Financial Support for Graduate Studies: 2011-2012
The College of Arts and Sciences offers various forms of financial support to highly qualified graduate students pursuing degree programs in the College. The different types of funding support generally available are posted on The Graduate School Web site and all applicants are encouraged to consult these materials.
Within the College of Arts and Sciences, a significant number of graduate students are offered teaching or graduate assistantships, either through state-funded or grant-related opportunities. The stipends for these positions vary, generally from approximately $12,000 up to $22,000. Most assistantships will provide full tuition scholarships.
Estimated Cost of Attendance for In-State and Out-of-State Students
In addition, for exceptionally qualified students, the College of Arts and Sciences makes four additional types of awards, as outlined below.
Presidential Fellowships:
A limited number of highly competitive Presidential Fellowships are available to outstanding students. Candidates are nominated for this award by the department or program to which they apply. The fellowships are valued at $6,000 over and above teaching assistantship stipends. These awards are normally renewable for a maximum of four years and they carry a full tuition scholarship for this period. Early decision nominations are due Thursday, January 19, 2012. General nominations are due Wednesday, February 1, 2012.
Presidential Fellowship/Dean’s Scholar Program Guidelines
Dean's Scholarships and Fellowships:
Dean's Fellowships are similar to Presidential Fellowships: they include an assistantship (which carries a stipend in most cases of between $12,000 and $22,000 per year) and a fellowship stipend of $4,000. Dean's Fellows are also awarded a full tuition scholarship for the duration of their award, which for doctoral students is four years.
Presidential Fellowship/Dean’s Scholar Program Guidelines
Doctoral Diversity Fellowships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
The Doctoral Diversity Fellowships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics is awarded to academically exceptional students who have been admitted to SUNY’s doctoral degree granting institutions and will commence their graduate studies in STEM fields. The President of the National Academy of Engineering explained that the nation’s economic leadership and national security would likely decline if universities fail to increase the participation of minorities in STEM fields. As one of the nation’s largest public universities in one of the most demographically diverse states in the union, SUNY has a particular interest in developing creative approaches to expand diversity in its science and engineering doctoral programs.
For more information, contact Barbara Hardman.
Graduate Diversity Fellowship Program
The Graduate Diversity Fellowship Program is a SUNY-wide initiative that offers fellowships to students who have been admitted to graduate or professional study. This program is intended to assist in the recruitment, enrollment and retention of students in doctoral and master’s level programs who can demonstrate that they contribute to the diversity of the student body, especially those who can show that they have overcome a disadvantage or other impediment to success in higher education.
For more information, contact Barbara Hardman.
Government and Foundation Support
Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship Program:
The Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship Program is sponsored by New York State and offers support for historically underrepresented students in graduate programs across the university. Students in the program have outstanding academic credentials which contribute to an impressive graduation and retention rate of close to eighty percent. Schomburg Fellows participate in conferences and seminars and present papers in their respective disciplines. Since its inception in 1987, over 500 academically talented students have received support through this Fellowship program.
Boren Awards for International Study:
Boren Scholarships offer unique opportunities for U.S. undergraduates to study abroad in world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the Middle East). The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded.
Graduate Educational Opportunity Program (GEOP):
The Graduate Educational Opportunity Program (GEOP) provides tuition scholarships to graduates of Educational Opportunity Program (EOP); Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP); and CUNY Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) programs within New York State who wish to pursue further education at the graduate level.
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program:
The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program is a National Science Foundation, sponsored initiative designed to meet the challenges of educating Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the multidisciplinary backgrounds, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future.
To date, the University at Buffalo has received two IGERT awards from the National Science Foundation, each of which established a new, innovative program of interdisciplinary doctoral education within a fertile environment for collaborative research. With support from the National Science Foundation, each UB IGERT program offers U.S. citizens and permanent residents enhanced fellowship packages --- including competitive stipends, tuition remission, and other cost of education allowances.
The National Council for Science and Technology of the United Mexican States (CONACYT) Fellowships:
UB is proud to present its partnership with El Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) in Mexico. This agreement grants fellowships for Mexican graduate students to study at UB in addition to providing students with teaching or research assistant positions that include a stipend.
All Mexican citizens with permanent residency in Mexico are eligible to apply for this fellowship, providing they meet the admission criteria established by UB and the application criteria established by CONACYT.
More information on admission criteria to UB and the application criteria to CONACYT
Student Educational Employment Program:
Thehas two components; student temporary employment and student career experience. It is available to all levels of students: high school, vocational and technical, associate degree, baccalaureate degree, graduate degree, and professional degree students. Job opportunities under the Student Educational Employment Program (STEP) component offer temporary employment. Employment can range from summer jobs to positions that can last for as long as one is a student. These employment opportunities need not necessarily be related to a students' academic field of study or career goals.
Please also visit the following links for more information on government and foundation support:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Social Science Research Council
For further information on these fellowship opportunities, please contact:
Brant Kresovich
Program Administrator
830 Clemens Hall
bmk4@buffalo.edu
716.645.2711