The Residential Property Management (RPM) Advisory Board Merit Endowment Scholarship  was established to provide the opportunity for outstanding students to pursue an academic degree in Residential Property Management in the Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) department at Ball State University.  This is a scholarship available only to eligible students majoring in Residential Property Management. The endowment for this scholarship was established in 2006 with gifts from the RPM Advisory Board and the Anthony G. Gorup Foundation of the Indiana Apartment Association.

For the 2008-09 academic year, one scholarship in the amount of $2500 will be awarded to an incoming freshman.  This scholarship is renewable in that amount up to three additional years for a total of $10,000 to the recipient. The recipient of the award will be known as an RPM Advisory Board Merit Scholar.