Where UCF College of Sciences Students Find Scholarship Information

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The College of Sciences website lists Scholarships as a standing item in its Academics section, alongside Undergraduate Advising Services, Undergraduate Student Resources, and Graduate Student Services. That page is the starting point for scholarship information; for guidance on which opportunities fit your situation, the college's advising office (COSAS) is the next stop. This applies to prospective and current students at both undergraduate and graduate levels, though individual scholarship pages may carry their own eligibility rules.

Start With the Scholarships Link Under Academics

The college organizes its academic resources into a short, stable set of links. Scholarships sits in that group rather than under a separate "financial aid" heading, so the practical path is:

  1. Open the College of Sciences site at sciences.ucf.edu.
  2. Go to the Academics section.
  3. Select Scholarships.

Expected result: you land on the college's scholarship information rather than a general university financial aid portal. If you arrive somewhere that looks like a university-wide aid page, you have likely left the college's section — return to the Academics list and use the Scholarships link there.

Why the Placement Matters

Because scholarships are grouped with advising and student resources, the college treats them as part of academic support rather than a standalone office. That means the same audience — undergraduate and graduate students in college programs — is served by the same navigation, and you should expect scholarship listings to be organized around college programs and departments rather than around a single application cycle.

Use Advising Services for Guidance

The page_evidence describes the College of Sciences Advising Services (COSAS) office as offering remote services through a COSAS "Virtual Office" Zoom and in-person services in CSB 250. Advising is the appropriate contact point when you need help interpreting scholarship options, confirming whether a listing applies to your program, or planning around deadlines.

A concrete example: a transfer student in a psychology program who finds several listings on the Scholarships page but cannot tell which ones accept transfer credits should bring that question to COSAS rather than guessing — the advising office is positioned as the college's front line for student questions.

What to Bring to Advising

  • Your intended or declared program and department
  • The specific scholarship listings you are asking about
  • Your student level (undergraduate or graduate)

The site does not publish scholarship amounts, deadlines, or eligibility criteria in the material available here, so treat any specific figure as something to confirm on the Scholarships page or with advising.

Check Your Department and School, Too

The college is organized into schools and departments, and scholarship opportunities are often tied to a discipline. The listed units include:

Type Units named on the site
Schools Dr. Yvette Kanouff School of Data, Mathematical, and Statistical Sciences; Nicholson School of Communication and Media; School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs
Departments Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Sociology

If the college-level Scholarships page does not cover your situation, the department or school corresponding to your major is the logical next place to look. The site also notes that the college spans programs "ranging from communication and journalism to the physical, biological, social, behavioral and computational sciences," so the relevant unit depends heavily on your field.

Related Resources Worth Knowing

  • Undergraduate Student Resources and Graduate Student Services sit next to Scholarships in the same Academics group and may point to additional support.
  • Centers, Institutes & Initiatives — including the National Center for Forensic Science, UCF RESTORES, and the Robinson Observatory — indicate research areas where funded student work may exist, though the site does not state scholarship details for them.
  • The college highlights top online Psychology bachelor's degrees and interdisciplinary science programs, which is useful context if you are comparing programs before searching for funding.

Common Sticking Points

  • Expecting a single financial aid page. The college routes scholarships through Academics, not a dedicated aid section; look there first.
  • Assuming one page covers everything. Department- and school-level opportunities may sit outside the college-level Scholarships link.
  • Needing details the site does not post. Amounts, deadlines, and criteria are not in the available material — confirm them on the Scholarships page or with COSAS rather than relying on secondhand summaries.

For a direct answer: begin at the Scholarships link under Academics on sciences.ucf.edu, then contact COSAS — via the Virtual Office Zoom or in person at CSB 250 — for guidance on which opportunities apply to you.