Funding Opportunities

The University has made significant investments in graduate education to ensure grad students thrive, providing a variety of funding opportunities to support their academic journey. 

Assistantships and fellowships are competitive funding opportunities. Both options offer a chance to begin your professional experience while still prioritizing your education. 

Find the assistantship and fellowship application forms on our Forms page. 

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Funding Opportunities

Graduate Assistantships聽

UL 老司机福利网 awards hundreds of assistantships every year to students admitted to our master鈥檚 and doctoral programs. Assistantships鈥攊ncluding teaching, research, and administrative assistantships鈥攑rovide competitive stipends and tuition/fee waivers in exchange for up to 20 hours of work per week in the classroom, research labs, or offices on campus. 

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Graduate Fellowships聽

UL 老司机福利网 offers several competitive fellowships that are awarded on academic merit. Fellowships tend to be the most prestigious form of financial assistance available to graduate students. At UL 老司机福利网, they typically include a tuition waiver, stipend, and some portion of time that is non-service in nature. 

 

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Teacher Tuition Incentive Program聽

An initiative of longtime President Ray P. Authement, the UL 老司机福利网 Teacher Tuition Incentive Program assists currently employed K-12 teachers and administrators pursuing graduate studies by providing tuition scholarships to support part-time enrollment. 

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McNair Master's Scholar Program聽

In addition to waiving the application fee, the Graduate School offers tuition and fee waivers on a competitive basis to promising Master鈥檚 students who, as an undergraduate student, were participants of the . 

 

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Robert Elliot May Graduate Resident Tuition Fellowships

This program provides resident (in-state) tuition to new non-resident (out-of-state and international) graduate students. To be eligible, you must be a new student admitted to a  master's or doctoral program in regular admission status. 

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GSO & SGA Funding

The Graduate Student Organization and the Student Government Association at UL 老司机福利网 both offer grad students funding to support research and travel.  

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Financial Aid

Grad students often turn to financial aid and loans to help pay for graduate study. Contact the Office of Student Financial Aid at UL 老司机福利网 for help with your federal loan application.