All Opportunities

The Golden Opportunities Scholarship and Competitive Programs Application System (GO System) is the hub for all scholarships at The University of Southern Mississippi. It houses a variety of scholarship opportunities for incoming and continuing students (both undergraduate and graduate). Over 900 scholarships, including opportunities for USM Foundation Scholarships, Freshman and Transfer Academic and Designation-Based scholarships, the Luckyday Scholars Program, Honors College Incoming Freshman Admission and Scholarships, and academic/interest awards.

Note that students must be admitted to the university in order to access the scholarship portal.

Step 1: To begin applying for and accepting scholarships, students must sign in with their Campus ID (Wxxxxxx) and SOAR password.

Step 2: Complete and submit the general application. A green check mark means you have successfully submitted the application.

Automatch Scholarships: Once you complete your General Application, you will be matched with scholarships for which you immediately qualify. All students who qualify will be auto-matched to these opportunities. Qualifying does not guarantee you will receive a scholarship. If awarded, students will receive an email to their USM email account requesting they log in and accept their award. Automatch scholarships will appear with “None” listed under the “Action” column, which means an additional application is not required for consideration. The “Deadline” column indicates the deadline to complete the application to receive consideration. This is not the deadline to accept the award.

Award Amount: The number and award amount of scholarships are for general information purposes only and should not be considered a guarantee of what you will receive if selected. Actual award amounts vary based on students’ individual eligibility, funds available and other factors.

Step 3: To see a list of all scholarships administered in the GO System, click the “Opportunities” tab at the top of the page, then select the All drop-down link to view and/or apply for additional scholarships that may apply to you. This list shows all scholarships in the GO System., so please note you may not qualify for all scholarships listed.

If there is an apply to button, then there may be additional application materials required. All of these apply-to awards will show up under your Recommended tab to ensure you are able to view these options if applicable.

Step 4: Check your USM email address throughout the year for University scholarship offers and instructions on how to accept.

Step 5: If offered a scholarship, accept the scholarship in GO and complete additional post-acceptance steps (if applicable).
The post-acceptance step is simply a thank-you note to the donor that must be submitted on your behalf.

Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
Varies	Lisa Goodwin Memorial Annual Nursing Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to an undergraduate...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Liz Corso Joachim and Jack Joachim, Jr. Marine Biology Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a student majoring...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Lois Arender Drain Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to provide a scholarship to a student...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Lora Jean Hillman Allgood Scholarship FFE Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a student majoring...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Lorena Bessey Mangin Music Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a full-time,...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Lou Ann and Louis Poynter Eagle Scholars Accounting Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a full-time...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Louis Gertler Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to provide an annual scholarship to a...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Louise M. Hawkins Education Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a capable and...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Louise M. Hawkins Nursing Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a capable and...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Louise Moss Davis Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a worthy student...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Lowery A. Woodall Medical Laboratory Science Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to provide a scholarship to a student...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Lowery A. Woodall Nursing Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to provide a Nursing student with a...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Lowery Woodall Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to provide a scholarship to students in the...	Deadline03/01/2026
$0.00	Luckyday Mentor Application Please fill out this application if you are interested in serving as a...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Luther and Myrtis Flurry Endowed Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to award an endowed scholarship to a...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Lynn and Beverly Bullock Mass Communication and Journalism Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to provide a scholarship with preference to...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Lynn B. McMahan Gerontology Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to provide a scholarship to an outstanding...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Lynn Cook Hartwig - Hattiesburg Clinic Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award scholarships to three part-time or...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Lynn Purnell Hagan Social Work Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a student majoring...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	M. Ashley DuBoise Photography Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to provide a scholarship to a full-time...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	M. Ashley DuBoise Scholarship Endowment in Jazz Studies The purpose of this fund is to provide a scholarship primarily intended...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	M. M. Roberts Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to award an undergraduate scholarship to a...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	M.C. Hamilton, Jr. Endowment The purpose of this fund is to provide awards to one man selected as the...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Mabel Ve. Shannon Silver Memorial Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to provide scholarships to capable and...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Madie Peden Light Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to provide an annual scholarship to a...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Major General Rexford H. Dettre, Jr. Duty-Honor-Country Annual Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to provide a one-time scholarship for an...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Marc Moses Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award one scholarship to a member of the...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Marcia C. and Lewis J. Mayard Endowment in the Arts The purpose of this fund is to provide a scholarship for a worthy and...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Margaret and Warren Dunn Pride Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to provide an incoming freshman who...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Margaret McCarthy Scholarship Endowment - Dietetics The purpose of this fund is to award scholarships to students in Hotel...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Margaret McCarthy Scholarship Endowment - Hotel and Restaurant Administration The purpose of this fund is to award scholarships to students in...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Margaret Wilson Luce/Mississippi Export Railroad Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to provide a scholarship to a student in the...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Marion Fuller Davis Endowed Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to provide a scholarship to a student with...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Mark C. Applewhite Memorial Nursing Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to award one or more scholarships to native...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Mark C. Applewhite Memorial Nutrition Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to award one or more scholarships to native...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Mark Cook Memorial Sigma Alpha Epsilon Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a student who is a...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Mark James Goerss Memorial Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to an undergraduate...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Marsha Kelly Memorial Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a junior or senior...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Marshal Rayburn Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a deserving...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Marshall Durbin Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to provide scholarship funds to capable and...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Martha and Noobar Odjakjian Memorial Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to provide a scholarship to a student who is...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Martha Boland Bryon and Betty Boland Baker Education Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a student majoring...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Martha Faye McIntosh Albert Art Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a freshman...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Martha Tatum Theatre Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to provide scholarship funds to a capable...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Marti Jahnke Criminal Justice Memorial Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a student majoring...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Marvin and Betty Reuben Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to provide a scholarship to an outstanding...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Marvin and Willie Maud Early College of Business and Economic Development Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to an incoming...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Mary Alice Ross Martin Annual Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a student majoring...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Mary Anne Wallace Memorial Scholarship Endowment The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a student with...	Deadline03/01/2026
Varies	Mary Bess Matthews Memorial Orchestral Annual Scholarship The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a student with...	Deadline03/01/2026

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