Graduate students
will stress less after graduation by funding through scholarships.
Earning a master's or doctoral degree can help students advance in their career after graduation, but graduate education comes with a cost. Graduate students are often ineligible for state-sponsored scholarships, and those students whose parents funded their undergraduate education might not have the funds to support them as they continue their studies. Fortunately, a number of organizations offer scholarships specifically for graduate students, and these scholarships can pay for tuition--or at least reduce the cost of it.
North American Interfraternal Foundation Scholarships
The North American Interfraternal Foundation offers two scholarships for graduate students. The Jack Anson Fellowship goes to a student who was a member of a fraternity or sorority at the undergraduate level who is earning a graduate degree in student personnel, college administrative work or a career working for her sorority or fraternity. The Lloyd G. Belfour Fellowships go to fraternity or sorority members studying at the graduate level. Students must have a minimum 3.7 GPA and be active in their sorority or fraternity.
American College of Healthcare Executives
The American College of Healthcare Executives offers the Foster G. McGaw
Graduate Student Scholarship. This $5,000 scholarship goes to up to 20 graduate students every year. Students must be studying in a health care management graduate program full-time to be eligible for this award. This scholarships goes to master's-level students, not doctoral students. Applicants also must demonstrate financial need to receive the scholarship.
Ford Foundation Fellowship Program
The Ford Foundation awards predoctoral fellowships to 40 graduate students pursuing their Ph.D. In addition to enrollment in a Ph.D. program, applicants need to have evidence of academic success and should plan to pursue a career in teaching and research after earning their degree. The fellowships go to students from a range of academic backgrounds, from anthropology and chemistry to literature and political science. Recipients earn a $20,000 annual stipend toward the cost of their doctoral degree.
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation awards the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship annually. Students earning a Ph.D. in the humanities and social sciences with a research or dissertation focus on ethical or religious values are eligible to apply. Applicants should be in the dissertation-writing stage of their doctoral program, meaning they should apply for this award a year or two into their studies, at a minimum. The foundation distributes up to 20 nonrenewable $25,000 awards to doctoral students.
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