scholarship
Merit-based educational funding
Scholarship is the pursuit of knowledge through serious study and research, or the body of work produced by such effort: Her scholarship on medieval history is widely cited.
A scholarship is also financial aid awarded to students, typically based on academic merit or need: She won a full scholarship to the university.
The word carries connotations of rigor and intellectual achievement.
Mutual goodwill among companions
- grantBestow or award money
- bursaryEducational financial award
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- stipendFixed regular payment
tuition · award · recipient · applicant · merit-based · need-based · partial · renewable
Systematic fact-finding effort
- publicationIssued written material
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- journalRecord of daily events
citation · methodology · monograph · treatise · analysis · inquiry · rigor · expertise
Understood facts and skills
- eruditionExtensive scholarly knowledge
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- understandingMental comprehension of something
comprehension · mastery · proficiency · expertise · cultivation · enlightenment · studiousness · learnedness
Deserved praise-worthiness
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- honorsRecognition for achievement
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
GPA · recognition · commendation · accolade · achievement · aptitude · diligence · talent
Formal request document
- eligibilityState of meeting criteria
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- interviewFormal questioning session
selection · committee · criteria · qualification · recommendation · transcript · portfolio · exchange
fellowship
Mutual goodwill among companions
stipend · tuition · award · recipient · applicant · merit-based · need-based · partial · renewable · donor
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- publicationIssued written material
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
journal · citation · methodology · monograph · treatise · analysis · inquiry · rigor · expertise · erudition
knowledge
Understood facts and skills
- eruditionExtensive scholarly knowledge
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
understanding · comprehension · mastery · proficiency · expertise · cultivation · enlightenment · studiousness · learnedness · inquiry
merit
Deserved praise-worthiness
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- honorsRecognition for achievement
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
valedictorian · GPA · recognition · commendation · accolade · achievement · aptitude · diligence · talent
application
Formal request document
- eligibilityState of meeting criteria
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- essayShort argumentative prose work
interview · selection · committee · criteria · qualification · recommendation · transcript · portfolio · exchange · internship
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- school lifeteacher, classroom, homework, grades, exams
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- college lifefreshman, freshman year, sophomore, junior, classes
- college sportscollege athletics, college basketball, college football, college baseball, NCAA
- college termsuniversity, community college, fall semester, spring semester, liberal arts college
scholarshipignorance
Absence of knowledge
illiteracy · anti-intellectualism · philistinism · stupidity · illiterateness
scholarshiploan
Borrowed money repaid later
student loan · debt · tuition payment · borrowed money · self-funding
scholarshippseudoscience
Bogus methodology posing as factual
quackery · superstition · dogma · folk wisdom · hearsay
- college scholarshipsMoney awarded for education
- athletic scholarshipTuition aid for competitors
- sports scholarshipsUniversity funding for athletes
- scholarship offerFunded admission proposal
- university scholarshipsFunds awarded for higher education
- scholarship essayWritten piece for funding