Funding

UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media undergraduate majors who have been admitted to the school are eligible to apply for funding for a range of purposes, including:

  • Extracurricular activities
  • Immersive experiences
  • Academic-year scholarships 
  • Internships
  • Travel for academic programs

Learn more by reading about the funding areas below. For questions, please email Hussmanfunding@unc.edu.

 

Extracurricular Activities

 

Extracurricular activity funds may be used for conferences, workshops and other journalism- and media-related activities.  Funds cannot be used for class-related purposes. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis — August through March — during the academic year

Please submit your application at least six weeks before the activity payment date. Applications submitted within six weeks of the payment date will be considered but the award might not be awarded before the payment due date.

How are extracurricular activity funds distributed? Funds will be deposited in your UNC student account.


 

Cole Campbell Professional Development Fund

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Don and Barbara Curtis Excellence Fund for Extracurricular Activities

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Patricia Miller Moore Award

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Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis — August through March — during the academic year

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Immersive experiences

Immersive experience funds encourage students to "learn by doing."  Funds support a variety of activities and encourage students to think creatively about how such funding may support a unique experience. Please note: Graduating seniors are not eligible to apply except for the John Sweeney Interview Award.

How are immersive experience funds distributed? Funds are transferred to the student's UNC account. Funds must be reported by UNC Hussman to the UNC Office of Scholarships and Student Aid and may affect the student's financial aid. Funds may have tax implications.
 

Immersive experience funds | Apply Jan. 10 - Feb. 9   +

Applications will become available on Jan. 10, 2024, for UNC Hussman students. Please note that UNC Hussman scholarships and awards are only available to full-time students who have been officially admitted into the Hussman School of Journalism and Media. You will receive an email from UNC Slate with 2 application links—one to apply for apply for general UNC Hussman scholarships and another link to apply for internship and immersive awards.You may be considered for more than one scholarship or award!

 

Upon completion of the UNC Hussman scholarship application, you will receive a notice that your application was submitted.
 
The deadline to apply for scholarships and awards is Feb. 9, 2024.  All applicants will be notified by April 1 of their selection status.
 
If you have technical difficulties logging onto Slate and the scholarship application, please contact UNCSlateSupport@unc.edu and let them know you are experiencing difficulties. For all other inquiries, please contact hussmanfunding@unc.edu.
 

 

Chuck Stone Citizen of the World Fund
 

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Edward Jackson International Travel Fund
 

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John Sweeney Experience Fund

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Robin Clark Experience

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William G. Arey Jr. International Communications Fund
 

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Scholarships for the academic year

UNC Hussman awards scholarships to undergraduate majors each spring for the following academic year.  Graduating seniors are not eligible to apply. Please follow directions for applying through the scholarship application (linked below). All recipients will be notified by April.

How are academic-year scholarship funds distributed? Scholarships awarded for the following academic year are transferred to the student's UNC account at the start of the fall and spring semesters. All scholarships must be reported by UNC Hussman to the UNC Office of Scholarships and Student Aid and may affect the student's financial aid. Funds may have tax implications.
 

Applications will become available on Jan. 10, 2024, for UNC Hussman students. Please note that UNC Hussman scholarships and awards are only available to full-time students who have been officially admitted into the Hussman School of Journalism and Media.You will receive an email from UNC Slate with 2 application links—one to apply for apply for general UNC Hussman scholarships and another link to apply for internship and immersive awards.You may be considered for more than one scholarship or award!


 
Upon completion of the UNC Hussman scholarship application, you will receive a notice that your application was submitted.
 
The deadline to apply for scholarships and awards is Feb. 9, 2024.  All applicants will be notified by April 1 of their selection status.
 
If you have technical difficulties logging onto Slate and the scholarship application, please contact UNCSlateSupport@unc.edu and let them know you are experiencing difficulties. For all other inquiries, please contact hussmanfunding@unc.edu.

 

A.C. Snow and Katherine Snow Smith Scholarship

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A.W. Huckle Memorial Scholarship

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Ameel J. Fisher Scholarship

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American Advertising Federation (Triangle Chapter-AFF) Scholarship

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Ann Sawyer Cleland Scholarship

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Ardis Kipp Cohoon Scholarship

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Bob Quincy Scholarship

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C.A. "Pete" McKnight Scholarship

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Carl Council Scholarship

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Carol Reuss Award (Scholarship)

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Charles McCorkle Hauser Scholarship

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Clarence E. and Jane P. Whitefield Scholarship

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David Jordan Whichard II Scholarship

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David Julian Whichard Scholarship

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Diane Harvey Bradley Scholarship

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Don S. Maurer Advertising Scholarship

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Douglas N. Marlette Memorial Scholarship

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E. Eugene Jackson Scholarship

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Edward Heywood Megson Scholarship

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Elton Casey Scholarship

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Emma Lineberger Scholarship

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Erin A. Wiltgen Scholarship

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Erwin Potts Scholarship

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Evelyn Y. Davis Foundation Scholarship

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F. Weston Fenhagen Scholarship for International Students

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Glenn Keever Scholarship

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Hoffman Award

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James Davis Scholarship

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James F. Hurley III Bicentennial Merit Scholarship

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John Albert Campbell III Sports Communication Scholarship  
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John Harden Scholarship

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John L. Greene Jr. Scholarship 

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Jonathan H. Witherspoon Scholarship

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Kays Gary Scholarship

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Knight Foundation Distinguished Scholarship

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Louis M. Connor Jr. Scholarship

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Mackey-Byars Scholarship for Communication Excellence

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Marjorie Usher Ragan Scholarship

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Mary Kathryn Forbes Scholarship

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Michael John Sauer Scholarship for Sports Communication

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Michael R. Bumgardner Scholarship

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Molly McKay Scholarship

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North Carolina Black Publishers Scholarship

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North Carolina Working Press Scholarship

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Paul Green Houston Scholarship

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Peter DeWitt Pruden and Phyllis Harrill Pruden Scholarship

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Philip Alston Scholarship

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Quincy Sharpe Mills Memorial Scholarship

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Raleigh Mann Scholarship

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Reese Felts Scholarship

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Rick Brewer Scholarship

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Robert Winchester Dodson Scholarship

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Sharon Houston Scholarship in Broadcast Journalism

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Stephen Gates Memorial Scholarship 

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Stephenson-Biddix Scholarship

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Tom Bost Scholarship

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Tom Bowers Scholarship

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Tucker Family Scholarship

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Victoria M. Gardner Scholarship

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WTVD Scholarship

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Internships

Hussman internship funds provide students with substantial support for summer internships. Please note:  Graduating seniors are not eligible to apply.

How are internship funds distributed? Funds are transferred to the student's UNC account. Funds must be reported by UNC Hussman to the UNC Office of Scholarships and Student Aid and may affect the student's financial aid. Funds may have tax implications.
 

Applications will become available on Jan. 10, 2024, for UNC Hussman students. Please note that UNC Hussman scholarships and awards are only available to full-time students who have been officially admitted into the Hussman School of Journalism and Media. You will receive an email from UNC Slate with 2 application links—one to apply for apply for general UNC Hussman scholarships and another link to apply for internship and immersive awards.You may be considered for more than one scholarship or award!

 

 
Upon completion of the UNC Hussman scholarship application, you will receive a notice that your application was submitted.
 
The deadline to apply for scholarships and awards is Feb. 9, 2024.  All applicants will be notified by April 1 of their selection status.
 
If you have technical difficulties logging onto Slate and the scholarship application, please contact UNCSlateSupport@unc.edu and let them know you are experiencing difficulties. For all other inquiries, please contact hussmanfunding@unc.edu.

 

Alan L. Marks Internship Fund

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AT&T Business Internship Award

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James Bennett Graham Fellowship

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Jim and Pat Thacker Sports Communication Internship

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Jim Batten Community Newspaper Internship

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E.T. Kirk Award for Student Athletes

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Lookout Fellows Program
This program has been paused for the 2020-2021 academic year due to the continued impacts of the pandemic.

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M.S. Van Hecke Award

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N.C. Medical Society Foundation Medical Journalism Internship

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Richard H. Jenrette Business Internship Fund

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Rick and Jennifer Bruning Student Internship Support Fund 
 
 

 

 

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Travel for academic programs

Partial funding is available for MEJO 437: Media in Asia, MEJO 447: Media in the UK, MEJO 488: Carolina Photojournalism Workshop, MEJO 584: International Projects and Hussman School study abroad programs. Students interested in these programs will be notified how to apply.

How are travel funds distributed? Scholarships are transferred to the student's UNC account at the start of the fall, spring or summer terms, depending on when the courses are held. UNC Hussman works with the UNC Office of Scholarships and Student Aid to verify financial need.  Funding from the Hussman School may affect the student's financial aid. Funding may have tax implications.
 

Canady International Award

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Global Immersion Fund

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The Visual Storytellers Community Fund

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Superlatives

The Hussman School offers achievement-based awards chosen by Hussman School faculty. No application is required.

How are superlative funds distributed? Funds are transferred to the student's UNC account. Funds must be reported by the Hussman School to the UNC Office of Scholarships and Student Aid and may affect the student's financial aid. Funds may have tax implications.

Earl Wynn Creative Broadcasting Award

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Eugene L. Roberts Prize

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Furman Bisher Medal

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Jeff MacNelly Award

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John Robert Bittner Outstanding Graduating Senior Award in Journalism

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Larry and Carolyn Keith Awards

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Lois & H.C. Cranford Jr. Outstanding Graduating Senior Award in Advertising and Public Relations

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Roger and Dorothy Jennings Entrepreneurial Award

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Smith Galli Persistence Award

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