UConn· Renewal Rules
Keeping UConn’s Merit Aid for Four Years
What the financial-aid office actually requires after freshman year: minimum GPA, credit-hour pace, and the cliffs that quietly downgrade families mid-degree.
At a glance
- Renewable tiers
- 9 of 9
- One-time tiers
- 0
- Tiers with published renewal terms
- 9
- Renewal risk profile
- low
Renewal risk profile
UConn's published renewal rules cluster around a 3.0 floor with no major-GPA gating, which is survivable for the typical freshman with steady study habits. The risk is non-renewal due to enrollment status (dropping below full-time), not GPA.
- Presidential Scholars Award: See notes
- Academic Excellence Scholarship: See notes
- Husky Achievement Award: See notes
- Leadership Scholarship: See notes
- STEM Scholarship: See notes
- UConn Award: See notes
- Stamps Scholarship: See notes
- Nutmeg Scholarship: See notes
- Day of Pride Scholarship: See notes
Renewal terms by tier
Presidential Scholars Award
Fixed annual award plus a $2,500 Enrichment AwardTo keep it: Renewable for four years (8 semesters) with continued academic eligibility.
Academic Excellence Scholarship
Fixed annual amount (not publicly disclosed)To keep it: Renewable for four years with continued academic eligibility.
Husky Achievement Award
Fixed annual amount (not publicly disclosed)To keep it: Renewable for four years.
Leadership Scholarship
Fixed annual amount (not publicly disclosed)To keep it: Renewable for four years.
STEM Scholarship
Fixed annual amount (not publicly disclosed)To keep it: Renewable for four years.
UConn Award
Fixed annual amount (not publicly disclosed)To keep it: Renewable for four years.
Stamps Scholarship
Full cost of attendance plus a $12,000 enrichment awardTo keep it: Four-year (eight-semester) award with continued academic and program eligibility.
Nutmeg Scholarship
Full Scholarship (Includes direct and indirect cost of attendance)To keep it: Renewable per program terms; verify in award letter.
Day of Pride Scholarship
Full Scholarship (Includes direct and indirect cost of attendance)To keep it: Renewable per program terms; verify in award letter.
Renewal questions families ask
- What does the Stamps Scholarship at UConn cover?
- Full cost of attendance (direct and indirect) PLUS a $12,000 enrichment award for four years, restricted to Storrs campus students. The enrichment fund is the key differentiator — it pays for research, conferences, study abroad, and leadership programming beyond classroom costs.
How UConn compares across our verified dataset
- 133 of 150 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
UConn is one of them. The cohort minority (17 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.
Sources used on this page
Every renewal claim is checked against UConn’s own published materials.
More on UConn merit aid
- UConn merit aid overviewFull tier ladder, named scholarships, departmental awards, and how families decide.
- UConn scholarship stackingWhether outside awards land as upside or quietly displace institutional aid.
- Does UConn displace outside scholarships?The dollar math on a $5,000 outside award, plus peer schools that handle it differently.