noun (n)

• financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit(noun.possession)

  source: wordnet30
• profound scholarly knowledge(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning
  

  source: wordnet30
• The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.(noun)

  source: webster1913