The following fellowships, scholarships, and grants are awarded through the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA):
E. Drexel Godfrey Memorial Award. This award is presented at graduation for the highest grade-point average in public administration.
Marcia Lynn Whicker Memorial Fund.
This scholarship is established to provide financial assistance to a full-time graduate student enrolled at Rutgers, and is awarded based on academic merit.
Annette McIntyre Fellowship. This fellowship is established to provide financial assistance to graduate students enrolled in the M.P.A. program on the Newark Campus, and is awarded based on academic merit.
Diversity Fund. This fund provides financial assistance to graduate students in public administration who, through scholarship and research, are furthering SPAA's mission of diversity. This support may be in the form of a scholarship, or it may be used for travel or other costs incurred in the process of conducting research. This research must be monitored by a member of the faculty, a faculty adviser, or a program director.
The following fellowships, scholarships, and grants are awarded through other sources:
Ralph Johnson Bunche Distinguished Graduate Award. Established in 1979, this distinguished graduate award is named after Ralph Johnson Bunche, the African-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.
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. This program is administered by the university, and only those applicants receiving awards will be notified.
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.
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 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 $15,000. 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.
Students may wish to consult standard reference material for other sources of nonuniversity fellowships.
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.
