Awards and Scholarships
There are a number of scholarship opportunities for incoming students, contingent on availability of funding. The school reserves the right not to make an award.
Incoming Students
Master's Promise
Scholarship
This scholarship provides partial tuition and/or
stipend support. All newly admitted students are automatically considered for
this award on the basis of merit and/or need.
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 grant ranging from $200 to $2,850. 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, must write to the Financial Aid Office for consideration. The grants are renewable for the duration
of a student`s degree work. Students must demonstrate continued eligibility and
provide evidence of satisfactory academic progress. In addition, students must
complete the FAFSA form to be considered.
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.
Rutgers Eagleton
Fellowship Program
The Eagleton Institute of Politics offers
interdisciplinary fellowships that provide select Rutgers graduate students the
opportunity to further their understanding of government, public affairs, and
the practice of politics, and connect the fellowship experience to their chosen
fields of study. Eagleton fellowships provide varying stipends; some offer
tuition remission. The fellowship application is available online in late
January at http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/students/fellowshipapplication.php.
Director's
Award for Scholarly Achievement
This award is presented to a graduating MA student
who has achieved the highest academic standing in the Masters of Arts (Criminal
Justice) Program and who has demonstrated an applied understanding
of course materials through their written work completed during their time in
the MA Program that they believe exemplifies their strongest academic
performance.
Director's
Award for Professional and Practical Excellence
This award is presented to recognize outstanding
contributions by a graduate student who influences or contributes to the field
or profession of criminal justice while earning a Master's degree.
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