financial-aid category

This scholarship is designed to assist minority, specifically African American, students obtain the degree of their choice from any eligible college, university, graduate school, or law school. Applicants must be enrolled in or committed to attend a college, university, or professional school during the current calendar year in which they applied for the scholarship. Applicants must be U.S. citizens at the time of their application. Applicants should not be immediate family members of employees of the Commonwealth Accident Injury Law office.

Boston University helps its students to pay for their education by offering different types of financial support. such as scholarships and grants, loans, or part-time work on campus. The university's aim is to make sure that each and every student despite being from any background gets to afford a good education. The financial aid office at BU is there to guide students through the process of applying for this help.

Types of Financial Aid Available:

• Loans: Students can borrow money for their graduate studies from the government which are Federal loans or from banks and lenders which are credit-based loans. These loans are like borrowing money that needs to be paid back later, with this financial help you can get help to cover the costs of your education like tuition and living expenses.
• External Funding Opportunities: External funding sources are those financial help that can be granted in the form of scholarships and grants from external sources. Students can go for this help if they are in need of financial help.
• School and Department-Based Aid: The Graduate School give money in the form of fellowships and scholarships, which you don't have to pay back. They also offer work-study programs, where you can work part-time on campus to earn money for your studies. And they have jobs as research assistants, where you help with research and get paid for it.

Total Cost of Attendance: Students are advised to calculate all costs related to their education, such as tuition, BU medical insurance, housing, transportation, and other living expenses when estimating the total cost of attendance.

Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy: The 'Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy' is like a set of rules so that you can use the money you get for school. According to the policy, you can use that money to pay for classes that are part of your degree, and sometimes for special classes you might need before or at the same time. But you can't use it for things that aren't related to your education, like sports passes or library fines, and if you work at Boston University, you can't get this kind of aid for your studies because it's meant for students who are not employees.

Debt and Withholding Policy: If you borrow money from Boston University and do not pay it, then the university might not handle your diploma, your degree, official transcripts, or any other official recognitions. To graduate or leave the university, you have to make sure that you have paid all the money you borrowed from the University.

Refund Policy: If you're getting financial help from the Graduate School of Boston, and then you decide to leave school or take a break after your classes have started, they usually cancel the money they were giving you. For federal aid, the amount you get might change based on government rules. Hence before changing your plans, it's important to understand the rules for aid.

A combination of Tuition fellowships, government loans, and private loans is determined based on demonstrated financial need at the Stanford Law School.

• Aid is need-based and Approximately 75-80% of students receive some form of financial aid, with the average fellowship portion per student estimated at $25,000 to $28,000 annually.
• To apply for financial aid, the applicant must fill out FAFSA and CSS forms.
• Stanford Law School uses an age-based test to determine the dependency percentage from your parent contribution.  
• At this time, Stanford Law School is unable to provide scholarships or stipends to support graduate students except to an extremely limited degree and only for SPILS applicants. All applicants are encouraged to seek scholarships, grants and fellowships from their home countries, law firms or international programs.

Here are some of the scholarships and fellowships offered for graduate students by Stanford Law School.

Yellow Ribbon Program:

Yellow Ribbon Program is a type of financial aid which has majorly been available for military or the veteran community. This aid is specially designated in the memory of those who lost their lives in the 11th September 2001 terror attack. This is also known as chapter 33 which is the most commonly used VA educational benefits program at Stanford. With the help of this program students can achieve funding for tuition, required fees, books and housing. 

Usually the amount provided by Yellow Ribbon Program to Stanford Law College is $25,162.

If you qualify 100% of the chapter 33 benefits, then you will receive additional funding through Yellow Ribbon Program, which means an annual contribution in the chapter 33 base tuition benefit. Under this program, the VA addresses tuition and fees benefits to Stanford, after which the central financial aid office pays it to the student account. Although, the books and housing benefits are sent in a straight line to students monthly. The student might need to apply their housing benefits to the university bill in order to pay for on campus room and board.

Graduate Family Grant Program:

The graduate family grants are specifically appointed to those whose children are dependent upon them, A person with dependent children can apply for this program. This fund is granted while responding to their expenses such as childcare, healthcare and rent. You may receive the amount between $1,000 to 15,000 depending on your family’s financial situations. Family with children less than the age of 10 would be preferred more.

What is the eligibility requirement to fill this program?

• You must be a registered graduate student with a registered student status in any of the graduate program, Postdocs are not allowed to fill this program and if both the parents are graduates in that case only one application per family would be required.

What are the children criteria before filling this form?

• Children must be your legal dependents.
• New international students must submit alternative documents such as Date of Birth and dependent visas in case they have not filed a recent federal tax return.

What are the household income eligibility criteria to fill this form?

• If you make an annual income more than $1,25,000 you wouldn't be eligible for the program.
• You must also provide the necessary income proof, including any received child support, to prove your financial necessity.
• You should also reveal and submit the financial situation of your partner or the parent of your children if you are sharing a common household.

The Flywheel Fund for Career Choice:

Flywheel fund is a part of Stanford’s financial aid programs, It is basically a new 501(c)(3) non profit organization which will provide philanthropic contributions to Stanford law students who needs to take out loans through Income Share Loan (ISL) for their legal studies. The "Flywheel Income Share Loan" will be signed by Flywheel Fellows and handled by Stride Funding.

• Under the flywheel fellowship students would be provided with loans for their law school tuition and fees upto $1,70,000. 

LRAP:

Stanford Law School offers the Miles and Nancy Rubin Loan Repayment Assistance Program and the Anonymous Public Service Loan Repayment Assistance Program for graduates who pursue low-paying public interest employment and have significant student debt.

Loans provided by Stanford under this initiative will be 100% repaid.

FLAS fellowships for graduate students:

Graduate students are given Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) grants, which are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and approved under Title VI of the Higher Education Act for the study of a Latin American LCTL.

Academic year fellowships provide a $20,000 subsistence allowance and $18,000 tuition assistance for eligible graduate students undergoing advanced training in designated foreign languages in combination with Latin American Studies and international aspects of professional studies (law, education). CLAS might provide additional assistance based on financial aid need. The term of a fellowship is for one academic year (autumn, winter, spring).

Who is eligible to apply for FLAS? 

• Professional schools graduate students, with the exception of medical and business institutions.
• Students with the necessary qualifications and proof of need.
• Students who speak Haitian Creole, Quechua, Portuguese, or Nahuatl at intermediate or advanced levels.

Opportunity Funds:

Basically, this type of fund is created to help those students who are facing short term financial challenge or maybe temporary financial challenges. For a student facing financial hardship the opportunity fund of Stanford aims to provide $1000 so that the student can easily come out of their financial summons.

Just a few examples of authorized expenses which can be paid by using these funds:

• Travel related to death or illness
• Essential household expenses due to an emergency situation
• Medical emergencies
• Professional development opportunities such as travel to a clerkship interview or purchasing professional attire
• Parent, guardian, family attendance at major campus events
• Other sudden, unexpected financial needs
• Participation in the life and community of the law school.

Bar exam loans: 

Loans for the bar test are designed to help graduating law students pay for bar-related costs like application and exam fees as well as living expenses while they are studying for the bar.

• As these loans are not government loans, hence the lenders do not certify a significant amount for these loans though the maximum limit of bar loans can be around $16,000.

Joint degree financial support:

Stanford law school also provides joint degree financial support. For example: JD/MBA: Suppose you study law in your first year and pay the amount a first year student needs to pay, and in the second year you study MBA and pay the asked amount, and then in your third and fourth year you get to attend both the programs by filling joint degree fee, that’s how the joint degree financial support works. 

Advanced degree financial support

American Association of University Women

Women who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States are eligible to apply for full-time study or research fellowships from the American Association of University Women. For the academic year 2014–2015, the Foundation distributed more than 244 fellowships and grants. At approved institutions, graduate and postgraduate study is supported. By the time of application, candidates must have submitted an application to their desired institution of study. Outstanding academic achievement, professional potential, and the potential for the subject of study to benefit the lives of women and girls in the nation of origin are some of the selection criteria. Women who are still living in their native countries at the time of application are given preference.

The Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund - Grants For Women From Developing Countries

The grant's objective is to assist women from developing nations who are dedicated to enhancing the lives of women and children in their own nations in their educational pursuits. Agriculture, architecture and urban planning, civil engineering, education, forestry, journalism, nursing, nutrition, pediatrics, public administration, public health, social sciences, and social work were among the subjects covered by previous award recipients.

• Five grants totaling around $11,000 are given out year by the MMMF; they are non-renewable.

The Institute for the study of world Politics

The Institute for the Study of World Politics (ISWP) supports doctoral students' research into issues that affect global environmental, political and economic integrity and stability. These intricate and interrelated issues whose resolution requires detailed knowledge and analysis, to which scholars contribute importantly include arms control and conflict resolution; international environmental and population pressures; political and economic disorders that lead to conflicts between and within developing countries and between the North and South; and the complex processes of democratization, protection of human rights and alleviation of destructive ethnic rivalries.

Americans Council for International Education

More than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students and researchers from across the NIS are placed by the American Councils every year in dozens of fields at hundreds of schools and universities around the US. Competition is used to choose the host institutions. 

The sources of funding are:

Fulbright-Hays Fellowships

Fellowship awards range from $3,100 to $5,800 for online programs and $5,000 to $9,000 for overseas programs. 

Here are some of the financial aid and scholarships offered for graduate students by the Stanford Graduate School of Engineering.

Stanford graduate fellowship in Science and Engineering (SGF) 

• The standard three-year (12 quarter) SGF provides support for four quarters each year. Fellows receive a stipend and tuition support for minimum full-time enrollment (8 to 10 units).  
• The 2023-24 annual stipend is set at $52,920 annually, $13,230 per quarter.
• About 100 fellowships with stipends and tuition assistance are given out annually by SGF to deserving students pursuing doctorates in science and engineering.
• The degree program must nominate students for the SGF. The majority of nominees are freshmen in doctoral programs in science or engineering who qualify.
• Fellows are selected each year by the Graduate Fellowships Faculty Advisory Committee, made up of faculty from many eligible degree programs.

GEM fellowship program: 

The main function of GEM is to offer MS and PhD graduate fellowships together with paid summer internships. Through its GEM University and Associate Fellowship programs, GEM also provides fellowships without associated summer internships that are compensated.

• The GEM funding can range from $0 to the maximum one-time $20,000 award for graduate students. It can eventually reward your complete university fees.

Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity (GFSD):

A collaboration of government organizations, academic institutions, private businesses, and research facilities called Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity has a strong partnership with the University of Southern California. 

• GFSD is open for application by all U.S. citizens regardless of race or gender. The GFSD fellowship supports full-time graduate study only. GFSD’s goal is to increase the number of American citizens with graduate degrees in STEM fields, emphasizing the recruitment of a diverse applicant pool.
• It was founded in 1989 and was previously known as the National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC).

Wade Scholarship Program:

The Wade Scholarship Program aims to address the lack of African Americans in STEM fields. They look for students who have been admitted to the School of Engineering and who want to become diverse, multidisciplinary emerging leaders, and they mentor them in working together, coming up with new ideas, and communicating so that they can tackle the difficult problems facing society. The Stanford School of Engineering offers full scholarships to Wade Scholars.

How much does it cover? 

For master's-level study (3.3 semesters under the semester system or 5 quarters under the quarter system), scholars are fully funded. The scholarships cover everything listed on the school's website, including the full cost of tuition, on-campus lodging, a food allowance, educational supplies, additional academic fees, a small stipend, and round-trip transportation.

Who is eligible to fill the wade scholarship program? 

• A person with independent thoughts exhibiting mental sharpness, original ideas, sense of ambiguity, intellectual curiosity, who extracts knowledge and new experiences and holds a contrarian Or
• A person whose undergraduate achievements includes Evidences of extra curricular activities, compelling letter of recommendation and statement of purpose. 
• A person who is good at embracing differences, humble and kind, supportive and accountable and concerned for and helpful to others. 
• A person whose leadership qualities includes self improvement, ambition, self awareness, persistent and resilient, and has the capacity to being others along. 

School of Engineering Teaching and Course Assistantships (TA’s and CA’s)

School of Engineering Teaching and Course Assistantships aims to enhance the undergraduate curriculum while giving graduate students financing and teaching experience. Stanford Engineering collaborates with a number of departments to provide teaching and course assistantships to students who are underrepresented in the engineering discipline. 

Teaching assistants (TAs) and course assistants (CAs) serve in the introductory engineering fundamental courses such as Introduction to Electronics, Programming dissenting point of view. 

• Methodology, Introduction to Science of Materials, Dynamics, Applied Mechanics: Statics, Engineering Economy, Introduction to Chemical Engineering, Introduction to Optimization, Bioengineering, Engineering Thermodynamics, etc.
• Each TA/CA is obligated to spend 20 hours per week and uses the award as part of their graduate support. Due to the lack of separate teachers for undergraduate and graduate courses at Stanford, TAs, and CAs are under the supervision of faculty members who may eventually place them in their research labs.

Additional Calculus for Engineers:

ACE is a type of hourly work-in which you can earn substitute money by teaching small groups in a week, under this program you have to teach the undergraduates some basic topics such as maths, computational and mathematic engineering, and computer science. 

• Those students whose application shows the greatest need or who lack access to institutional resources, exposure to the subject or training in calculus or computer science will have the highest chances in getting enrolled in this. 

STEM K-12 Education Initiatives

Fee Waiver: 

• Fee waiver is basically an application fee granted to those who can not afford an application fee. Permanent residents or US students from systematically marginalized background are especially welcomed to apply for this.
• If your application fee waiver is approved, then you will be sent a code to enter in the online application’s payment section but if you apply for a fee waiver and pay the application fee rather than using your application fee waiver code, there will be no return issued so, filling the application form with a lot of attention is must. 

GRE Fee reduction:

GRE Fee reduction is also a fee reliever, you are only applicable to apply for a GRE fee reduction waiver if you receive a GRE fee reduction voucher but you need to know that to apply for a voucher, you must be a citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States . It is interesting to know that even if your graduate program does not ask for GRE scores, you will still be allowed for a GRE fee reduction waiver.  

• For anyone who proves that they have a financial need, for example unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits, and federal programs that support underrepresented groups, ETS offers GRE Fee Reduction Vouchers.

School based Fee Waiver:

Those who do not qualify the GRE or diversity program waivers can apply for this type of fee waiver. A diversity program waiver are for those who apply for McNair, Amgen or leadership Alliance.

The attorneys at Moskowitz Law Group are excited to announce The Fair Divorce Legislation Scholarship. Our attorneys understand that divorce can be one of the most difficult emotional experiences someone goes through in their life, and so we are dedicated to helping families overcome the challenges of divorce and making the process as painless as possible.

Through this scholarship, the attorneys at Moskowitz Law Group would like to give students the opportunity to express their thoughts on divorce legislation.

At Old School Labs, they believe in questioning the status quo and assisting others in doing the same. It took a collaborative effort from scientists, nutritionists, and designers to re-invent a high-quality, nutritious supplement.

Any of this, though, would not have been possible without a decent education.

It is their desire that they will pay it forward and assist someone else in achieving their goals and beginning to challenge the status quo. Per year, one scholarship is awarded.

This scholarship is designed to assist candidates who have strong character, above-average intelligence, and a dedication to community service. Any American citizen who will be attending a college, university, graduate school, or law school in the United States within the current calendar year is eligible for this scholarship. This scholarship is only open to candidates with a 3.0 GPA or higher.

This one-time scholarship award will be submitted directly to the winner's college or university's Financial Aid and Scholarships Office and will be used to pay tuition, taxes, lodging, and/or books up to the Rate of Attendance. This scholarship will not be renewed. In addition to an essay, applicants must request an official transcript and one letter of recommendation from an employer or professor/teacher.

GCFM believes in the importance of education. The Garden Club Federation of Maine, GCFM Districts, and GCFM local garden clubs all promote horticulture education. Today's students will be the pioneers of tomorrow, guaranteeing the sustainability of the planet's natural resources. Applicants with majors in Horticulture, Floriculture, Landscape Design, Conservation, Forestry, Botany, Agronomy, Plant Pathology, Environmental Concerns, Ecology, Land Management, and/or other garden fields are encouraged to apply.

GTCF manages the competitive process of more than 60 scholarship opportunities which includes everything from the creation of applications to making the scholarship payments. This past year we launched a new Scholarship Portal which includes a universal application that allows students to apply to over 40 scholarship opportunities by completing a single application. The universal application not only decreases the redundancy of completing multiple applications but also matches applicants to opportunities they may be eligible for.

No more searching and reading through endless criteria. It is important to note that all scholarship opportunities included in the universal application have a deadline of February 11, 2021. Other scholarships offered through GTCF are administered at the school level so be sure to check with your high school guidance counselor or college advisor to find information about additional opportunities available to you.

Many resources and information related to graduate funding and financial assistance at Northwestern University. Let us have a look here:

Graduate Funding: People should learn about the fundamental aspects of how graduate students get money at Northwestern University, like what you need to qualify for it and what choices you have. It's like a starting point to understand how grad students can pay for their education.

Fellowships and Grants: Students have the opportunity to explore fellowships and grants, both administered through The Graduate School (TGS) and other external sources.

Assistantships: There are different types of assistantships such as graduate, teaching, and research assistantships.

Financial Assistance: Outside employment and loans are some of the financial assistance given to students to support them financially.

GSTS (Graduate Student Tracking System): Graduate students can access to track their progress and academic milestones with this.

Funding Resources: Students can explore different funding resources including both external and internal fellowships.

Inclusive Teaching Resources: This resource provides tools for crafting intentional, inclusive, and anti-racist teaching practices. It focuses on promoting diversity and equity in education.

Recognition Awards: There are awards such as the Ver Steeg and McBride Awards for members of the community. These awards recognize outstanding contributions by graduate students.

For Alumni: Alumni can connect with other alumni and find ways to contribute and get involved with The Graduate School.