The PIKE U Scholarship Program is a vital component of PIKE U. The scholarship program provides direct support for Pi Kappa Alpha chapters and provisional chapters to encourage participation in PIKE U events.
Each chapter and provisional chapter has a scholarship account to help offset registration costs for PIKE U events (Leadership Summits, The Academy, Chapter Executive Conference, and Convention).
PIKE U Scholarship Funds
The following funds are available to assist your chapter in bringing brothers to Pike University events such as Chapter Executives Conference, Leadership Summits, Convention, and The Academy.
**Scholarship fund balances for the 2025–26 year will be updated in early August. For current balance inquiries, email pikeuniversity@pikes.org.
Claiming Scholarships
Claiming PIKE U scholarship funds is simple! When registering for a PIKE U event, just select “yes” when asked if you’d like to use your PIKE U scholarship funds. The PIKE U team will take care of the rest!
Contact the PIKE University team at pikeuniversity@pikes.org for more information.
How to Earn Scholarships & Build your Chapter Endowment Fund
There are three ways to earn and build funds in your scholarship account to attend PIKE U events:
Attend PIKE U Events
Chapters that meet the minimum attendance levels set for each PIKE U event will earn $1,000 in their PIKE U scholarship fund on July 1 of each year. The attendance level set per the Fraternity Standards are as follows:
- (3) Three to The Leadership Academy
- (5) Five to a Regional Leadership Summit
- (3) Three to the Chapter Executives Conference
Build Chapter Endowment Fund
The PIKE Foundation maintains an endowment account for each chapter. After an account reaches $10,000 in donations, members of that chapter may receive an annual grant to their scholarship account, based on a percentage of the account balance to attend Pike U events. Note: An endowment is a fixed amount of money that earns interest and provides a distribution from the interest earned. The corpus will grow over time with contributions and positive market returns resulting in a larger distribution amount, but the distribution is a percentage of the corpus.
There are three ways to grow your chapter’s endowment fund:
- Ask all student members to join φφκα.
- Encourage alumni to make a designated tax-deductible gift to the PIKE Foundation for your Chapter Endowment Fund.
- Encourage parents and grandparents to make a designated tax-deductible gift to the PIKE Foundation for your Chapter Endowment Fund.
Earn International Awards
Many of the International Awards include merit-based PIKE U scholarship money. NOTE: Scholarship Amounts are subject to change.
- Smythe Award – $250
- Orians Excellence Award – $100
- Harvey T. Newell Award – $100
- Overall Best Health & Safety Award – $1,500
- Most Improved Health & Safety Award – $1,500