Ralph Johnson Bunche Distinguished Graduate Award. Established in 1979, this distinguished graduate 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 $15,000 plus tuition remission to
exceptional, new, full-time students with backgrounds of substantial
educational or cultural disadvantage. To apply, check the appropriate
box on the graduate or professional school application form. Only
those applicants receiving awards will be notified. The award is
contingent upon acceptance to a graduate or professional school
program and upon full-time enrollment. The application deadline for
fall semester awards is March 1, unless the program to which the student is
applying has an earlier deadline.
Diversity Advancement Program (DAP) in Teaching and Research.
Trustees' Minority Graduate Fellowships in the Humanities and Social
Sciences. DAP excellence and Trustees' Minority Graduate
Fellowship awards support African-American, Hispanic, or American
Indian students who are seeking a Ph.D. Applications should be made to
the director of the graduate program in which the student is enrolled.
Students should have their applications in before March 1 for awards
for the ensuing academic year, and before December 1 for vacancies that
might occur in the spring semester.
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 believe 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 a student's
degree work. The student must demonstrate continued eligibility and
provide evidence of satisfactory academic progress. In addition,
students must complete the FAFSA form annually to be considered.
Inge Gambe Graduate Scholarship. Academic
excellence and service to the Rutgers-Newark community are the criteria
for this scholarship of $500 or more. For more information, contact the
Office of the Dean, Graduate School-Newark, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07102.
Daniel S. Lehrman Fellowship. Outstanding
students in the graduate program in psychology are eligible for the Daniel S. Lehrman Fellowship. The award,
made by the dean of the school, is for a minimum of $18,000 plus
tuition remission, and it may be renewed.
Minority Biomedical Research Fellowships. The
Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Program, which is funded by the
National Institutes of Health, provides fellowships, including tuition
remission, for minority students who plan to have research careers in
the biomedical sciences. For information, write the Director, MBRS
Program, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 404 Hill Hall,
Newark, NJ 07102, or call 973-353-5772.
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 $2,650 per
year. The money is dependent upon available funds and grants are
renewable. EOF grant recipients are not eligible.
Master's Tuition Scholarships. These
scholarships provide for the cost of tuition. A student seeking these
scholarships should apply to the director of his or her graduate
program. Applications should be in by March 1 for those students
seeking consideration for awards in the ensuing academic year. The
deadline is December 1 for vacancies that might occur in the succeeding
spring semester.
Rutgers Excellence Dissertation Fellowship Awards. This
award is issued by departments of the university through the Graduate
School-Newark on the basis of exceptional academic merit, as evidenced
by scholarly promise. The award is for $18,000. These awards usually
are supplemented by the graduate program for three additional years of
support, often as teaching assistantships.
Nonuniversity Fellowships. Some
graduate students 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 programs.
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.
Other sources of
prestigious fellowships are the Jacob K. Javits Fellows Program, funded
through the U.S. Department of Education; the Mellon Fellowships in
the Humanities, administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship
Foundation; and the National Defense Science and Engineering
Fellowships, sponsored by the Department of Defense.
Students
may wish to consult standard reference materials for other sources of
nonuniversity fellowships. Many national, state, and regional
associations make special awards. 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, however, is
required to notify the Office of Financial Aid.
Other Nonuniversity Awards. In
addition to opportunities for financial assistance through the
university, there are other sources from which qualified graduate
students may receive financial aid.
Each department
continually seeks funds from outside agencies to help defray
student expenses. Grants and awards of this nature will vary each year.
Inquiries regarding the availability of such monies can be made through
program advisers.
