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Ernest R. Stiefel Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Study Award 2025–2026 Application

Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most respected undergraduate honors organization in the United States, has pursued its mission of fostering and recognizing excellence in the liberal arts and sciences since 1776. The Puget Sound Association of Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1953, is open to all Phi Beta Kappa members from any chapter in the country who currently reside in the Puget Sound area. It encourages and supports excellence in education through activities and awards. Ernest R. Stiefel was a distinguished Puget Sound Association of Phi Beta Kappa Board member and long-time treasurer of the Association.
• Amount: $4,500
• Number: One award
• Deadline: February 15, 2025
Criteria
Applicants must be members of Phi Beta Kappa and enrolled in graduate or professional study at the University of Washington or the University of Puget Sound in the 2025-2026 academic year. Graduate study may be in the liberal arts, humanities, sciences, or professions. They must demonstrate financial need through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) document on file at the applicant’s current institution.
Considerations
• Social utility of applicant’s educational and career goals.
• Applicant’s work experience.
• Achieving academic success in the face of significant personal adversity, economic disadvantage or disability, if applicable. • Demonstrated financial need is a requirement and a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) must be on file at the applicant’s current institution.
Procedure
Each applicant must submit the following:
• This Ernest Stiefel Award application form. Signature on the application authorizes release of financial information. The institution will then have permission to confirm unmet financial need with the Association’s Scholarship Award Committee.
• A personal letter outlining:
1. Education and career goals
2. Statement of financial need
3. Description of the applicant’s work experience and significant personal adversity,
economic disadvantage, or disability, if applicable.
• Official transcript of college work
PSA-PBK will notify all applicants about the status of their application after May 1, 2025. Checks will be sent directly to the award recipient’s institution.
Contact Us
Questions? Email [email protected].

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Permission to release scholarship information: I consent to the release of pertinent information by the institution’s Student Financial Aid Office including academic records and my financial aid application status, budget, award and/or eligibility, to the Puget Sound Association of Phi Beta Kappa Ernest R. Stiefel Graduate Study Award Committee for the purpose of selection and conferring the Ernest R. Stiefel Graduate Study Award.

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