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Simply enroll in Academic Works, fill out the general scholarship application and the application for your college, and watch as all the scholarships you’re qualified for are populated on your screen.

How to enroll and apply:

  1. Go to Academic Works and sign in using your UMass NetID and password.
  2. Complete the General Application. Once you do this, you will see all the scholarships you qualify for and any supplemental applications for your major(s). Completing the supplemental applications will qualify you for additional scholarships.
  3. Click on a scholarship link and upload supplementary documents (resumes, letters from faculty, etc., depending on the award).
  4. Submit your application and see your dashboard, which shows you the status of any pending and submitted applications.

If you have questions, please email @email.

General Journalism Scholarships

Specialty Journalism Scholarships/Awards

Internship Awards

Additional Resources

The College of Social & Behavioral Sciences offers many additional scholarships for our students. You can learn more about them and learn how write a winning scholarship application.

2025 Journalism scholarship winners

Headshots of the 14 journalism scholarship winners.
Scholarship winners, left to right: (Top) Anthony Buscarino, Melanie Guilderson, Erineah Quan, Ella Swinnerton, Julia Francis; (Middle) Liesel Nygard, Anna Carpinelli, Malik Pettiford, Bella Astrofsky, Dean Wendel; (Bottom) Grace Chai, Luke Macannuco, Samantha Brennan, Tymothy Brown