BA in Economics
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Program Scholarships
Economics Fellowships support fellowships for economics students.
Economics Scholarships recipient will be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student majoring in economics, will qualify on basis of merit and/or need, and may be an in-state or out-of-state student. The scholarship is renewable, subject to the availability of funds. For scholarship renewal, the recipient must continue to meet the criteria above.
The Howard Ruben Bloch Endowed Scholarship and Award was established in 2001 in memory of Howard R. Bloch by his wife, Doris Bloch, and others, to honor his legacy of commitment to teaching and dedication to his students and the George Mason community. Bloch was a faculty member and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Economics. Scholarship and award recipients must be enrolled full time, must be pursuing a bachelor's degree in economics, may be in-state or out-of-state residents, and will qualify on the basis of academic merit and financial need. This scholarship is renewable. Current students may apply for this scholarship and many other scholarships through the Office of Financial Aid's Academic Works portal.
The Randolph and Lucy Church Scholarship Endowment was established in 2006 by Randolph W. Church Jr. and Lucy C. Church, ’81, MPA ’86, to attract outstanding students majoring in English, history, modern languages, philosophy, psychology, political sciences, humanities, or economics. Mr. Church, an attorney, is a former rector of the Board of Visitors and former trustee of the George Mason University Foundation. Mrs. Church, a former trustee of the foundation and a former faculty member, is an alum of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Recipient must:
- Be an incoming freshman with a minimum high school GPA of 3.5 and a strong record of scholastic achievement in college preparatory courses
- Be a full-time undergraduate student
- Be a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia
- Show unusual promise of superior scholastic achievement in the opinion of the college dean
- Major in one of the following: English, history, modern languages philosophy, psychology, or economics
The Ed and Sally Bedsworth Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established in 2022 by Edmund Bedsworth Jr. to provide scholarship support to eligible undergraduate students majoring in economics based on financial need. Students may be full-time or part-time and must be in-state students with a minimum GPA of 3.0. This scholarship is renewable.
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