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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
150% for eight semesters
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The Russell M. Nelson Scholarship is the most prestigious scholarship offered at Brigham Young University. Recipients are among the most academically gifted students who enter the university. However, the scholarship is not awarded on academic merit alone.
Benefits
They select 50 new entering freshman students each year to receive this award, which is valued at 150% of Latter-day Saint tuition for eight semesters.
Eligibility
- The scholarship is not awarded on academic merit alone.
- Recipients must also demonstrate the highest standards of character, leadership, integrity, testimony, devotion to the Church, and modesty in word, action, dress, and grooming, thereby modeling the values outlined in the For the Strength of Youth pamphlet.
- Applicants should complete the essay portion of the regular scholarship application.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United States
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
01 Feb 2027
Applicants should complete the essay portion of the regular scholarship application.
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