As a commitment to academic excellence, the George Beadle Tuition Scholarship is awarded to high-achieving nonresident students to offset the cost of out-of-state tuition. This scholarship can only be applied to resident University of Nebraska–Lincoln tuition. This award is $15,000 toward tuition per year to help offset out-of-state tuition. In order to complete the requirements for a degree in eight semesters, a student must earn an average of 15 credit hours each semester. Scholarship recipients must enroll full-time (at least 12 UNL credit hours) during each semester of the academic year (fall and spring semesters) in order to receive the benefit. Recipients must successfully complete 24 UNL credit hours each academic year (fall and spring semesters). This is renewable upon a 2.0 GPA.