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  Graduate School-Newark 2008-2010 Financial Aid Sources of Financial Aid Fellowships, Scholarships, and Grants  

Fellowships, Scholarships, and Grants


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.


 
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