The purpose of the Alma J. Murphy Scholarship Fund is to offer financial assistance for tuition and other educational expenses to female students who are formally admitted into a degree-seeking program at the University of Alaska Anchorage and demonstrate financial need.

Award amount is a minimum $500 per academic year

Qualifications:

• Applicant must be female.
• Applicant should demonstrate motivation, academic and leadership potential.
• Applicant must demonstrate a commitment to their community.
• Applicants must be in good academic standing with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 for undergraduate and 3.0 for graduate.
• Applicant must be formally admitted into an undergraduate, graduate, certificate, and/or vocational degree-seeking program at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
• Applicant must plan on enrolling at least half-time (six (6) credits for undergraduate or (five (5) credits for graduate) at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
• Applicant may be an incoming or continuing student at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
• Applicant may be a U.S. citizen, non-U.S. citizen, Alaska resident, or out-of-state resident.
• Applicant must be able to demonstrate financial need.
• Applicant must be enrolled in the semester for which the award is made.