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, should 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. Applicants must
complete the FAFSA form.
Graduate and Professional Scholar Awards.
Outstanding
students in the graduate and professional schools are eligible for
merit scholarships of $2,200 per year for full-time study for up to two
academic years. To apply, check the appropriate box on the graduate and
professional school application form. Any additional statements that
provide evidence of academic or artistic achievement and significant
life, work, and/or extracurricular activities should be submitted in
duplicate with the application. Only those applicants receiving awards
are notified. The award is contingent upon acceptance to a graduate or
professional school program. The application deadline for fall term
awards is March 1, unless the program to which the student is applying
has an earlier deadline. In that case, the student must submit an
application form to the appropriate admissions office by the program
deadline date.
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. Applicants must complete the FAFSA form. EOF grant
recipients are not eligible.
Other Nonuniversity Awards.
Some
graduate students at the university are supported by fellowships funded
by sources outside the university. Students should consult standard
reference material for sources of nonuniversity fellowships.
Students should be aware that each department is continually seeking
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 can be made through program advisers.
Students should 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.
Ralph Johnson Bunche Distinguished Graduate Award.
Established
in 1979, this distinguished graduate award is named after Ralph Johnson
Bunche, the African-American statesman, Nobel Peace laureate, and
recipient of an honorary doctor of law from Rutgers in 1949.
Bunche fellowships provide $15,000 per academic year 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 and attach a
statement (in duplicate) with the application that describes the
reasons for consideration in the program. Only those applicants
receiving awards are notified. The award is contingent upon acceptance
to 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. In that case, the student must submit an application form to
the appropriate admissions office by the program deadline date.
Rutgers Excellence Fellowship Awards.
Issued
by departments of the university on the basis of merit, as evidenced by
scholarly promise, these awards are for $10,000 to $14,000 plus tuition
remission and are renewable for three additional years. Outstanding
students in the Graduate School-New Brunswick are eligible for the
Marion Johnson Fellowship and Graduate School-New Brunswick
fellowships, many of which carry comparable stipends.
