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Departmental Scholarships

John Ed Allen Scholarship Graduate Scholarship

Eligibility
The applicant must be a new or continuing graduate student in mathematics at UNT.

Amount
Scholarships will be awarded in amounts ranging from $500 to $1000. Recipients will receive half of the award early in the Fall semester and the other half in the Spring semester contingent upon satisfactory performance in the Fall semester.

Criteria
Applicant must be a current or future UNT student with plans for a career in the Mathematical sciences. Recipients must have demonstrated academic excellence in mathematics and show strong potential for completing graduate school and a successful career in mathematics. Formal course work, independent study, state and national exams, mathematics competitions, etc. will be considered when making the scholarship award.

Applications must include the following:

  1. Name
  2. Permanent Address
  3. Present Address
  4. Telephone Number
  5. Social Security Number
  6. A one-page statement describing your background in mathematics, a statement of why you study mathematics, and your plans for a career in some field of mathematics
  7. Two letters of recommendation, at least one from a mathematics professor
  8. Official transcripts or other records which show courses studied and grades earned

Additional material may be submitted to help the scholarship committee determine the level of academic excellence attained by the applicant and the potential of the applicant in mathematics.

Review of scholarship applications by the Scholarship Committee will begin March 1. Applications received after this date may also be considered.

Send applications and supporting material to:

Scholarship Committee
Department of Mathematics
P.O. Box 311430
University of North Texas
Denton, TX 76203-1430

Telephone: (940)565-2155
email: mathchair@unt.edu