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 anhonorary Doctor of Laws from Rutgers in 1949. Bunche fellowships provide $13,000 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 and professional admissions application form.
Only those applicants receiving awards will be 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.
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 for awards submitted before March 1 for the ensuing
academic year, and before December 1 for vacancies that might occur in
the spring term.
Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF).
New
Jersey residents who are full-time students and who can demonstrate
backgrounds of financial and academic hardship are eli-gible 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 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 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.
Graduate and Professional Scholar Awards.
Outstanding
students in the graduate and professional schools are eli-gible for
merit-based scholarships of $2,200 per year for full-time study for as
many as two academic years. To apply, check the appropriate box on the
graduate and professional admissions application form. Students should
submit in duplicate any statements that provide evidence of academic or
artistic achievement, significant life work, or extra-curricular
activities.
The award is contingent upon acceptance to a
graduate or professional school program, and only those applicants
receiving awards will be notified. The application dead- line for
fall-term awards is March 1, or sooner if a specific program has set an
earlier deadline. In any case, students must submit their application
forms 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 $2,650 per
year. The money is dependent upon funds being available, and grants are
renewable. EOF grant recipients are not eligible.
Russell Scholarships.
Walter
C. Russell Graduate 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 term.
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 $14,000 plus tuition remission.
These awards usually are supplemented by the graduate program for three
additional years of support, usually as teaching assistantships.
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 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. Depart-ment of Education; the Mellon Fellowships in
the Human-ities, administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship
Foundation; and the National Defense Science and Engineering
Fellowships, sponsored by the Depart-ment of Defense.
Students
may wish to consult standard reference mate-rial 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 is seeking 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.
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 is required to
notify the Office of Financial Aid.
School of Criminal Justice Fellowships.
New
and continuing students are eligible for various publicly and privately
sponsored fellowships, with awards of up to $5,000 a year.
Fellowships are awarded to those students who have proven records of
academic excellence and who show potential for continued scholarly
achievement. Students who wish to be considered for a fellowship should
write to: Associate Dean, Office of Academic Programs, School of
Criminal Justice, 123 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102.
University Fellowships.
University fellowships provide for the cost of tuition and a stipend of
$2,000 for one year. Consideration is limited to full-time students who
already have completed part of their graduate programs and have
demonstrated exceptional promise for further study in their fields.
Preference is given to students who will have completed their doctoral
program examinations and who will begin their dissertation research in
the following fall term. Application should be made to the graduate
program in which the student is enrolled before March 1 for awards for
the ensuing academic year, and before December 1 for vacancies that
might occur for the spring term.
