GW FELLOWSHIPS
Graduate students may
apply for a variety of internal awards that involve a stipend and/or tuition
award based on academic achievement. Please note that all decisions on funding
for GW graduate teaching/research and administrative assistantships are made at
the school/departmental level. Applications and all information
regarding these positions are handled by the respective schools/academic departments.
You may contact the Office of Graduate
Student Assistantships and Fellowships to apply for or receive information on
the following GW fellowships:
- ARCS Foundation
Scholarships - for full-time U.S. students with financial need who are
completing programs in the natural sciences, engineering, or medicine.
Must be nominated by the individual program director
- Career Development Fellowships -
intended to assist students in specified programs who are working either
full- or part-time and are pursuing or wish to pursue graduate (Master's
level) study at GW to enhance their knowledge and skills.
- Conference Presentation Travel
Grants - grants available for those students invited to present at a
national or international conference related to their academic area or
dissertation research.
- Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships - graduate
fellowships for intensive language study during the either the academic year or summer.
U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are graduate students in good
standing currently enrolled in a program that combines modern foreign
language training with international studies are eligible to apply.
- Global Leaders
Fellowship - for international students on J-1 visas from Vietnam,
Laos, Cambodia, Mongolia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin
America, the Caribbean, and U.S.S.R. successor states.
- Homeland Security Graduate Fellowship - Fellowships are awarded in a wide range of disciplines including the sciences, mathematics, computer and information sciences, and the humanities. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. Award will cover full tuition and provides a stipend of $2,300 per month for 12 months.
- Hyundai Scholarship Fund - SBPM -
for master's and doctoral students who are citizens of South Korea or the
U.S. and who are enrolled in or admitted to the School of Business and
Public Management and taking their course work on the Foggy Bottom Campus.
Acceptable fields are: Information Systems Management, Management of
Science, Technology and Innovation, Procurement and Contracting, and
International Business. J-1 visas are required to hold the scholarship.
- Hyundai Scholarship Fund - SEAS -
for master's and doctoral students who are citizens of South Korea or the
U.S. and are in computer science, engineering management, or mechanical
engineering. J-1 visas are required to hold the scholarship.
- Loughran
Graduate Fellowship - for SBPM graduate students and GW Law students
from the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area (DC, MD, or Northern VA) who
have need and are currently enrolled in graduate school.
- McNair Fellowships - McNair applicants
receive special consideration for merit-based fellowships from their
academic departments.
- Phi Delta Gamma
Scholarship Fund - must have completed nine semester hours of graduate
work at GW (not open every year)
- GW Presidential
Administrative Fellowships - offers recent baccalaureate graduates of
the University the opportunity to gain relevant work experience within the
GW administration while pursuing Masters' degrees in their chosen fields.
- Presidential
Merit Fellowships - for incoming doctoral students in selected
departments of the Columbian School of Arts and Sciences and the School of
Engineering and Applied Science, and in all departments of the School of
Business and Public Management.
- Public Policy
Studies Fellowships - must be nominated by policy program director
- Scottish Rite
Endowment Graduate Fellowships - for graduate students affiliated with
the Scottish Rite except law and M.D. students
- Scottish Rite Endowment Graduate Public
Service Awards - for U.S. citizens who plan a career in government or
public service, intend to undertake unpaid public service over the summer,
and are enrolled as full-time master's degree candidates in CSAS, ESIA,
GSEHD, SBPM, or SEAS.
- Scottish Rite Graduate
Fellowships in Childhood Language Disorders - for U.S. citizens who
plan to become specialists in the field of childhood language disorders,
in particular, Dyslexia or Aphasia.
- Wolcott Foundation Fellowship - for young scholars in CCAS, SB and ESIA with outstanding academic, civic, and social credentials who intend to pursue public service careers.
- For information about more GW fellowships, see Departmental Funding Opportunities
NOTE
If you are not currently enrolled at GW, you are encouraged to use your local
public library and/or the library of your current or previous academic
institution to find information on fellowship opportunities. Another resource
is the fellowship/scholarship office at your current or previous academic
institution. International students should
check with their home country's embassy for possible funding.
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