Types of Scholarships
• The Fogarty Klein Monroe Scholarship
The scholarship is awarded annually to an outstanding student attending a Texas college. Preference is given to scholarship candidates who have a strong desire to return to the Houston area after graduation. Scholarship winners will also receive consideration for the popular FKM internship program.
• The Bill and Sharon Young Media Education Scholarships (2)
The Bill and Sharon Young Media Education Fund awards scholarships to certified sophomore, junior or senior students with evidence of attending school the following year. Students must major in a media-related field such as visual or audio arts, radio, television, film, production, broadcast journalism or new media at an accredited college or university.
• The Saurage Research Academic Distinction Scholarship
The Saurage Research Academic Distinction Scholarship is named for researcher Susan Saurage-Altenloh and warded to junior or senior undergraduates majoring in marketing, advertising or related areas. Applicants should be attending a university located in Texas or have a permanent address in the eight-county greater Houston metro area while attending a university located in Louisiana.
• The Lopez Negrete Hispanic Marketing Education Scholarship
The scholarship is awarded to certified junior or senior students from the Houston area attending eligible institutions in any location, but preference will be given to those attending classes full time at the University of Houston, St. Thomas University, Emerson College or The Florida State University. Students must have selected a major in a marketing related field such as advertising, marketing, communications, radio/TV/film production, media studies or marketing research. Applicants may be Latino or Non-Latino, but must be bilingual and focused in, or with a specific interest in, Hispanic marketing and advertising.
• The Locke Bryan Director's Scholarship Fund
The scholarship is offered to university sophomore, junior ,senior or graduate students within the AAF 10th District who have shown an interest in the television or broadcast production industry. Applicants should be majoring in a marketing or production related field such as radio/television/film production, advertising, marketing, mass communications or related areas at an accredited college or university. Prospective applicants must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA in his/her major and a 2.75 overall GPA, taking 12 hours each semester or nine hours if in graduate school. Financial need and a demonstrated commitment to our craft are also important.
• The Brett Elliott Education Fund
The scholarship will be awarded to students majoring in a marketing or communications field such as copywriting, advertising, marketing, communications, radio/television/film production, media studies or marketing research at an accredited college or university in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Applicants should possess a minimum GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in his/her major and a 2.75 overall GPA, taking a minimum of 12 hours each semester, or 9 hours for graduate school and be classified as a sophomore, junior or senior student in an undergraduate program or a graduate student with evidence of attending school the following fall or spring semester. Priority is given to students from the Houston area or having family or educational ties to the Greater Houston area. Applicants should have demonstrated a commitment to the marketing industry and indicate financial need.
• The Houston Media Classic Fund
• The AEFH Sabra Gill Fund
