Several types of financial support are available to highly qualified students. In most cases students applying by Jan. 15 are considered automatically for this as part of the admissions process. A few awards are also for students further along in their doctoral studies. All awards are highly competitive.

In the School of Communicatoin and Information, we offer the following highly competitive forms of support:

• Teaching Assistantships
• Graduate Assistantships
• Assistant Instructor/PTL positions
• SC&I Fellowships
• Pam Richards Fellowship
• Hourly graders/research assistants

Many of these include a stipend, general health benefits, and tuition remission.

We also provide travel grants/assistance to all students presenting scholarship at scholarly conferences regionally, nationally, and internationally.

Rutgers University also provides various forms of highly competitive support:

• Presidential Fellowships
• Diversity Fellowships
• Bevier Fellowships
• Teaching/Graduate Assistantships in other departments
• Grant funding outside SC&I
• Learning Community Coordinators, Dorm RAs, and other full-time staff jobs

The Graduate School–New Brunswick also provides some travel grants/assistance. In addition, they run the Chaser Resource Center for Graduate Student External Support. Chaser helps graduate students at Rutgers receive over $2 million annually from a variety of funders outside Rutgers. For more information, see http://chaser.rutgers.edu.

Our students also find various other forms of support (e.g., Spectrum Fellowships; Fulbrights; international government and corporate sponsorships; and part-time, adjunct, and full-time teaching positions at nearby schools). In some of these cases, we are able to provide tuition remission or some matching support. Students eligible for need-based financial aid should contact the graduate admissions office for additional information.