Scholarship Enhancements are awarded to eligible students majoring in approved mathematics and science programs beginning in their second/sophomore year based on their date of initial college enrollment (freshman are not eligible for Enhancement funds). LIFE and Palmetto Fellows Scholarship and Scholarship Enhancements funds must be used toward the cost-of-attendance at an eligible four-year institution in South Carolina.
The following majors & courses (with these suffix’s) are approved majors at Furman University for the STEM Enhancement:
Award Amount for LIFE Scholarship Enhancement:
Award amount for Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Enhancement:
Note: The LIFE or Palmetto Fellows Enhancement Scholarship in combination with all other scholarships and grants may not exceed the cost of attendance as defined by Title IV regulations. These particular scholarships are considered the last gift aid on an award offer and will be reduced first after all self-help (Federal, private loans, and/or Federal work study) has been reduced and cancelled.
Palmetto Fellows and LIFE Scholarship Enhancements are added each fall at the conclusion of the restricted add/drop deadline. Please check the academic calendar to ensure you have met all requirements and declared your major by this particular date. There is no application process as the Office of Financial Aid will determine eligibility.
In order to maintain the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Enhancement, Palmetto Fellows must continue to declare an approved major, meet the institution’s criteria for satisfactory academic progress in that major and meet all continued eligibility requirements for the underlying Palmetto Fellows Scholarship.
If the continued eligibility requirements are not maintained, you forfeit continued participation and Enhancement funding will be discontinued. You may still receive the underlying Palmetto Fellows Scholarship if you have maintained eligibility. If you also lose eligibility for the underlying Palmetto Fellows Scholarship, you may submit an appeal by the October deadline if a legitimate extenuating circumstance affected your ability to meet the renewal requirements. However, students are not eligible to appeal solely for loss of their Enhancement funds.