — This scholarship award is provided through the generous support of Dr. Ravi D. Goel, YALE 1993. The Goel Medical Scholarship Award provides a $1,000 scholarship to a qualified graduate attending medical school and selected through the Sigma Chi Medical Graduate Scholarship process from any Sigma Chi chapter with initial preference each year given to a qualified applicant from the Theta Upsilon chapter.

 

  • Jacobs Family Scholarship (Media, Arts & Communications)
    • This scholarship award is provided through the generous support of Significant Sig William Kirtley “Kirt” Jacobs, KENTUCKY 1994. The Kirt Jacobs Scholarship Award provides a minimum $1,000 academic scholarship to a qualified Sigma Chi graduate and selected through the Sigma Chi Graduate Scholarship process with initial preference each year given to an applicant pursuing a graduate degree in the field of study in the areas of media, arts or communications.

 

  • Joe Martin Graduate Business Scholars
    • This scholarship award is provided through the generous support of Order of Constantine Sig and Significant Sig Joe W. Martin, HOUSTON 1976. The Joe Martin Graduate Business Scholarship Award provides a $1,500 academic scholarship to a qualified Sigma Chi graduate studying for a graduate degree in business or in business related studies and selected through the Sigma Chi Graduate Scholarship process. Applicants must have a 3.0 combined GPA or a 3.0 GPA in their last semesters of study.

 

  • Edward Kinsey Business

 

DONOR-SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

ALPHA

  • Alpha Scholars
  • John W. Rohe Scholars


ALPHA CHI

  • Glen O. Kirsch Scholars
  •  H. Campbell “Cal” Stuckeman Scholars


ALPHA EPSILON

  • Robert L. Seidell Scholars


ALPHA LAMBDA

  • Douglas J. Krueger Scholars
  • William H. Pope Memorial Scholars


ALPHA OMEGA

  • Alpha Omega Scholars


ALPHA OMICRON

  • Jeffrey Peter Taft Class of 1989 Scholars


ALPHA PHI

  • John H. Foote Greystone Scholars
  • Hon. Gordon J. Whiting Scholars


ALPHA UPSILON

  • Sam Levine Scholars
  • Danielle and Brett White Scholars


ALPHA XI

  • Scott Williams Scholars


BETA CHI

  • Emanuel (Manny) Bondi Memorial Scholars

 

BETA DELTA

  • Harold Hanson Beta Delta Scholars

 

BETA EPSILON

  • J. Willard Marriott Scholars (Five awards total — three for Beta Epsilon and two for additional chapters)

 

BETA ETA

  • Robert N. Rapp Scholars


BETA PHI

  • James Fiduccia Beta Phi Consul Scholarship
  •  Marvin D. “Swede” Johnson Scholars
  • S. Jack McDuff Scholars


BETA SIGMA

  • Marshall D. Johnson and Marvin D. “Swede” Johnson Scholars


BETA UPSILON

  • WSU Sigma Chi Seven Lights Scholars


BETA ZETA

  • Beta Zeta Bungaloo Scholars


CHI

  • Hon. Walter Lowrie Fisher Scholars


DELTA

  • Alston D. (Pete) Correll Scholars
  •  John F. McMullan Academic Scholars
  • Delta Chapter Scholars


DELTA DELTA

  • Kenneth H. Kraft Scholars


DELTA ETA

  • Dick “Bulldog” Barley Scholars
  • Paul J. Hering Consul Scholars
  • Joe McGinley Scholars


DELTA KAPPA

  • Bill Ingram Scholars
  •  Larry & Linda Oman Scholars


DELTA MU

  • David M. Underwood, Jr. Scholars


DELTA PHI

  • Paul Perdue Chapter Memorial Scholars


DELTA RHO

  • Lanny Lamont Scholars


DELTA TAU / SIGMA CHI TAU

  • Dr. RLD Davidson Scholars
  • Murer Family Scholars


DELTA THETA

  • David “AJ” Hall, The Chief Scholars


DELTA XI

  • Robert & Maragaret Cook Scholars
  • Thomas & Linda Lang Delta Xi Scholars
  • Marc T. Lord Scholars
  • Jeremy Megroz Scholars
  • Captain Romero Scholars


EPSILON

  • Jonathan ‘Bubba’ Degner Memorial Scholars


EPSILON KAPPA

  • Capt. Brent Morel, USMC, Memorial Scholars


EPSILON PHI

  • Epsilon Phi Michael Upperman Legacy Scholars


EPSILON THETA

  • Marvin D. “Swede” Johnson Scholars


EPSILON UPSILON

  • Epsilon Upsilon Executive Officer
  •  Joseph J. Kubat Scholars


ETA

  • K.S. “Bud” Adams, Jr. Scholars
  • Walker Fielder Memorial Scholars


ETA DELTA

  • J. Don Gilbert Scholars


ETA SIGMA

  • Eta Sigma Chapter Anniversary Scholars


ETA UPSILON

  • Alan B. Mitchell Scholars


GAMMA CHI

  • Parsons Family Leadership Scholars


GAMMA DELTA

  • Kenneth E. Case Scholars

 

GAMMA ETA

  • Ethan Chapin Memorial Scholars


GAMMA PSI

  • James R. Dahlberg Scholars


GAMMA UPSILON

  • Brent and Justin Cobb Memorial Scholars


KAPPA IOTA

  • Kappa Iota Chapter Donor Scholars


LAMBDA

  • James & Connie Bash Scholars
  •  James L. Beattey III Scholars
  • Carl Scering Memorial Scholars


LAMBDA LAMBDA

  • Lambda Lambda 1960’s Scholars
  •  Dr. Constantine W. Curris Lambda Lambda Scholars

 

MU DELTA

  • Wilson M. Ferrell Memorial Scholars


OMEGA

  • Cody S. Keenan Scholars

 

OMEGA OMEGA

  • Bunny Adcock Scholars


PHI PHI

  • Mark A. Kocent Scholars


RHO

  • James & Connie Bash Scholars


TAU TAU

  • Harry Cheshire Scholars
  • Donald and Jean Frahm Scholars


THETA BETA

  • Randall S. & Elizabeth M. Coppersmith Scholars


THETA GAMMA

  • Andrew Boysen Memorial


XI XI

  • Bill Qualy and Jim Qualy Donor Scholars

 

ZETA UPSILON

  • Alex Divaris Memorial

 

ZETA XI

  • Harold R. Strong Scholars

 

  • Paul W. Chellgren Scholars — Chapters in Kentucky
  • Ron Kostich / Inland Empire Scholarship
  • M. Craig Nason Los Angeles Alumni Chapter Scholarship Program — Alpha Upsilon / Delta Eta / Eta Beta / Iota Omega / Kappa Omicron and Zeta Xi
  • Quimby Scholars — Beta Theta or Lambda Pi
  • Steven G. Schuyler Grand Canyon Province Scholarship — Beta Phi / Epsilon Upsilon / Kappa Phi or Zeta Omicron
  • L. Wayne Tucker Memorial Scholars — Chapters in Texas
  • Donald Walker Scholars — Oklahoma/Arkansas Province and Beta Theta
  • Washington Alumni Chapter — Eastern Province
  • Allen Family Scholars — first generation college student, preference to members raised and graduated from a high school in Nebraska or Oklahoma
  • Michael H. Dunn Servant Leadership Scholars
  • Robert P. Elsperman Scholars
  • Harrop-Harrington Scholars — media, arts or communications
  • Edward N. Koenig Memorial Scholars
  • Arthur “Buddy” Metcalf Memorial Scholars
  • Frank J. & Nancy Raymond Scholars
  • Clifford R. Roehm Memorial Scholars 
  • Swiatkowski Welch Diversity and Equality Scholarship
  • John M. Shepherd Scholars – engineering
  • Paul C. Varga Scholars – varsity athletics
  • William P. Vititoe Scholars
  • William H. Walters Memorial Scholars – strengthening diversity
  • Joanne Wolf Scholars
  • Denton – International Affairs
  • Herschede – Engineering
  • William Kirtley “Kirt” Jacobs Family Scholars – Media, Arts and Communications
  • Sigma Chi Law Scholars
  • General Graduate Scholars – graduate level studies in any academic field
  • Joe Martin Graduate Business Scholars
  • Sigma Chi Medical Scholars
  • Ravi D. Goel M.D. Medical Scholars – Theta Upsilon
  • Military Service Scholars (undergraduate and graduate)
  • Jim and Carol McFerrin Scholars — Tau Tau
  • Military Service Scholars
  • Sigma Chi Sweetheart Scholars

SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

In keeping with our mission to help brothers in need, your Sigma Chi Foundation is pleased to announce the Brothers Helping Brothers Scholarship opportunity. Scholarships are available to undergraduate brothers who have been adversely affected by hardship, such as long-term unemployment or the effects of a natural disaster.

In the event of a hardship, information regarding application will appear here. Consideration for the Brothers Helping Brothers Fund will also be included in the criteria for annual scholarship awards available each spring.

Please help us support our brothers in need. To learn more or make a donation click here.

Click here to apply for this special award.

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Thanks to the generous support of 21st International Sweetheart Dr. Jacqueline Dupont Carlson, Sigma Chi became the first men’s Fraternity to award general academic scholarships annually to a qualified Sweetheart of a Sigma Chi undergraduate chapter to support their undergraduate or graduate studies.

Sweethearts who meet the undergraduate or graduate requirements are eligible to apply for one of the four annual minimum $1,000 awards.

To apply for this award, sweethearts will need to log in or set up an account through Sigma Chi’s scholarships portal.

The application process begins in January and concludes in April each academic year.

  • International Balfour Award
    • The International Balfour Award has been awarded annually since the 1929 to 1930 academic year when Paul Hagemann, WASHINGTON (ST. LOUIS) 1930, was recognized as the inaugural recipient. The committee that oversees the award selects the individual who they believe to be the Fraternity’s most outstanding graduating senior based on his achievements in scholastics, campus and community involvement, and Sigma Chi involvement. The award is generously funded by Significant Sig Brandon Chaney, INDIANA 1991, proprietor and CEO of Fairwinds Estate Winery and In Hoc Napa Valley

 

  • Daniel William Cooper Award
    • This annual award honors the undergraduate chapter that has the most outstanding scholastic achievement program. The winning chapter receives a plaque, an educational grant from the Sigma Chi Foundation and has its name engraved on the Daniel William Cooper Award trophy on display in the Sigma Chi Museum at Headquarters. Recipients of this award are chosen from the pool of Peterson Significant Chapter Award applicants.

 

  • Legion of Honor Awards
    • These awards are presented to those chapters that have through their annual report demonstrated a commitment to academic excellence.

 

  • International Sweetheart Scholarship
    • Funded by the Ronald P. Robertson International Sweetheart Fund, this $10,000 award is given annually to the current International Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.

 

  • Summer Intern Scholarships
    • Sigma Chi’s summer interns receive an academic scholarship as a thank you for their hard work and service in support of the Fraternity.

 

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