Alumni Association Fellowship.
Each year the
dean selects one student from among students recommended by graduate
program directors as the recipient of a fellowship funded by the
Rutgers-Camden Alumni Association in the amount of $1,000.
Ralph Johnson Bunche Distinguished Graduate Award.
Established in 1979, this award is named after Ralph Johnson Bunche,
the black American statesman, Nobel Peace laureate, and recipient of an
honorary Doctor of Laws from Rutgers in 1949.
Bunche
fellowships provide $12,000 per academic year, plus tuition remission,
to exceptional full-time students with backgrounds of substantial
educational or cultural disadvantage. To apply, check the appropriate
box on the graduate and professional school application form. Only
those applicants receiving awards are notified. The award is contingent
upon acceptance into a graduate and professional school program and
upon full-time enrollment. The application deadline for fall term
awards is March 1, unless the program to which the student is applying
has an earlier deadline.
Camden Graduate Scholarships.
Each
year the Graduate School-Camden awards approximately $12,000 in the
form of remission of tuition and fees. This money is divided among four
or more students and is awarded on the basis of academic merit. No
application is necessary. Selection is made by the dean on the basis of
recommendations by program directors. Continuation of this program is
dependent on continued state funding.
Hazel Vera Dean Fellowship.
Awarded
annually to graduate students on the basis of both academic merit and
financial need. To qualify for consideration, a student must submit a
current FAFSA application. No other application is necessary. The
recipient is named by the dean from among candidates submitted by
program directors.
Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF).
New
Jersey residents who are full-time students and who can demonstrate
backgrounds of financial and academic hardship are eligible for EOF
grants ranging from $200 to $2,650. Students who received EOF grants as
undergraduates are presumed eligible if they fall below the maximum
income parameters required for all recipients of this state grant.
Graduate students who did not receive EOF grants as undergraduates, but
feel that they come from backgrounds of financial hardship and wish to
be considered, may write to the financial aid office for consideration.
The grants are renewable for the duration of the student`s degree work,
subject to continued student eligibility and provided satisfactory
academic progress is made. Students must complete the FAFSA form.
New Jersey State Grant.
Full-time
graduate students who are classified as New Jersey residents for
tuition purposes and who demonstrate financial need are eligible to
receive a New Jersey State Grant. Amounts vary from $200 to
$1,000 per year and are dependent upon available funds. Grants are
renewable. Application is made by submitting a FAFSA. EOF grant
recipients are not eligible.
Nonuniversity Fellowships.
Some
graduate students at the university are supported by fellowships funded
by sources outside the university. A major source of funding is the
National Science Foundation, which offers talented
graduate students in the sciences significant funding to pursue
their academic program. Special awards are given to minority students
who traditionally have been underrepresented in the sciences.
Information and applications are available from the Fellowship Office,
National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20418. Students may wish to consult standard reference materials for
other sources of nonuniversity fellowships.
Other Nonuniversity Awards.
Qualified
graduate students may receive financial aid from many national, state,
and regional associations as well.
Each department
continually seeks funds from outside agencies to help defray student
expenses. Grants and awards of this nature vary each year. Inquiries
regarding the availability of such monies may be made through graduate
program offices and advisers.
Students are urged to contact
clubs; fraternal, religious, and national professional organizations;
and local interest groups for possible aid through stipends and tuition
credits. A student who receives any of these awards is required to
notify the Office of Financial Aid.
