Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students
Scholarships
Current and accepted students will receive an email from the Graduate Studies office in April with an application deadline of mid-May. Please contact the Graduate Studies office with further questions. Please note that you must submit a separate application for each scholarship.
Len & Carole Faulk Graduate Fund
- How much: Varies - usually between $500-$1000 yearly.
- Who can apply: Graduate students pursuing master's degrees and advanced certificate programs.
- Deadline: Usually an application memo is sent each September.
- Details: An essay is required. Optional recommendation letters from faculty members are accepted.
Robert and Elinor Grennell Scholarship
- How much: Varies - usually between $500-$1000 yearly.
- Who can apply: Graduate students with financial need.
- Deadline: Usually an application memo is sent each September.
- Details: An essay is required. Optional recommendation letters from faculty members are accepted.
Mallette Family Scholarship
- How much: Varies - usually between $500-$1000 yearly.
- Who can apply: Graduate students pursuing studies in education. Must be in good standing. If all things equal, preference is given to a first-generation college student.
- Deadline: Usually an application memo is sent each September.
- Details: An essay is required. Optional recommendation letters from faculty members are accepted.
Department Scholarships:
- Contact your department chairperson
FELLOWSHIPS
Graduate Diversity Fellowship
- How much: Yearly awards of $5000, $2500, and $1000, depending on budget.
- Who can apply: U.S. citizens or permanent residents who bring diversity to our campus: those who have overcome challenges in attaining a graduate education including minorities that have been historically underrepresented in higher education, first-generation college students, those raised in a single-parent household, and heads of single-parent families.
- Deadline: To be announced.
- Details: Send a one-page (minimum) essay addressing how you are qualified for this fellowship to Graduate.Studies@fredonia.edu
GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS
Academic Assistantships: Teaching, supervising labs, clinical work, working in academic offices
- How much: Full assistantships (20 hours per week): $6700 per year stipend; tuition waiver for 18 credit hours per year at the New York State resident rate. Half assistantships (10 hours per week): $3350 per year stipend; tuition waiver for 9 credit hours per year at the New York State resident rate.
- Who can apply: Applicants to Fredonia graduate degree programs and current graduate students.
- Details
- Positions currently available
TRAVEL FUNDING
- OSCAR: Funding for presentation/attendance at conferences. Details here.
- Department funding: Contact your department chairperson.