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Awarding over $30,000 in Scholarships

Deadline: October 16, 2024

2025-2026 BEA Scholarships in Broadcasting & Electronic Media

The Broadcast Education Association (BEA) is the premier international academic media organization, promoting insights, excellence in media production, and career advancement for educators, students, and professionals.  BEA administers scholarships annually, to honor broadcasters and the entire electronic media profession.  Scholarships are awarded to students that will be juniors, seniors and/or graduate students at BEA member institutions in the 2025-26 academic year  – unless otherwise noted in the descriptions listed below. All selected scholarship recipients also receive complimentary membership to BEA’s Honor Society, AERho.

Note: The BEA Founders Awards are for students enrolled in a BEA 2-Year member institution or graduates of 2-Year schools now enrolled in a BEA 4-Year institution. 

Before you begin the application you must create a profile with BEA.  All full-time undergraduate students attending BEA institutional members receive complimentary membership.  If you need a complimentary code, please see your faculty advisor or email  to receive the complimentary code.  If you are applying as a graduate student, please email to see if your school has graduate membership included in their membership package. BEA membership carries substantial benefits but is NOT required to apply for a BEA scholarship.

Scholarship recipients will be announced in late November, and the money will be awarded in the summer of 2025, to be applied to the 2025-2026 academic year.

QUESTIONS?  Please email BEA Scholarship Chair Pete Orlik at or email BEA staff at .

 

Available Scholarships

For study in ANY electronic MEDIA area…

VINCENT T. WASILEWSKI AWARD
One scholarship; $4,000
Sponsored by Patrick Communications
Graduate students only

PETER B. ORLIK AWARD
One scholarship; $3,500
Sponsored by the Peter B. Orlik Scholarship Endowment

RICHARD EATON FOUNDATION AWARD
One scholarship; $4,000
Sponsored by the Richard Eaton Foundation

BEA FOUNDERS AWARD
Two scholarships; $1,500 each
Sponsored by BEA
Preference given to students enrolled in a BEA 2-Year member institution or graduates of 2-Year schools now enrolled in a BEA 4-Year institution

EDWARD O. FRITTS AWARD
One scholarships; $1,000 each
Sponsored by Edward O. Fritts Scholarship Endowment

For study toward a career in RADIO / AUDIO MEDIA…

ABE VORON AWARD
Three scholarships; $3,000 each
Sponsored by the Abe Voron Committee

JOHN BAYLISS AWARD
One scholarship; $3,500
Sponsored by the John Bayliss Foundation

For research interest in BROADCAST HISTORY…

LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BROADCASTING FOUNDATION AWARD
One scholarship; $3,000
Sponsored by the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation
Graduate students only

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