Financial Aid & Funding - Undergraduate Students

Financial Aid

Financial aid is administered by the UNC-Chapel Hill Office of Scholarships and Student Aid for undergraduates. Aid consists of scholarships, grants, loans, and federal work-study, awarded singly or in combination to meet a student's financial need. When a student applies for aid, he or she will be considered for all types of assistance, including special scholarships. An award generally includes the type or types of aid most appropriate to and beneficial for the individual student.

The Office of Scholarships and Student Aid gives priority for financial aid to students who submit the necessary forms by March 1 prior to a summer or academic year enrollment. An entering student should not wait for notification of admission but should file the necessary forms by the priority date. Returning students should also meet the priority date. Late applications are considered as time and resources permit.

Additional information and instructions for financial aid applications are available from the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid.

School of Education Scholarships

  • V. Mayo and Norma Melvin Bundy Scholarship - awarded to a North Carolina junior or senior with a sound academic record and a demonstrated financial need pursuing a degree in teacher education. Preference is given to students from Alamance, Bladen, Cumberland, Guilford or Rockingham counties. The award amount varies each year.
  • Frank Comfort Scholarship - awarded to an undergraduate teacher education major during his or her year of student teaching. Students should demonstrate distinguished academic achievement.
  • Robert Wendell Eaves, Sr. Scholarship - awarded by the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid to undergraduate students pursuing a degree in education. Students must demonstrate financial need.
  • Willie Hall Kennedy Scholarship - a merit-based scholarship awarded to a full-time, rising junior who has been admitted to a teacher education program in the School of Education, with particular attention given to minority or disadvantaged students from North Carolina who are not recipients of any other major North Carolina teacher-related award, $6,000 for one year. Preference is given to a student who is committed to teaching children in pre-kindergarten through high school in North Carolina.
  • Carol Mathews Peeler Scholarship - awarded to a senior teacher education major, with preference being given to middle or high school student teachers preparing to teach Social Studies or English.
  • Carole and Sam Roebuck Scholarship - awarded by the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid to a committed Education major wanting to teach or conduct educational research. Preference given to students from Bertie, Tyrrell, Camden, Gates, Chowan, Dare, Currituck, Perquimans, Pasquotank or Martin counties.
  • Dean E. Smith Scholarship - awarded to a student or students currently enrolled in the School of Education who plan to make a career as teachers in elementary/secondary schools. Students should meet all academic requirements of the school and demonstrate financial need.

Students must be nominated by a School of Education faculty member to be considered for these awards.

For more information, contact:

Office of Student Affairs
103 Peabody Hall, CB 3500
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3500
(919) 966-1346

 

Additional Sources of Funding

In addition to the financial aid administered by the UNC-Chapel Hill Office of Scholarships and Student Aid, various state agencies administer the following undergraduate awards:

Future Teachers of North Carolina Scholarship-Loan Program

College juniors and seniors seeking licensure to teach math, science, special education, or English as a second language in North Carolina’s public schools are eligible for this scholarship-loan. Recipients must agree to teach full-time in a qualifying subject area for three years within five years of graduation or be subject to repaying the funds at a 10% interest rate. The annual award is $6,500 per year for students enrolled full-time, and 150 new awards will be offered each year.

Prospective Teacher Scholarship Loan

The Prospective Teacher Scholarship Loan is a merit award of $2,500 per year for North Carolina residents who are high school seniors admitted to UNC-Chapel Hill or who are UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduates. The loan can be retired if the recipient teaches a full year in a North Carolina public school for each year the award is received. Otherwise, the loan must be repaid with interest.

Applications are available in late fall from high school counselors or from the Office of Student Affairs, those received in mid-February are given priority. This award is administered by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

To obtain further information and to confirm a definite application deadline, contact the Division of Teacher Education Services, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 301 N. Wilmington St., Raleigh, NC 27601-2825; (919) 715-1120.

North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program

The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program is open to application by any North Carolina high school senior. The program awards a $26,000 scholarship through a loan forgiveness program. Awardees receive $6,500 per year for each of their four years in college. For each year that a Teaching Fellow teaches in a North Carolina public school after graduating from college, the state forgives one fourth of the award. At the end of four years of such teaching, the $26,000 award is considered fully repaid. If the teaching obligation is not met, the award must be repaid in full, with ten percent interest per annum.

For further information, applications, and application deadlines, contact a high school guidance officer or the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Project
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Scholars

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Scholars is a scholarship program which provides financial awards to full-time students who are enrolled in Child Development degree programs in colleges and universities in North Carolina. Selected recipients will receive an award of $2000 each semester, for up to five semesters. Upon graduation, each scholar will be required to complete one year of employment in a licensed or registered child care program in North Carolina for each year of scholarship assistance.