Applications for the 2025-26 academic year are now open!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO APPLY:
- Students must be admitted to LSA for Fall 2025.
- Once you have been admitted to LSA, you will receive an LSA Scholarship Congratulations email from our office which will prompt you to create a Friend Account to apply for the Four Year Renewable Scholarship.
- Please use the same email you used to apply to the University of Michigan to create your Friend Account. (A Friend Account is required to access all university systems, including the LSA Scholarships Application Portal.)
- Please carefully read the detailed instructions below in How to Apply.
What is a Renewable Scholarship?
Each year, the LSA Scholarships Office awards Four-Year Renewable Scholarships to approximately 200 first-year incoming LSA students. These scholarships are only awarded to first year students and are based on a student's undergraduate admissions application, and their financial need (as demonstrated by their FAFSA and CSS profile.) For students qualified for merit scholarships, a FAFSA and CSS is not required. Read on to learn more about our Four-Year Renewable Scholarships requirements.
What does the scholarship cover?
For qualified first-year incoming LSA students, the Four-Year Renewable Scholarship helps to cover the cost of attendance.
Amounts and Duration
Award amounts vary for each scholarship. For in-state students, award amounts can go up to $15,000 per year. For out-of-state students, awards amounts can go up to $25,000 per year. All Four-Year Renewable Scholarships are renewable for four years of undergraduate study, provided students maintain eligibility by completing their requirements each academic year.
Eligibility Requirements
To qualify for a Four-Year Renewable Scholarship, a student must:
- Be a first-year incoming student, admitted to an undergraduate degree program in the College of LSA.*
- Be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (i.e. possess a green card).
- Apply for and receive need-based support through the Office of Financial Aid. Exception: students applying only for merit scholarships.
- Have a FAFSA and CSS profile on file with the Office of Financial Aid (OFA) and must renew their FAFSA annually for need-based scholarships. Exception: students considered only for merit scholarships.
- Be enrolled (or intend to enroll) full-time (12 credit hours or more) each term.
*You only need to be admitted to the College of LSA in order to qualify or apply for LSA Scholarships.
Application Deadline
The deadline to apply is April 15. Applying early increases a student’s chances of being matched with a scholarship. Priority consideration is given to those that submit their application within one week of the date on the LSA Scholarships Congratulations email.
Applications are reviewed continuously, and offers are sent after the Office of Financial Aid publishes notices on Wolverine Access. All scholarship offers will be emailed by April 18. This allows you time to make an informed decision before LSA's enrollment deadline.
How do I apply?
Students must be admitted to the College of Literature, Science and the Arts in order to apply.
For Enrolled Students:
Click the application link below and login with your UM unique name and password.
For Non-Enrolled Admitted Students:
You must complete all three steps before logging into to our application portal.
NOTE: The process may take up to 48 hours.
Step 1: Create a UM Friend Account here.
(PLEASE NOTE: When creating a Friend Account, students should use the same email they used when applying to UM. A Friend Account is required to access all university systems, including the LSA Scholarships Application Portal.)
Step 2: Verify a UM Friend Account on Wolverine Access.
(Students should navigate to the Students tab, click on New & Prospective Student Business, and login with their Friend Account ID and password to verify personal information, including UMID and birth date. If you forgot your Friend Account Password reset it here. The verification process may take up to 24 hours.)
Step 3: Once verification is complete click the application link.
Access Timeline:
Student account information migration to our application system may take 24-48 hours post-authorization. We recommend clearing your browser's cache after verification.
