W. Owen Scott Fellowship for Academic Merit and Professional Promise

At a Glance

• Eligibility: Awarded to doctoral students

• Major: Educational Psychology

• Department: Educational Psychology

• How to apply: Applications are typically received in the spring semester through an annual call from the department’s graduate coordinator. Interested students should submit a current curriculum vita, a University of Georgia transcript, and a two-page, double-spaced letter addressed to the Owen Scott Committee. This letter should emphasize:

  • The candidate’s scholarly contributions, which may include scholarly applied work during their training at UGA
  • How the candidate would use the monetary award to support their research

• Contact us: Sycarah.fisher@uga.edu

Fund Purpose

About the Donor

This award is sponsored through the generous memorial fund donation of the William Owen Scott family through the W. Owen Scott Scholars Foundation.

Owen Scott began teaching and conducting research in the Department of Educational Psychology in 1951. Scott earned a bachelor’s degree from Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1937, a master’s degree from George Peabody College (Vanderbilt University) in 1947, and a doctoral degree from Vanderbilt in 1951.

Scott was a student advocate. Over his career, he taught thousands of graduate students and served on their thesis and dissertation committees. Scott was a member of the research, evaluation, measurement, and statistics faculty (now quantitative methodology) and retired from the department in 1983. In his spare time, he was an avid golfer.