Awards and Scholarships

Scholarships By Area of Study

Students currently enrolled in Hunter’s School of Arts and Sciences can apply for a variety of scholarships relevant to their area of study. Visit Hunter’s Scholarship page to start your search.

National Scholarships 

Each year, a host of great Hunter College students who are nearing graduation are nominated for highly competitive and prestigious national awards. And Hunter students win.

Student who will be graduating during the coming academic year or who have already graduated are recruited and prepared extensively for these competitions.  And students find the application process rewarding, whatever the outcome.

To learn more about these exciting opportunities, visit the Office of Prestigious Scholarships.

This prize is awarded annually to a graduating senior with a distinguished record in the Social Sciences. Consideration is given not only to scholastic standing but also to scope of interest in the Social Sciences. Awards in recent years have ranged from $300 to $500. Students may nominate themselves or be nominated by a faculty member; in either case, a complete application will consist of a personal statement by the student outlining his or her interest in an area within the Social Sciences, a copy of the student’s transcript, and two letters of recommendation.

2019 Winner
Jaslin Kaur
Department of Women and Gender Studies
Deborah Tolman, Nominating Faculty

The nomination packet should consist of a letter of nomination; a one-page summary of the thesis; an evaluation of the thesis by the thesis sponsor, including comments on the merit of the nominated thesis compared to other theses recently completed in their program; and a copy of the thesis. A thesis that has not yet been given formal final approval by its sponsor may be nominated and considered for this award, if a copy of the final draft accompanies the nomination.

2019 Winners
Sonja Ng
Access Point: Yuan Dongping’s Mental Patients in China and the State of Chinese Documentary Photography in the 1990s
Department of Art and Art History
Wen-shing Chow, Thesis Advisor
Maria Antonella Pelizzari, Nominating Faculty

Bryan Terry
Isaac Hay’s Soul Concept: Reexamining Hot Buttered Soul as a Pioneering Concept Album
Department of Music
Mark Spicer, Thesis Advisor
Philip Ewell, Nominating Faculty

In keeping with the donor’s request, a single award to a graduate student either enrolled in or about to enter a Ph.D. program in one of natural sciences or mathematics at the City University of New York and is given with permission of the donor, two or more awards have been given in some years.

The criteria for selection are:

• Promise of scientific professionalism, drive, incisiveness, originality
• Promise of competence as a teacher; solidity and span of subject matter, knowledge and articulateness
• Aspirations as a cultured person-commitment, breadth and genuineness of intellectual interest

The nominations should include:

• Student’s degree program and level A list of the student’s publications and/or presentations at scientific meetings
• A letter of recommendation from the student’s sponsor or advisor. (If that person is a member of this Committee, there must be an additional letter of recommendation from another faculty member.)
• As soon as the recipient is chosen, the student must provide a social security number and EMPL identification numbers so that the award check can be prepared

2019 Winner
Solomon Haizel
Department of Chemistry
Dixie Goss, Nominating Faculty
Ruben L. Gonzalez Jr, Nominating Faculty