Spring Merit & Character Awards
Spring Merit & Character (SMC) Awards celebrate the accomplishments of our hardworking students. A number of financial, merit, and character awards are presented each year. They are divided into three categories, including Application-Based, Nomination-Based, and Departmental Awards.
Freshman, sophomore, and junior families, please note that the general application for all Application-Based Awards will open on Monday, March 13, 2023. You will receive an email with a link to the online application. The deadline for this application is Friday, March 24, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Late applications will not be accepted.
Application-Based Awards
By submitting a general SMC Award application, current freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are placed into a pool to be considered for the following scholarships, each with their own unique criteria. Depending on the award, the information our scholarship committees take into account include grade level, GPA, participation in co-curriculars, financial need, character traits, and/or engagement in community service.
Scholarship committees may include faculty, staff, and/or friends of Brebeuf Jesuit who established these awards in honor of their loved ones. Once the application deadline passes, our scholarship committees begin carefully sorting through all of the student applicants’ names and placing those who qualify into all of the appropriate buckets for further consideration. Award recipients are announced towards the end of each school year.
- Compton Family Endowed Scholarship
- Fr. J. Paul O'Brien, S.J., Memorial Scholarship
- Reader's Digest Endowed Scholarship
- Daniel C. McShane Memorial Scholarship
- Stacey Hawkins Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Joe Harvey Memorial Scholarship
Compton Family Endowed Scholarship
Fr. J. Paul O'Brien, S.J., Memorial Scholarship
Reader's Digest Endowed Scholarship
Daniel C. McShane Memorial Scholarship
Stacey Hawkins Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Joe Harvey Memorial Scholarship
Nomination-Based Awards
Students may be nominated for the following awards by Brebeuf Jesuit faculty or staff members. Unless specifically noted in the description, these scholarships do not require an application process.
Departmental Awards
Individual offices or departments and their committees coordinate the selection processes for the following scholarships and awards. Unless otherwise noted in the description, these awards do not require an application or open-nomination process.
- Jonathan Ilagan Chemistry Prize
- Jonathan Ilagan Memorial Science Scholarship
- Thomas L. Fialkowski Mathematics Award
- Ignatian Math Award
- Fred B. McCashland Endowed Senior Scholarship
- Louise Haugh Poetry and Fiction Prize
- Fr. Al Bischoff, S.J., Saint of God Award
- Bob Lampert Art Award
- Joe Harvey Mental Attitude Award
- Burlsworth Character Award
- James Howard Memorial Science Scholarship
Jonathan Ilagan Chemistry Prize
Jonathan Ilagan Memorial Science Scholarship
Thomas L. Fialkowski Mathematics Award
Ignatian Math Award
Fred B. McCashland Endowed Senior Scholarship
Louise Haugh Poetry and Fiction Prize
Fr. Al Bischoff, S.J., Saint of God Award
Bob Lampert Art Award
Joe Harvey Mental Attitude Award
Burlsworth Character Award
James Howard Memorial Science Scholarship
FAQs
- What is the difference between SMC Awards and Financial Aid Scholarships?
- My student receives a merit scholarship based on their High School Placement Test score. Do they need to submit an SMC Award Application to maintain this scholarship?
- Is the SMC Award Application required for students?
- Who is eligible to complete the SMC Award Application?
- Who is NOT eligible to complete the SMC Award Application?
- When is the SMC Award Application deadline?
- Who makes up the decision committees?
- How and when will my student be notified if they received a Spring Merit or Character Award?
- If my student received an SMC Award, when will the funds be available?