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Ricco Ethics Scholarship
Ricco Ethics Scholarship Application Submission
Ricco Ethics Awards Guidelines (2025-26)
Case study topic is included in the guidelines)
Nicholas D. and Anna G. Ricco, longtime friends of the University of North Texas provided a generous gift to endow the Ricco Ethics Scholarship Competition in 2011. It is open to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of North Texas who meet the eligibility requirements specified in the guidelines found below.
The ethics competition was created to promote intellectual debate and discussion on ethics as related to students’ areas of study at UNT, their field of vocation or their avocation. The goal is to stimulate the applicants to new heights of reasoning and self-discipline. The ultimate result will be a higher level of ethical understanding in one’s area of study and daily life. It was the hope of the donors that students will recognize and better comprehend the need for a higher understanding of ethics in their personal and professional lives.
The award for the first place winners in both the undergraduate and the graduate categories will be $5,000; in some years, there may also be a second-place winner in the undergraduate category. Award funds will be deposited into the winners' student accounts at UNT in the following academic year. Award funds will be distributed evenly between the fall and spring semesters unless the winning student is graduating after the fall. In that case, the entirety of the award will be disbursed in the fall semester. Students who will graduate before the Fall 2026 semester should not apply.
Entries will include a 1000-word essay about a case study. The case study for the 2025-2026 award year can be found in the guidelines below. All entries, including the essay, should be uploaded below. The student identifiable information required in the submission below will only be used by the Provost's Office to contact individual winners. All submissions reviewed by the Scholarship Committee will be blind submissions and identifiable information will remain confidential. It is important that applicants carefully follow all of the guidelines. Entries that do not will not be considered.
Submissions will be accepted October 13, 2025 - December 1, 2025.
Winners will be notified in early spring 2026.
Please contact studentsuccess@unt.edu with any specific questions via email or call 940.565.4259.