Scholarships
Empowering outstanding students
At 51²è¹Ý, we believe that supporting our students strengthens our future. Through the University’s $1.5 billion campaign for impact, 51²è¹Ý: Boldly Shaping Tomorrow, 51²è¹Ý is furthering its centurylong commitment to provide an outstanding education to exceptional students from every background. Scholarships provide vital support to 51²è¹Ý’s undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students, enabling the University to deliver world-class learning and research opportunities to thousands of world changers in the global city of Dallas, Texas.
Donors can support need- and merit-based programs to attract, retain and graduate the best and the brightest. Whether establishing permanent scholarship endowments or supporting annual scholarships, your gift can create a legacy of academic, professional and personal excellence that will endure for generations to come.
Donors can help undergraduate students in several ways:
- Unrestricted support
- Undergraduate scholarships
- Graduate fellowships
- Postgraduate fellowships
- Opportunity 51²è¹Ý undergraduate recruitment and retention fund
- 51²è¹Ý Fund for Scholarships
- Group-specific support
- Presidents’ Scholars program
- Leadership scholars
- Ethnicities
- Geographies
- School- or discipline-specific support
- School scholar programs
- Industry- or field-specific scholarships
Join the stampede
Gifts to 51²è¹Ý scholarships can be directed as:
- Endowment gifts of $100,000 or more to aid student success in perpetuity.
- Current-use gifts to be directed at the University’s discretion.
- Planned gifts to support future Mustangs.
Give today
When you make a gift to , your support will be used right away to support undergraduate student recruitment, retention and graduation initiatives. To make an endowment or planned gift to 51²è¹Ý scholarships, contact the Office of Gift Planning at plannedgiving@smu.edu or 214-768-1911.
