Undergraduate Program

Scholarships and Awards Information

The Department of Statistics offers a number of scholarships and other award opportunities to full-time students majoring in Statistics:

• General information on scholarships from the College of LAS
• George W. Snedecor Undergraduate Statistics Award
• Herta and H.T. David Scholarship
• Schillmoeller Family Scholarships in Statistics
• Scott Kongable Scholarship
• Undergraduate Scholarship
• Undergraduate Scholarship sponsored by Procter and Gamble Inc.

George W. Snedecor Undergraduate Statistics Award

This award honors George W. Snedecor, the first director of the Statistics Laboratory and recognizes an undergraduate student majoring in Statistics who has demonstrated superior academic achievement and scholarship. The recipient must be a junior or senior with at least 12 credit hours in statistics, including a minimum of 9 credits at the 300+ level. The recipient must furthermore have a minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0 overall and a minimum statistics GPA of at least 3.5/4.0.

The current award for this scholarship is $500. Apply here

Herta and H.T. David Scholarship

This scholarship is open to all sophomore, junior or senior undergraduate students majoring in statistics, who have documented financial need* and come from a challenging family background, representing a unique situation that might have prevented the recipient from considering a college education at Iowa State University. The student must have, and maintain, a minimum GPA of 2.5/4.0 to receive the award.

The current award for this scholarship is $2,500 Apply here

Schillmoeller Family Scholarships in Statistics.

Edward Schillmoeller, a 1953 mathematics graduate of ISU, and his family established this scholarship fund. Schillmoeller's son Michael and daughter Laura are both ISU Statistics graduates. This scholarship is open to undergraduate statistics majors with an overall GPA of at least 3.2/4.0. Preference is given to those students with a documented financial need*.

The current award for a scholarship is $1000. Apply here

Scott Kongable Scholarship

Scott Kongable is a statistics graduate from ISU. This scholarship is open to sophomores and juniors majoring in statistics. The recipient shall have at least 9 credits of statistics classes by the end of the Spring semester with an overall GPA of at least 3.0/4.0 and a statistics GPA of at least 3.25/4.0. Scholarship recipients must take 12 or more credits both semesters of the next academic year. Selection is based on GPA, extra-curricular activities, and an interview.

The current award for this scholarship is $600. Apply here

Undergraduate Scholarship

This scholarship is open to a first or second year student majoring in statistics. The scholarship recognizes early academic potential for freshmen or sophomores in the major of statistics.

The current award for this scholarship is $1,000. Apply here

Undergraduate Scholarship Sponsored by Procter and Gamble, Inc.

This scholarship is open to sophomores and juniors majoring in statistics. An eligible student must have completed MATH 165, 166 and 265 and have completed at least 8 credits in statistics courses. The scholarship recognizes early academic achievement for sophomores and juniors in the major of statistics.

The current award for this scholarship is $1,000. Apply here

* - To show documented financial need, students must submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and have unmet financial need as determined by the Office of Financial Aid.