SFA Financial Aid

SFA has hundreds of scholarships available to new and returning students. Some scholarships are based on merit, while others have a need-based, as well as merit, criteria.

Grants in the College of Sciences and Mathematics

Eligible students may receive up to $4,000 per year in grants to support their studies.

Awards in the College of Sciences and Mathematics

      Goethe-Miller College of Sciences and Mathematics Annual Award

This is an annual award to an outstanding senior major in the College of Sciences and Mathematics. C.M. Goethe of Sacramento, California, E. L. Miller, former Dean of the Stephen F. Austin State University College of Sciences and Mathematics, and others have contributed to the fund. The recipient is selected by the Dean of the College and the Academic Vice President, upon the recommendations of the College1s department chair. Each department chair presents to the Dean of the College on March 1 the name of the outstanding senior who is a major in the department, giving primary consideration to scholarship, personal qualifications, and dedication to professional goals. Only those planning to pursue graduate programs in the sciences and mathematics are considered. To be eligible for consideration a student must have completed at least 100 semester hours on the SFA campus. Grades completed elsewhere are not considered and in the case of repeated courses on the SFA campus, all grades for such courses are included in the computation.