Types of Fellowships & Scholarships
At the graduate level, fellowships and scholarships are interchangeable terms for merit-based awards, for which no service is required. The Office of Graduate Student Assistantships and Fellowships (OGSAF) can provide general information and assistance on graduate support opportunities.
GW University Fellowships
Graduate students may apply for a variety of internal awards that involve a stipend and/or tuition award based on academic achievement.
External GW Fellowships
External fellowships are awards are funded by foundations and organizations outside of GW. Most of these programs carry fall deadlines and provide funds for the next academic year.
Study Abroad Fellowships
Graduate study abroad programs promote cultural understanding though language study, work-study, academic study, research or internships.
Awards by Academic Department
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences grants full or partial tuition merit awards at the time of admission.
Elliott School of International Affairs
The Elliott School of International Affairs grants full and partial merit awards.
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
The Graduate School of Education and Human Development grants full or partial tuition merit awards at the time of admission.
The GW School of Business
The GW School of Business grants full or partial tuition merit awards at the time of admission.
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences grants full or partial tuition merit awards at the time of admission.
School of Public Health and Health Services
The School of Public Health and Health Services grants partial merit awards.
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
The School of Medicine and Health Sciences grants partial merit awards.
The George Washington University Law School
The George Washington University Law School grants partial merit awards.
The GW Experience
Students
An Incubator for Ideas
GW student entrepreneurs may apply for spots in entrepreneurship incubator.
A Home Away from Home
Twins study medicine and public health at George Washington.
Student Co-Produces New Album
George Washington student José Curbelo helped produce an album of northern Uruguayan music for Smithsonian Folkways.
A Call to Service
GW students traveled to Guatemala, Honduras, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Puerto Rico as part of the fourth annual Alternative Winter Break program.
Faculty
Teaching Campaigning in Cairo
GSPM professors teach practical skills to emerging politicians in Egypt.
South African Youth Perform at GW
Latest collaboration between Professor of Theatre Leslie Jacobson and the Bokamoso Youth Centre premieres Friday.
A Life-Changing Course
Today’s reading by Aryeh Lev Stollman, author of “The Far Euphrates,” is the first of six from visiting artists in this spring’s Jewish Literature Live course.
Alumni
Medical Alumni Can ‘Adopt a Doc’
New scholarship program enables graduates to put a face and name to donations.
GW Alumni, Graduate Student Win Fulbrights
Fifteen alumni and one doctoral student will conduct research around the globe with 2011-12 Fulbrights.
Furry Friend Gets Kids Excited About Learning
George Washington alumna helped create a curriculum for elementary school students centered on the dog who used to serve as the postal service’s mascot.