APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 14, 2025, 1 p.m. Applications should be sent as email attachments to Professor Hildegard F. Glass at hfglass@uh.edu.

Students applying for the Texas German Endowment Scholarship, the German Studies Excellence Award and/or the Rodney Koenig Award only need to complete one application. We will automatically consider them for all scholarships for which they are eligible.

RODNEY KOENIG AWARD

• One or more scholarship awards ranging from $500-1,700 each recognizing outstanding performance in a German language, literature or culture class 

Eligibility Requirements:

• Enrollment in at least one German language, culture, film or literature class during the 2023-24 academic year. Students at all levels of language learning are encouraged to apply. Students at all levels of language learning are encouraged to apply.
• Preference will be given to students who have declared a major in the German concentration of the World Cultures and Literatures B.A. or have declared a minor in German or German Area Studies.
• Overall minimum GPA of 2.75
• Minimum GPA in German of 3.0

APPLICATION: Completed application form, one-page essay in English (see application form for topic) and a copy of your current unofficial transcript

SELECTION PROCESS: A faculty committee reviews all applications and will select recipient based on academic merit.

TEXAS GERMAN ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP

• One scholarship of $500

Eligibility Requirements:

• Enrollment in at least one German language, culture, film or literature class during the 2023-24 academic year
• Preference will be given to students who have declared a major in the German concentration of the World Cultures and Literatures B.A. or have declared a minor in German or in German Area Studies
• Overall minimum GPA of 2.5
• Minimum GPA in German of 3.0

APPLICATION: Completed application form, one-page essay in English (see application form for topic) and a copy of your current unofficial transcript

SELECTION PROCESS: A faculty committee reviews all applications and will select recipient(s) based on academic merit.

 

MAX FREUND AWARD

• This award of $100 recognizes outstanding academic performance in lower or upper division German language classes. Candidates are nominated by German faculty.

SELECTION PROCESS: A faculty committee reviews all nominations and will select recipient based on academic merit.