Deadline for Old Testament, New Testament, Christian Doctrine ELCEs
2022-04-30

Deadline for Greek and Hebrew ELCEs for Fall 2022 matriculation
2022-05-31

Application deadline for Presidential Award
2022-10-31, 2023-10-31
Presidential Award
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis’ Presidential Awards provide financial aid opportunity for incoming students who graduate from the colleges and universities of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (CUS) or Valparaiso University (VU), and who have who have applied to a program in Ministerial Formation at Concordia Seminary. This includes students enrolling in the Master of Divinity or Master of Arts in Deaconess Studies programs.
Awards are granted for the student’s first year at Concordia Seminary and are nonrenewable. The award is over and above any other financial aid the student will receive; receipt of this award will not affect, or be affected by, the amount of financial aid the student receives from other organizations or programs.

Applicant must be a current CUS or VU student who has applied to a program in Ministerial Formation.
Applicant must be graduating with a bachelor’s degree in the winter or spring of the current academic year.
The applicant will have studied at a CUS or VU school for a minimum of four semesters before graduating.
Applicant must receive his or her bachelor’s degree from a CUS or VU school, but not necessarily in the pre-seminary program.

Once the student applies to the Seminary, he or she will automatically be considered for the awards; all information for award consideration will come from the student’s applicant file. There is no separate application to complete. Students must submit their application to Concordia Seminary before Nov. 1 of the year prior to enrollment.

Application deadline for Regents Awards
2022-10-31, 2023-10-31
Regent Awards
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis’ Regent Awards consist of eight separate grants available to students who demonstrate great potential, and represent varying amounts of aid, including two grants covering full tuition.
Regent grants will be awarded by the Seminary’s scholarship committee, and will be automatically renewed for one pre-vicarage year and one post-vicarage year. Members of each incoming class in the Master of Divinity and Residential Alternate Route programs may be eligible for the following awards.

The Martin Scharlemann and Robert Kolb Grants
Two grants will be awarded that include full tuition for up to 45 hours per academic year. Recipients also will receive a cash stipend of $4,500, paid monthly throughout the academic year. Recipients of this aid will not be eligible for other Seminary-based financial aid; however, external awards, grants and aid, including support from a home congregation or district, are permitted and will be credited to the student’s account without reducing the grant.

The Timothy and Titus and Barnabas Grants
Two grants will be awarded that include full tuition for up to 45 hours in an academic year. Recipients of this aid will not be eligible for other Seminary-based financial aid; however, external awards, grants and aid, including support from a home congregation or district, are permitted and will be credited to the student’s account without reducing the grant.

The Urban and Rural Grants
Two grants will be awarded to candidates who competed for, but were not awarded, the previously described Regent grants. Recipients will receive an additional 25 percent discount on the published tuition rate for up to seven credit hours per academic term of the regular academic year.

The Sword of the Spirit Grants
Two grants will be awarded to candidates who competed for, but were not awarded, the previously described Regent grants. Recipients will receive $1,000 per academic year.

Scholarship deadline for Old Testament, New Testament, Christian Doctrine ELCEs for Fall 2023 matriculation
2023-02-28

RAR application deadline
2023-02-28, 2024-02-28

Application deadline for fall 2024 matriculation (all programs)
2024-02-28

Application deadline for Fall 2025 (except M.A., S.T.M. and Ph.D.)
2025-02-28
