Honors College
Scholarships
The Honors College offers a variety of competitive, merit-based scholarships. Incoming freshman and transfer students must submit an Honors College Application before February 15 to be considered for an honors scholarship. Continuing Boise State students who are already enrolled in the Honors College will automatically be considered for honors scholarships.
How to Apply for Brown Honor Scholorship
Attach a 500-word essay on one of the following topics to your Honors College Application Form:
- Describe a significant event in your life and explain how it changed your way of thinking.
- Who, among persons born during the last 100 years, is your hero? Why?
Submit your completed honors application form and essay to:
Honors College
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID 83725-1125
Remember that you must also apply for Undergraduate Admission to Boise State by submitting a university application to the Admissions Office.
Brown Honors Scholarship
The Brown Honors Scholarship is Boise State's premier academic scholarship for incoming freshmen. It includes full tuition plus room and board in the honors residence hall for four consecutive years. Your scores on standardized tests (ACT or SAT), high school grade point average, class rank, and extracurricular activities are the most important factors in being selected as a Brown Scholar.
Available Scholarships
The College awards many other scholarships to incoming freshman as well as to transfer and continuing Boise State students. Included among these scholarships are:
- Charles Adams Honors Scholarship
- Albertsons Corporation Honors Scholarship
- Larry and Karen Arguinchona Honors Scholarship
- Boise State University Foundation Honors Scholarship
- Campbell Honors Scholarship
- Patrick H. Davis Memorial Honors Scholarship
- Donald Day Honors Scholarship
- Fenton Honors Scholarship
- Gem Honors Scholarship
- Stephen J. and Georgette R. Guss Honors Scholarship
- Laura Moore Cunningham Honors Scholarship
- M.L. and Emma Horsley Honors Scholarship
- Nursing Honors Scholarship
- Wayne Osborne Honors Scholarship
- Eilene J. Porter Honors Scholarship
- Jerry Ransom Honors Scholarship
- Robert Sylvester Honors Scholarship
- Thurber Honors Scholarship
- H.W. Wilcock Honors Scholarship
- Venning Health Sciences Honors Scholarship
While the selection criteria and the amounts of these scholarships vary, they all are awarded on the basis of academic merit. Assistance based on financial need is awarded through the Boise State University Financial Aid Office.
In addition to academic scholarships, the Honors College offers two kinds of summer fellowships for students who wish to conduct independent research or participate in foreign study programs between the spring and fall semesters.
Information about Post Graduate Scholarships is available online and at the Honors College office.
