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.

Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
$2,100.00 Frederick A. & Marie Jederman Scholarship
The Frederick A. and Marie Jederman Scholarship is created for students...
$2,400.00 Friends of Ted Foss Memorial Scholarship
The Friends of Ted Foss Memorial Scholarship is created for students...
$1,000.00 Gabriel and Cecilia Manrique Faculty-Led Study Abroad Scholarship
In September, 2018, the Gabriel and Cecilia Manrique Faculty-Led Study...
$750.00 Gary Evans Scholarship
The Gary Evans Scholarship is for students who have declared a major in...
$1,000.00 Gayle Goetzman-Stolpa Scholarship
In July 2019, The Gayle Goetzman-Stolpa Scholarship was established with...
$1,000.00 Gayle Olsen Graduate Nursing Scholarship
In December 2020, the Gayle Olsen Graduate Nursing Scholarship was...
$500.00 Gaylia Borror Human Advocacy and Leadership Scholarship
Dr. Gaylia Borror, Winona State University (WSU) Professor Emerita,...
$1,000.00 Gene & Diann Pflaum Mathematics Education Scholarship
In November of 2021, the Gene & Diann Pflaum Mathematics Education...
$1,500.00 George & Mary Joyce Scholarship
The George and Mary Joyce Scholarship was created for students who have...
$2,500.00 George E. Hajicek Scholarship
The George Hajicek Scholarship is created for students who have declared...
$1,400.00 Georgia Stiehl Gielau Scholarship
In July, 2019 the Georgia Stiehl Gielau Scholarship was established with...
Varies Geoscience Alumni Scholarship
The Geoscience Alumni Scholarship is created for students who are...
$2,800.00 Geraldine Ann Ryberg Memorial Physical Education Scholarship
This scholarship will provide encouragement and support to promising...
$600.00 Gerry Cichanowski Computer Science Scholarship
In January 2016, The Gerry Cichanowski Computer Science Scholarship was...
$1,000.00 Gerry Masyga Family Scholarship
In April, 2022, the Gerry Masyga Family Scholarship was established as...
$2,500.00 Gift of Teaching Scholarship
In November 2020, the Gift of Teaching Scholarship was established with...
$4,000.00 Gil Kraft Scholarship
The Gil Kraft Scholarship is created for students who have declared a...
$3,250.00 Glenn & Anita (Sundby) Anderson Scholarship
The Glen and Anita (Sundby) Anderson Scholarship is created to give...
$500.00 Glenn A, Helen Carlson Aldrich & Bruce Carlson Scholarship
The Glenn, Helen and Bruce Carlson Scholarship is for full-time junior...
$400.00 Goodson Manufacturing Scholarship
The Goodson Manufacturing Scholarship is for freshman students enrolled...
$1,700.00 Gordon Espy Scholarship
The Gordon Espy Scholarship is for full-time undergraduate students...
$2,500.00 Gordon W. Elliott Scholarship
The Gordon Elliott Scholarship is for students who have declared a major...
$1,400.00 Graduate Nursing Scholarship
The Graduate Nursing Scholarship is created to encourage and support...
$300.00 Greg Ballard Scholarship
The Greg Ballard Scholarship is for undergraduate full-time students...
$1,000.00 Guidinger Lee Family Scholarship
In September of 2024, the Guidinger Lee Family Scholarship was...
$1,000.00 Gutierrez Community Mental Health Scholarship
In December 2020, the Gutierrez Community Mental Health Scholarship was...
Varies Hamilton Family Foundation
To support student who are studying abroad in a country whose most...
$800.00 Harriet H. Choate & L.L. Brown Memorial Scholarship
Harriet H. Choate and L.L. Brown Memorial Scholarship is for sophomore,...
$5,000.00 Harriet Johnson August Scholarship
The Harriet Johnson August Scholarship was established through her...
$2,500.00 Harriet L. Green Elementary Education Scholarship
The Harriet L. Green Elementary Education Scholarship fund will provide...
$4,000.00 Heda Najmaie Annual MIS Scholarship
In October, 2021, Heda Najmaie Annual MIS Scholarship was established...
$1,600.00 Helen B. Imm Scholarship
The Helen B. Imm Scholarship is created for students majoring in...
$2,000.00 Helen Jeanne Helble Memorial Scholarship
The Helen Jeanne Helble Memorial Scholarship is created to give...
$1,100.00 Helen L. Klein Memorial Scholarship
The Helen L. Klein Memorial Scholarship is created for students who have...
$1,000.00 Helen Rose (Redig) Kirch Family Scholarship for Special Educators
In June 2020, the Helen Rose (Redig) Kirch Family Scholarship for...
$600.00 Henrietta M. Gerth Scholarship
Henrietta Gerth worked at WSU for 38 years, most of those years in the...
$500.00 Hosea L. Perry Scholarship
The Hosea L. Perry Scholarship is created for students majoring in WSU’s...
$2,000.00 Howard Munson Family Scholarship for Students in Education
Howard Munson established the Howard Munson Family Scholarship for...
$1,000.00 Industry for the Advancement of WSU Composite Materials Engineering
The Industry for the Advancement of WSU Composite Materials Engineering...
$1,000.00 International Student Success Scholarship
In December 2015, International Student Success Scholarship was...
$1,200.00 Isaac Bera Scholarship
The Isaac Bera Memorial Scholarship is created to provide assistance to...
$2,000.00 Jacqueline & Ronald Hatlevig Memorial Scholarship
The Jacqueline and Ronald Hatlevig Memorial Scholarship is created to...
$600.00 James & Celine Norman Memorial Scholarship
The James and Celine Norman Memorial Scholarship is created for students...
$3,300.00 James & Margaret Browning HERS Scholarship
The James and Margaret Browning HERS Scholarship is created for students...
$1,650.00 James & Margaret Browning Nursing Scholarship
The James and Margaret Browning Nursing Scholarship is created for...
$500.00 James & Phyllis Sands Education Scholarship
In October, 2016, The James and Phyllis Sands Education Scholarship was...
$1,500.00 James Opsahl Scholarship
The James Opsahl Scholarship is created for students majoring in the...
$3,000.00 James R. & Nancy M. Reynolds Sociology Scholarship
The James & Nancy Reynolds Scholarship is created to support students at...
$1,700.00 James R. Erickson Memorial Adult Entry Program Scholarship
The James R. Erickson Memorial Adult Entry Program Scholarship fund is...
$2,400.00 James W. & Ann Eljenholm Nichols Scholarship
The James W. and Ann Eljenholm Nichols Scholarship is created to give...