Master's Scholarships
: These scholarships provide for partial tuition and/or stipend support.
All new, admitted students will be automatically considered for these
awards on the basis of merit and/or need. Current students may submit an
application directly with the MA program director.
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 $14,000 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 school 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 semester awards
is March 1, unless the program to which the student is applying has an earlier deadline.
The
Richard J. Hughes Award:This award is presented to the graduate who
has achieved the highest Academic standing in the Masters of Arts
(criminal justice) Program. The award honors New Jersey's most
distinguished advocate of humane and effective criminal justice, Richard
J. Hughes, Policy Maker, Governor and Chief Justice.
The Lieutenant Edward Manzione Award:
This award is presented for outstanding achievement to a graduate(s) who served within the criminal justice system while earning a degree of Master of Arts. The award honors the memory of Lieutenant Edward Manzione, recipient of the school's first degree.
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 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-University 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.
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; grants are
renewable. EOF grant recipients are not eligible.
