All Opportunities
Welcome to the Winona State University Foundation Scholarship website! The scholarships listed below are offered through the Winona State University Foundation.
Once you have completed the required questions on the General Application, proceed with the optional questions. Many of these questions are used to determine your eligibility for additional WSU Foundation Scholarships.
Your application will be submitted automatically to all scholarships that you are eligible for based on all of your answers in the General Application. You do not need to search for scholarships and apply to them individually.
Scholarship Application Dates
The majority of scholarship application dates are as follows for the 2026-2027 academic year, unless otherwise noted:
Incoming Freshmen Only:
Application Start Date: 11/1/2025
Application Deadline: 12/1/2025
ALL students (including incoming Freshmen) who will be enrolled for 2026/27
Application Start Date: 1/1/2026
Application Deadline: 2/15/2025
NOTE: Incoming freshmen who completed an application during the first application period do not need to submit another application for the second application period.
If you are offered a scholarship, you will be notified via email.
Email wsuscholarships@winona.edu with any questions.
| Award | Name | Actions |
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| Varies |
Hamilton Family Foundation
To support student who are studying abroad in a country whose most...
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| $800.00 |
Harriet H. Choate & L.L. Brown Memorial Scholarship
Harriet H. Choate and L.L. Brown Memorial Scholarship is for sophomore,...
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| $5,000.00 |
Harriet Johnson August Scholarship
The Harriet Johnson August Scholarship was established through her...
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| $2,500.00 |
Harriet L. Green Elementary Education Scholarship
The Harriet L. Green Elementary Education Scholarship fund will provide...
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| $4,000.00 |
Heda Najmaie Annual MIS Scholarship
In October, 2021, Heda Najmaie Annual MIS Scholarship was established...
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| $1,600.00 |
Helen B. Imm Scholarship
The Helen B. Imm Scholarship is created for students majoring in...
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| $2,000.00 |
Helen Jeanne Helble Memorial Scholarship
The Helen Jeanne Helble Memorial Scholarship is created to give...
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| $1,100.00 |
Helen L. Klein Memorial Scholarship
The Helen L. Klein Memorial Scholarship is created for students who have...
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| $1,000.00 |
Helen Rose (Redig) Kirch Family Scholarship for Special Educators
In June 2020, the Helen Rose (Redig) Kirch Family Scholarship for...
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| $600.00 |
Henrietta M. Gerth Scholarship
Henrietta Gerth worked at WSU for 38 years, most of those years in the...
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| $500.00 |
Hosea L. Perry Scholarship
The Hosea L. Perry Scholarship is created for students majoring in WSU’s...
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| $2,000.00 |
Howard Munson Family Scholarship for Students in Education
Howard Munson established the Howard Munson Family Scholarship for...
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| $1,000.00 |
Industry for the Advancement of WSU Composite Materials Engineering
The Industry for the Advancement of WSU Composite Materials Engineering...
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| $1,000.00 |
International Student Success Scholarship
In December 2015, International Student Success Scholarship was...
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| $1,200.00 |
Isaac Bera Scholarship
The Isaac Bera Memorial Scholarship is created to provide assistance to...
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| $2,000.00 |
Jacqueline & Ronald Hatlevig Memorial Scholarship
The Jacqueline and Ronald Hatlevig Memorial Scholarship is created to...
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| $600.00 |
James & Celine Norman Memorial Scholarship
The James and Celine Norman Memorial Scholarship is created for students...
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| $3,300.00 |
James & Margaret Browning HERS Scholarship
The James and Margaret Browning HERS Scholarship is created for students...
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| $1,650.00 |
James & Margaret Browning Nursing Scholarship
The James and Margaret Browning Nursing Scholarship is created for...
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| $500.00 |
James & Phyllis Sands Education Scholarship
In October, 2016, The James and Phyllis Sands Education Scholarship was...
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| $1,500.00 |
James Opsahl Scholarship
The James Opsahl Scholarship is created for students majoring in the...
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| $3,000.00 |
James R. & Nancy M. Reynolds Sociology Scholarship
The James & Nancy Reynolds Scholarship is created to support students at...
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| $1,700.00 |
James R. Erickson Memorial Adult Entry Program Scholarship
The James R. Erickson Memorial Adult Entry Program Scholarship fund is...
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| $2,400.00 |
James W. & Ann Eljenholm Nichols Scholarship
The James W. and Ann Eljenholm Nichols Scholarship is created to give...
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| $1,000.00 |
Jamie Ann Meyers Scholarship
In September 2022, the Jamie Ann Meyers scholarship was established with...
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| $1,000.00 |
Jane and Howard Bicker Scholarship through the Bentson Foundation
In September, 2020 , Jane and Howard Bicker Scholarship through the...
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| Varies |
Janet & Robert Wilke RN Completion Nursing Scholarship
In September 2014, Janet Wilke established the Janet and Robert Wilke RN...
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| $1,000.00 |
Janis Margaret Meyer Strawmatt Scholarship
In December 2019, the Janis Margaret Meyer Strawmatt Scholarship was...
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| $2,000.00 |
Jean Knutzen Science Scholarship
In February, 2024, The Jean Knutzen Scholarship Fund was established...
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| $2,000.00 |
Jean Talbot Scholarship
The Jean Talbot Scholarship is created for students who have declared a...
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| $4,000.00 |
Jeanette & Arnold Bergler Scholarship
The Jeanette & Arnold Bergler Scholarship is for undergraduate junior or...
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| $1,000.00 |
Jeff & Alison Kusch Accounting Scholarship
In November 2018, The Jeff & Alison Kusch Accounting Scholarship was...
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| $1,000.00 |
Jennifer Nesler/ACJA Scholarship
The Jennifer Nesler/ACJA Scholarship is created for students who have...
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| $1,200.00 |
Jerome R. & Joanne T. Dempsey Memorial Scholarship
The family of Jerome and Joanne Dempsey established the Jerome R. and...
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| $1,000.00 |
Jerry & Jo Stejskal Nursing Scholarship
The Jerry & Jo Stejskal Nursing Scholarship is created to provide...
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| $1,600.00 |
Jerry & Marlene Mensink Elementary Education Scholarship
The Jerry and Marlene Mensink Elementary Education Scholarship is...
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| $4,000.00 |
Jerry & Pat Papenfuss Community Service Scholarship
The Jerry & Pat Papenfuss Community Service Scholarship is created to...
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| $2,700.00 |
Jerry Witt Scholarship
The Jerry Witt Scholarship is created for students who have declared a...
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| $1,000.00 |
Jessie Kaiser Scholarship
The Jessie Kaiser Scholarship is created for undergraduate junior or...
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| $5,000.00 |
Jestus Family Scholarship
The Jestus Family Scholarship is created for students who have declared...
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| $3,000.00 |
Jim & Caron Nissen College of Business Scholarship
Jim and Caron Nissen established the Jim and Caron Nissen College of...
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| $1,400.00 |
Jo Stejskal Scholarship for Leadership & Caring in Nursing
The Jo Stejskal Scholarship for Leadership and Caring in Nursing was...
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| $2,000.00 |
Joan Kangel Madland Memorial Scholarship
The Joan Kangel Madland Memorial Scholarship was created in honor of...
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| $2,000.00 |
Joe & Gladys Emanuel Scholarship
The Joseph P. & Gladys M. Emanuel Scholarship is created to encourage...
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| $700.00 |
John & Edna Fuller Scholarship
The John and Edna Fuller Scholarship is for students who have declared a...
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| $600.00 |
John M. & Ruth E. Koenig Kamin Memorial Scholarship
The John M. and Ruth E. Koenig Kamin Memorial Scholarship was created to...
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| $1,500.00 |
Jokela Family Scholarship
In December 2023, the Jokela Family Scholarship was established with the...
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| $1,500.00 |
Joseph J. Cieminski Family for the Gertrude Finch Scholarship
Joseph J. Cieminski Family for the Gertrude Finch Scholarship is created...
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| $1,000.00 |
Joshua James Downey Scholarship
In March, 2024, the Joshua James Downey Scholarship was established with...
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| $2,500.00 |
Joyce Bergquist (Anderson) Memorial Scholarship
In September of 2024 the Joyce Bergquist (Anderson) Scholarship was...
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