It’s Your Time to Shine

Annually PRSSA and the PRSA Foundation offer many individual scholarships to help enhance your education. Whether through your academic achievement, diversity, professional ambition or desire to attend a National event, PRSSA provides the recognition and funding you’ve earned. Click on the links below to view the full application for each award.

Academic Achievement Scholarships

Daniel J. Edelman/PRSSA Award for the Outstanding Public Relations Student.Open to all PRSSA members, the Daniel J. Edelman/PRSSA Award recognizes excellence in leadership, public relations-related achievements and activities, digital presence and recommendations from faculty members and/or industry professionals.

Chester Burger Scholarship for Excellence. If you will be a graduate student studying public relations, journalism or a related field this fall with a minimum 3.0 undergraduate grade point average on a 4.0 scale, you are a candidate for the Chester Burger Scholarship for Excellence.

Ron Culp Scholarship for Mentorship. If you will be a public relations senior this fall, consider applying for the Ron Culp Scholarship for Mentorship. Winner is selected for their mentoring of others and their promotion of public relations as a career choice. 

Lawrence G. Foster Award. Open to all PRSSA members, the Lawrence G. Foster Award for Excellence in Public Relations recognizes a student who demonstrates outstanding potential as a future public relations professional.

John D. Graham Scholarship. If you will be a public relations senior this fall, you are a candidate for the John D. Graham Scholarship. Winners are selected based on their academic achievement, leadership, practical experience and overall commitment to public relations.

Stephen D. Pisinski Memorial Scholarship. If you are a junior or senior, consider applying for the Stephen D. Pisinski Memorial Scholarship, an award given each year to a deserving student with a major in public relations, journalism or communications.

Betsy Plank/PRSSA Scholarships. If you are a public relations junior and senior, consider applying for the Betsy Plank/PRSSA Scholarship, an award that honors three outstanding students and their PRSSA Faculty Advisers.

PRSA Diversity Multicultural Scholarship. If you are a talented communications student of African-American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native American, Alaskan Native or Pacific Islander ancestry who is at least junior status as of Fall 2011 and have earned a minimum 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 point scale, you are a canddate for the PRSA Diversity Multicultural Scholarship.

Marcia Silverman Minority Student Award. Recognizes a minority student heading into his or her senior year who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement as well as a commitment to public relations.

Gary Yoshimura Scholarship. If you need financial assistance to complete your education in public relations, apply for the Gary Yoshimura Scholarship. The award is given to students needing outside help to finish school.

Internship Awards

Altschul Champions for PRSSA Outstanding Internship Award. If you’ve had a great internship experience, consider applying for the Altschul Champions for PRSSA Outstanding Internship Award. This award honors a student, and their internship provider, who has achieved outstanding success in a public relations internship.

PRSA/PRSSA Internship Program. If you’re looking for an exciting summer internship that offers hands-on experience, apply for the PRSA/PRSSA Summer Internship Program. The winner receives the opportunity to complete a 12-week paid internship at PRSA/PRSSA national headquarters in New York City.

Conference Registration Awards

PRSA Health Academy Grant. Open to PRSSA members with an interest in health care public relations, the PRSA Health Academy Grant pays for one student to attend the PRSSA National Conference and the Health Academy Session at PRSA’s International Conference.

PRSA Public Affairs & Government Section Grant. Open to PRSSA members with an interest in government public relations, the PRSA Public Affairs & Government Section Grant pays for one student to attend the PRSSA National Conference and the Public Affairs & Government Section session at PRSA’s International Conference.