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Last Updated: Oct 24, 2025, 11:04 AM

Transfer Scholarships

The following offers also require supplemental applications for consideration. 

 

How to Apply

  1. Apply for Admission. Applicants are automatically reviewed for academic merit-based scholarships based on qualifying credentials at the time of admission. Students will be notified of their scholarship offer by email after admission to the university.
  2. After admission, admitted students may sign in to the Saluki Scholarship Portal to submit the General Scholarship Application and other supplemental applications for their academic college, school or major. Applicants are matched with donor-funded scholarships between October and February , so apply early!

A student must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, undocumented resident, or deferred-action child
to be eligible for our new freshman and transfer academic merit scholarships. Merit-based offers are offered to students taking classes on the SIU Carbondale campus. 

Transfer Student Scholarships

Transfer Maroon Scholarship

Criteria

  • 2.0 - 2.99 cumulative transfer GPA*
  • 12 or more transferable credit hours*

Value

  • Up to $1,500/year for two years, with a total value of up to $3,000

Deadline

  • Awarding begins in September for Fall 2026 admits.
  • Awarding begins in October for Spring 2026 admits.
  • Awarding concludes when funds are exhausted.

*Students who complete a Bachelor's Degree before entering SIU are ineligible. 

Transfer Silver Scholarship

Criteria

  • 3.0 - 3.49 cumulative transfer GPA
  • 12 or more transferable credit hours*

Value

  • Up to $2,500/year for two years, with a total value of up to $5,000

Awarding Timeline

  • Awarding begins in September for Fall 2026 admits.
  • Awarding begins in October for Spring 2026 admits.
  • Awarding concludes when funds are exhausted.

*Students who complete a Bachelor's Degree before entering SIU are ineligible.

Dean's Transfer Scholarship

Criteria

  • 3.5 or higher cumulative transfer GPA
  • 12 or more transferable credit hours*

Value

  • Up to $4,000/year for two years, with a total value of of up $8,000

Awarding Timeline

  • Awarding begins in September for Fall 2026 admits.
  • Awarding begins in October for Spring 2026 admits.
  • Awarding concludes when funds are exhausted.

*Students who complete a Bachelor's Degree before entering SIU are ineligible.

Recipients with 30+ credit hours who are working towards an Associate's Degree and entering SIU in a Fall term are eligible to apply for the Provost's Scholarship.

Provost's Scholarship

Criteria

  • Recipient of Dean's Transfer Scholarship
  • Have earned or will earn an associate degree from a regionally accredited community college before enrolling at SIU*
  • Entering SIU for a Fall term
  • Complete Provost's Scholarship application

Value

  • Full tuition and mandatory fees for two years, total value of over $31,000

Awarding Timeline

  • Eligible students admitted by February 1 will receive invite to apply after admission.
  • Application opens December 1, 2025 and closes mid-February. 

 *Students who complete a Bachelor's Degree before entering SIU are ineligible.

Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship

Criteria

  • Recipient of Dean's Transfer Scholarship 
  • Member of PTK for at least one academic year
  • Entering SIU in a Fall term

 Value

  • $3,000 for the first year 
  • Five awardees chosen each year

Awarding Timeline

Donor-Funded Scholarship Opportunities

Over $4.3 Million in donor-funded scholarships are awarded to SIU Students every year.

Explore applying for scholarships in the Saluki Scholarship Portal as soon as you receive notification of admission from Undergraduate Admissions and have followed the steps to claim your Network ID. Prior to admission, you may search opportunities within the portal, but in order to be matched with scholarship applications and opportunities, you must be admitted. 

Scholarship applications for incoming undergraduate students open in October and selection begins immediately. Submit applications as soon as you are admitted.  Criteria may include, but is not limited to, academic achievement, potential contributions, service and leadership, and financial need.