To be considered for these two gender-neutral scholarships, the staff member must meet the following criteria.

• Must be employed in a full-time, benefits-eligible position at the UH Main, UH at Katy, or UH at Sugar Land campus for at least one year as of March 1st of this current year.
• Must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher.
• Must demonstrate a strong commitment to academic excellence and the potential to succeed.

Each applicant shall submit an application packet containing the following information by March 31st, at 5 PM. (Incomplete packets will not be reviewed).

1. Complete and submit the scholarship application form and upload all other documents listed below in PDF format. Log in to MS Forms using your Cougarnet credentials. 
2. Application cover sheet (Signed by UH staff member).
3. Typed essay (maximum one page, double-spaced, 12-point font, no exception) explaining career goals (professional objectives) and personal statement (why you believe you should receive this scholarship).
4. One letter of recommendation. The letter should be as specific as possible. 
5. Your resume. The resume should include awards, honors, achievements, work experience, and activities.
6. Most recent transcripts of the student. The transcript does not need to be an official copy, but it must be legible.
7. FERPA release form to confirm GPA and enrollment eligibility. FERPA Form (pre-filled for Staff Council Scholarships)

If you have any questions, please contact scscholarships@uh.edu.

A Staff Council/Women and Gender Resource Center committee ranks the applications in a blind review process and selects the top fifteen applicants to receive scholarships proportional to the number of applicants at each degree level (undergraduate or graduate).

• The scholarship is credited to the recipient’s UH academic account when proof of registration is received.
• The scholarship is credited to an academic course (not audit or continuing education) for UH credit during the 2025-2026 fiscal year (Fall 2025, Spring 2026, or Summer 2026).
• The scholarship can only be applied during the academic year for which it is awarded and cannot be moved forward. Any recipient who cannot utilize the scholarship within the year should notify the UH Staff Council Scholarship Committee or the Women and Gender Resource Center. Recipients must still be employed by the University on the first day of class of the semester in which they take the class.
• A previous recipient may re-apply annually for these Scholarships. The recipient may receive only one scholarship each year.

Allison Sullivan
Program Coordinator, Career & Development Alumni
Major: MSW Social Work

Chelsea Martinez
Assistant Director, Center for Student Advocacy
Major: PhD Education

Daniel Chang
Executive Director, Academic Affairs
Major: PhD Biomedical Engineering

Julia Brown
Communications Manager, The Honors College
Major: PhD CLASS

Katherine Frazier
Director, Cullen College of Engineering
Major: MS Engineering

Laura Zavala-Membreno
Director, Women and Gender Resource Center
Major: PhD Education

Stephanie Perez-Gill
Program Director, College of Education ACES Institute
Major: PhD Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies

Toria Jones
Sexual Misconduct Support Services Manager
Major: MSW Social Work

Maria Honey
Director of Student Services, Bauer College of Business
Major: PhD Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies

Gabriel Grady
Program Director, Center for Student Empowerment
Major: MSW Social Work

2024-2025 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

Allison Sullivan
Chelsea Martinez
Daniel Chang
Julia Brown
Katherine Frazier
Laura Zavala-Membreno
Stephanie Perez-Gill
Toria Jones
Maria Honey
Gabriel Grady

2023-2024 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

Jorge Arellano
Andrea Fernandez Velazquez
Hemen Hosseinzadeh
Rashda Khan
Cindy Paz
Luke Parnell
Stephanie Perez-Gill
Carina Pouraryan
Amy Reid
Jesus Sanchez

2022-2023 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

Krystle Emerson
Sarah Flores
July Lam
Erika Neal
Caroline Neary
Hope Pacheco
Giovanni Rosselli
Jesus Sanchez
Alice Yang

2021 - 2022 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

Maricela Barrientos
Anneliese Bustillo
Nancy Sanger
Lan Chi Nguyen
Kirstyn Speich
Dina Padovan
Alanna Khubieh
Xaymara Garza
David Salazar
Melissa Nieto

2020 - 2021 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

Michael Ahlf
Sarah Noelle Cantu
Caitlin Deis
Kaitlyn Dempsey
Paul Durisseau
Caroline Neary
Kevin C. Nguyen
Margarita Perez Frinsco
Ellen Shaw
Elizabeth Vanessa Vasquez

2019 - 2020 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

Gillian Bautista
Candace Guy-Anzaldua
Lan Chi Nguyen
Dina Padovan
Elizabeth Wingfield

2018 - 2019 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

Lauren Abbott
Keri Myrick
Trang Phan
Hayley Brown
Esmeralda Valdez
Molly Niemczyk
Candace Guy Anzaldua

2017 - 2018 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

William Clayton
Stephanie King
Saira Nadeem
Sarah Borders
Miranda Lindsey
Sam Byrd
Michael Ahlf

2016 - 2017 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

Michael Ahlf
Amanda Anderson
Sarah Borders
Andrew Kapral
Moises Medina
Saira Nadeem
Farideh Nekoobahr
Tan Feng Pao
Trang Phan

Women & Gender Resource Center Scholarship Recipients

Aketra Bowens
Academic Advisor 2, Economics
Major: PhD Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies

Amy Reid
Director of Student Services, Galveston SBDC Bauer College of Business
Major: BA Business Management and Entrepreneurship

Carina Pouraryan
Development Associate, Medicine and Health Advancement
Major: MS Business

Lawrence Nissen
System Analyst I, Information Technology Availibility Center
Major: MS Engineering

Stephanie Eisenbaum
Program Director 2, GLOBE Program | Adjunct Faculty
Major: PhD Social Work