University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Massachusetts Amherst serves undergraduate students through a range of institution-linked scholarship opportunities tied to academic study, class standing, and demonstrated achievement. The source material shows the university supporting juniors, seniors, and other upper-level undergraduates in bachelor’s degree pathways, with awards connected to specific fields and programs. One example is the Lewis C. Mainzer Creativity Award, which opens on 12/1/2025 and closes on 4/15/2026, offers up to $1,000, and encourages applications from students in the Individual Concentration Program (BDIC), with special consideration for exceptional critical thinking in the humanities or political science.

The university’s scholarship activity also reaches journalism students through named opportunities such as The Thomas Family Scholarship and The Scott J. Bacherman Internship Scholarship. Those awards connect support to academic excellence, financial need, internships in emergent media or other media-related fields, and experience in campus media environments including WMUA, TV19, The Daily Collegian, and Amherst Wire. Across these examples, University of Massachusetts Amherst directs support to U.S. residents attending the university, emphasizes bachelor’s degree study, and uses a mix of merit-based criteria, academic performance standards such as a minimum 3.00 GPA in some programs, and field-specific preferences.