Duke University Merit Scholarships (A.B. Duke, B.N. Duke, Alumni Endowed, Trinity, University)

Duke offers merit scholarships to incoming first-year students through the Office of University Scholars and Fellows. They cover tuition, mandatory fees, room and board for four years of full-time undergraduate study. Each scholarship has a faculty director and a scholar community with enrichment funds for research, internships, service and creative projects.

The scholarships are: Alumni Endowed (outstanding achievement by children or grandchildren of Duke alumni with some financial need), Angier B. Duke (intellectual accomplishment and academic leadership potential; includes a no-cost summer at Oxford University before sophomore year), Benjamin N. Duke (students from North or South Carolina), Trinity (students from specified areas of North and South Carolina; some require financial need) and University (interdisciplinary research; financial need required). Many are tied to U.S. residence or family connection, so international applicants should note the Karsh International Scholarship.