Martha and Robert Atherton Ministerial Scholarship
This scholarship is being offered by Martha and Robert Atherton Ministerial Scholarship. Learn more about the scholarship and the requirements below!
Amount available
Open Date
Feb 15, 2026
Application deadline
Apr 15, 2026
Eligibility Requirements
- Minimum GPA:
- Education level: N/A
- Application form required: Yes
- Drivers license required: No
- Financial analysis required: Yes
- Test scores required: No
- Transcript required: No
- Essay required: Yes
- Merit-based: Yes
- Need-based: Yes
- Recommendation required: Yes
- Religious based: Yes
- Graduate: Yes
- International: Yes
- Autobiography required: Yes
- Resume required: Yes
- Special Requirements: Yes
About Scholarship
The Martha and Robert Atherton Ministerial Scholarship is designed to provide financial assistance to promising ministerial students in their 2nd or 3rd year of seminary who have already proven their capabilities. This scholarship is awarded to individuals who respect hard work as a foundation of a full life and appreciate the freedom, political system, and philosophical underpinnings of our country. The Ministerial Credentialing Office has limited scholarship funds available to students enrolled in a Masters of Divinity degree program leading to fellowship as a Unitarian Universalist (UU) minister. Aspirant or Candidate status is required. Applicants for financial aid are automatically considered for scholarships and no additional material is required, except where noted. In addition, priority is given to those grantees that have demonstrated outstanding ministerial ability secondarily to students with the greatest financial need, especially those who hold historically marginalized identities. Grantees will be primarily citizens of the United States and Canada, and if they continue to excel in both academic and social performance may be eligible for additional scholarships. Please have a Unitarian Universalist minister in full fellowship (not a faculty member from your theological school) and your faculty advisor or other faculty member (where you are currently a student) fill out a recommendation letter form. If the applicant is no longer a student, they must have an advisor or faculty member from their seminary submit the recommendation form. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Unitarian Universalist Association for more information.
Offered by: Unitarian Universalist Association
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