scholarship award

Merit-based tuition funding

A scholarship award is money given to a student to help pay for education, typically based on academic achievement, athletic ability, financial need, or other criteria.

The phrase is somewhat redundant—scholarships are awards by definition—but appears in formal contexts: She received a scholarship award from the engineering department.

Often shortened to just scholarship.

Related

tuition · academic · recipient · endowment · gifted · financial aid · application · essay · letter of recommendation · acceptance letter · honor · college · university · achievement · dean · ceremony · plaque · GPA

Opposites
financial aid type/repayment obligation

scholarship awardstudent loan

Borrowed funds for tuition

loan · student debt · borrowing · subsidized loan · unsubsidized loan

basis of receipt

scholarship awardinheritance

Property received from ancestors

trust fund · parental support · nepotism · birthright · handout

financial outcome for student

scholarship awardtuition bill

Invoice for educational costs

tuition payment · student debt · student fees · cost of attendance · financial burden

Family

scholarship, award, scholar, scholarly, scholars, scholarships, awards, awarded, awarding

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G