Financial
Aid
Graduate Center (Institutional) Aid
Sections
Application and Awarding Process
Programs consider academic merit when making awards, as well as other practical and
academic factors. Once a program has made a nomination, the Office of Financial
Aid notifies the student of the award and collects the required documentation
needed to pay the award. U.S. citizens and permanent residents as well as
international students are eligible for institutional aid. Some awards, such as named fellowships, require additional
supporting materials, which are noted in the description of the individual
awards. Dissertation-year
award applications are reviewed by the Office of the Provost. All
institutional aid recipients must be matriculated and in full-time attendance
at the Graduate Center and have a U.S. Social Security Number or Taxpayer
Identification Number (TIN).
Graduate Center: Multi-Year Awards
Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowship (ECF): This is a five-year recruitment
fellowship which carries an in-state tuition award plus guaranteed funding
of $18,000 in each of the first five years of the recipients study at the Graduate
Center. The $18,000 is paid as follows: in Year 1 the ECF will receive a research
assistantship in the form of a Graduate Assistant B (GAB) appointment which
will be paid on a bi-weekly basis over twelve months (September through the
following August) plus a small Financial Aid stipend which will be paid once
a semester. In Years 2, 3, and 4, the ECF will receive a Graduate Teaching
Fellowship to teach at one of the CUNY undergraduate colleges. The Graduate
Teaching Fellowship is a Graduate Assistant C appointment. IN addition to the
GTF/GAC salary which is paid on a bi-weekly basis over twelve months, the ECF
will receive a small Financial Aid stipend each semester, as necessary, to
bring the total annual funding up to the promised $18,000. In Year 5, the ECF
will receive a non-teaching fellowship in the form of a Graduate Assistant
A (GAA) appointment, also paid over twelve months. The GAB, GTF/GAC and GAA
appointments carry eligibility for the NYSHIP health insurance plan for CUNY
doctoral students.
Chancellor's Fellowship: Chancellor's Fellows receive
five years of in-state tuition and a teaching position (in the form of a Graduate
Teaching Fellowship) at one of the CUNY colleges in Years 2, 3, and 4 of their
studies. In addition, Chancellor's Fellows may be eligible for additional support
from their doctoral programs during the Years 1 and 5 of study. Students admitted in Fall 2008 were the last cohort of Chancellor's Fellows. The award was discontinued for any future incoming students.
CUNY Science Scholarships are five-year awards that are given to natural science
doctoral students in the disciplines of Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, and
Physics. Almost all students accepted to these programs receive Science Scholarships.
Approximately ninety scholarships are given each year. The scholarships include:
1) an annual $24,000 stipend, 2) up to fifteen credits per semester of tuition
waiver at level I, and a full tuition waiver for levels II and III, and 3)
health insurance coverage. There is a small service obligation in the first
year related to professional development and research laboratory rotations.
In Years 2 through 5 of the award, there are usually some teaching assignments.
Renewal of the scholarship each year is contingent upon satisfactory academic
progress.
Science Fellowships: Recipients of full Science Fellowships receive five years
of in-state tuition support plus funding at $24,000 for the first
two years of their study at the Graduate Center. In Years 1 and 2, the $24,000 is paid
from two sources: a research assistantship in the form of a Graduate Assistantship
B (GAB) appointment which is paid on a bi-weekly basis over twelve months (September
through the following August) and a Financial Aid stipend paid once each semester.
The GAB appointment carries eligibility for the NYSHIP health insurance plan
for CUNY doctoral Students.
The Robert E. Gilleece Fellowship, named for the late Assistant Vice President
for Student Services, is offered at the time of admission to a select number
of incoming students who show exceptional academic potential at the Graduate
Center. The awardees are chosen by the Gilleece Fellowship Committee and are
based on nominations presented by all Ph.D. programs. Only academic merit is
considered in the selection of Gilleece Fellows. The award consists of full
tuition for in-state students or up to 12 credits per semester for out-of-state
students plus $18,000 for each recipient’s first five years of study
at the Graduate Center. The $18,000 is paid from two sources: A research or
teaching fellowship (in the form of a Graduate Assistantship B [GAB] appointment)
which will be paid on a bi-weekly basis over twelve months (September through
August) and a small Financial Aid stipend which will be paid once a semester.
The GAB appointment carries eligibility for the NYSHIP health insurance plan
for CUNY doctoral students.
MAGNET (Minority Access/Graduate Networking) Program focuses on both the recruitment
and retention of minority students in doctoral education at CUNY. In addition
to providing financial support, the MAGNET Program is designed to provide recognition
and social support. A significant component of the program is participation
in monthly luncheon roundtables designed to create a feeling of community among
aspiring scholars. Research faculty are invited to the meetings to meet with
MAGNET Fellows and to discuss their work. The award consists of full tuition
for in-state students or up to 12 credits per semester for out-of-state students
plus $18,000 for each recipient’s first five years of study at the Graduate
Center. The $18,000 is paid from two sources: A research or teaching fellowship
(in the form of a Graduate Assistantship B [GAB] appointment) which will be
paid on a bi-weekly basis over twelve months (September through August) and
a small Financial Aid stipend which will be paid once a semester. The GAB appointment
carries eligibility for the NYSHIP health insurance plan for CUNY doctoral
students.
General Graduate Center (Institutional) Awards and Fellowships
University Fellowships: Doctoral programs receive financial aid allocations
which they disburse to their students on the basis of need and academic merit.
These allocations are known as University Fellowships. They can cover tuition
or stipends. In cases where students are not receiving tuition coverage from
other sources, their tuition is directly taken from any University Fellowship
award before any stipend is disbursed. University Fellowship awards that entail
stipends may involve service requirements (at the discretion of the Executive
Officer) at a rate of 4.5 hours per month for every $1,000 in stipend funding.
The service generally entails research done under the direction of program
faculty members.
Tuition Awards: There are a number of ways in
which students receive funding to cover full or partial tuition costs. They
include University Fellowship awards as described above. In addition, students
who receive multi-year financial aid packages, including Enhanced Chancellor's Fellowships, Chancellor’s
Fellowships, or Science Fellowships, receive full in-state tuition during each
year of the award. Students who receive Gilleece or MAGNET Fellowships receive
full in-state tuition in each year of their award or out-of-state tuition paid
up to a limit of 12 credits per semester. In-state tuition awards are also
available to Ph.D. students who are adjuncts or hold a Graduate Assistantship
A or B at an undergraduate CUNY campus and who are within their first then
semesters of study at the Graduate Center.
The Student Employment Program funds a limited number of jobs each year in
the administrative offices of the Graduate Center, the Mina Rees Library, and
Information Technology. Student Employment Program awards vary in amount depending
on the availability of funds.
Graduate Assistantship B awards are granted to students upon the nomination
of their academic program, and the awardees are paid as regular City University
personnel. The Graduate Assistantship B starts at $10,525 and is paid over the
12-month calendar year. If the student is reappointed to a Graduate Assistantship
B for subsequent years, she/he is entitled to salary increases pursuant to
the collective bargaining agreement between the City University of New York
and the CUNY Professional Staff Congress. Students receiving the Graduate Assistantship
B must provide either 225 hours of research or 120 hours of teaching over the
academic year. The assignment will be made by the student's Executive Officer.
Students receiving Graduate Assistantships B may accept additional teaching
or research positions within the City University of New York; however, the
student's total workload, including the Graduate Assistantship B, may not exceed
240 hours of teaching or 450 hours of nonteaching activity per year.
The Graduate Teaching Fellowship (GTF) is the teaching component of the Enhanced Chancellor's
Fellowship award (see above). Graduate Teaching Fellows (GTFs) teach the equivalent
of two 3-credit courses per semester at CUNY colleges. They are placed on the
Graduate Center payroll as Graduate Assistant Cs and receive compensation starting
at $16,542 paid over the 12-month calendar year. A limited number of these
awards are available to students who do not have Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowships.
CUNY Writing Fellowship (CWF) will provide the fifth year of funding for the Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowships (ECF). For the Fall 2010 competition current Graduate Center students will be able to compete for one-year CWFs but going forward the pool of applicants will be limited to ECF recipients. All CWFs are hired as Graduate Assistant As in a nonteaching capacity and are placed on the Graduate Center's payroll for the 12-month calendar year (September 1 through August 31). CWFs are under contract to work a total of 450 nonteaching hours over the academic year (225 hours per semester), which usually translates into 15 hours per week. While employed in the Graduate Assistant A title, CWFs cannot hold any other teaching or nonteaching instructional title within CUNY.
Graduate Center: Named Awards for First- and Intermediate-Year Students
Description and Application and Awarding Process: The Graduate Center offers
a number of special awards to students with exceptional academic promise or
specialized skills. Special committees composed of faculty, students, and administrators
make most of these awards on behalf of the Graduate Center as a whole. Funding
for awards varies from year to year, and awards are offered in selected years.
The awards vary in amount from $1,500 to $16,000, and many of the awards carry
an in-state tuition stipend as well as the actual award amount. The amounts
listed below are the standard amounts for each award, contingent upon funding. No service is required for these awards
unless otherwise noted below. The following is a listing of awards that may
be offered in any given year:
Kenneth B. and Mamie Phipps Clark Fellowship for
a Level II or Level III doctoral student in the social sciences committed to
research in social issues that will result in programs for social action. A
letter of application is sent to the Office
of the Provost by March 1 for
this award. Award Amount: $7,000 plus an in-state University Tuition Stipend. At Level III, only the base tuition is covered. Any additional courses taken for credit are at the student's expense.
John H.E. Fried Memorial Fellowship in International
Law and Human Rights for
a full-time doctoral student in Political Science whose area of interest focuses
on international law and human rights. A letter of application is sent to the
Political Science Program by March 1 for this award. Award Amount:
$4,000.
Pamela Galiber Memorial Award for a Level II or Level III African American
doctoral student whose research focuses on social, cultural, or economic issues.
Award Amount: $1,500.
Leonard S. Kogan Fellowship for an entering or continuing doctoral student
in Developmental, Environmental, or Social-Personality Psychology or Educational
Psychology with an interest in expanding his or her methodological and quantitative
skills, and with mathematical training at least through the level of introductory
integral calculus. A letter of application is sent to the Office of Student
Affairs by February 1 for this award. Award Amount: $3,000 to $9,000.
James Bruce Llewellyn Fellowship for Minority Students for
an entering African American student in science or for a continuing student
who has passed the First Examination, completed no more than 50 degree credits,
and is within the first three years of candidacy. An application for this award
is available in the Office of Educational
Opportunity and Diversity Programs and is due by March 1. Award Amount: $10,000.
Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Graduate Center Fellowship for an entering full-time
doctoral student in the humanities. Award Amount: $12,000 plus an in-state
University Tuition Stipend. At Level III, only the base tuition is covered. Any additional courses taken for credit are at the student's expense.
Athena Pollis Fellowship in Human Rights for a
Political Science doctoral student interested in doing an internship in a human
rights organization. This fellowship may also be awarded to a dissertation-year
student. A letter of application is sent to the Office
of the Provost by
February 1 and to the Political
Science program
by March 1 for this award. Award Amount: $10,000.
Mina Rees Graduate Center Fellowship in Doctoral Studies for an entering full-time
doctoral student in the sciences. Award Amount: $12,000 plus an in-state University
Tuition Stipend. At Level III, only the base tuition is covered. Any additional courses taken for credit are at the student's expense.
Graduate Center: Dissertation-Year
Fellowships and Awards
The following awards and fellowships are designated
for students who are in the final stage of their doctoral studies. In most
cases, it is assumed that the recipient of a dissertation-year fellowship
will complete the dissertation during the fellowship year. In all cases,
students who will have completed the dissertation, oral defense, and revisions
within the first semester of the fellowship year will receive half the award.
The student must complete a general Dissertation Fellowship Application,
available in the Office
of the Provost. The deadline for applications is February 1 preceding
the academic year for which the award is requested. All of the awards are contingent on renewal of funding
and are offered in selected years. Unless otherwise noted, no service is
required for any of these awards. Not all awards are available every year.
Dissertation-Year Fellowships: General
In addition to the various distinguished scholars dissertation fellowships
and awards listed below, a number of general dissertation-year fellowships
are awarded annually to third-level students in any program who are advanced
to candidacy by the time of application for the award.
Presidential Dissertation Fellowships, awarded to third-level students who
are advanced to candidacy in any field by the time of application for the award.
Award Amount: $18,000 plus in-state tuition. At Level III, only the base tuition is covered. Any additional courses taken for credit are at the student's expense.
B. Altman Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for a dissertation-level student from any program. Award amount: $18,000.
Mario Capelloni Dissertation Fellowship for students of high academic merit
who show exceptional promise in their field of study. Award Amount: $20,000
plus in-state tuition. At Level III, only the base tuition is covered. Any additional courses taken for credit are at the student's expense.
Carell Dissertation Fellowship, for students of high academic merit and financial
need who plan to pursue careers with limited earnings expectations. Award Amount:
$20,000 plus in-state tuition. At Level III, only the base tuition is covered. Any additional courses taken for credit are at the student's expense.
Carole and Morton Olshan Dissertation Fellowship, for a dissertation-level
student from any program who expects to complete the dissertation during the
award year. Award Amount: $15,000 plus in-state tuition. At Level III, only the base tuition is covered. Any additional courses taken for credit are at the student's expense.
Martin E. Segal Fellowship, awarded to a student currently writing a dissertation on a New York City-based subject. Preference will be given to dissertations that explore New York’s cultural life, its theatre, its music, its arts, and its letters, but any New York-focused dissertation will be considered. Award Amount: $18,000.
Distinguished Scholars Dissertation Fellowships and Awards
The following fellowships are open to qualified students in all disciplines.
The fellowships recognize excellence in scholarly research and provide funding
for the completion of the dissertation. The named fellowships honor former
Graduate Center faculty and administrators. Award Amounts, with a few exceptions:
$16,000 plus in-state tuition. At Level III, only the base tuition is covered. Any additional courses taken for credit are at the student's expense. No service is required for these awards.
Milton Brown Dissertation Fellowship in the Arts, named in honor of the late
Professor Brown who was a faculty member in Art History.
Irving Hochberg Dissertation Fellowship in the Sciences, named in honor of
the late Professor Hochberg, who was Executive Officer in Speech–Language–Hearing
Sciences.
Geoffrey Marshall Dissertation Fellowship in the Humanities, named in honor
of the late Dr. Marshall, who was Provost and a faculty member in English.
Helaine Newstead Dissertation Fellowship in the Humanities, named in honor
of the late Professor Newstead, who was a faculty member in English and in
Comparative Literature.
Mina Rees Dissertation Fellowship in the Sciences, named in honor of the founding
president of the Graduate Center, who was a faculty member in Mathematics.
David Spitz Dissertation Fellowship in the Social Sciences, named in honor
the late Professor Spitz, who was a faculty member in the Political Science
program.
Frances Degen Horowitz Dissertation Fellowship is named in honor of Dr. Horowitz,
President Emerita and Professor of Developmental Psychology. Award Amount:
$15,000, no in-state tuition.
Special Focus Dissertation Fellowships and Awards
Randolph L. Braham Dissertation Award, an award for dissertation-level students
whose doctoral research is in the area of Eastern European, Jewish, or Holocaust-related
studies. Award Amount: $10,000.
Ralph Bunche Dissertation Fellowship, an award for a U.S. citizen, permanent
resident, or foreign national who is an advanced social science doctoral candidate
working on areas that preoccupied Ralph Bunche, especially the United Nations
and multilateralism, international politics, African and Middle Eastern affairs,
U.S. foreign policy, race relations, and human rights. Award Amount: $12,000.
Lane Cooper Dissertation Fellowship in the Humanities, for a student in the
humanities who shows promise as a scholar and teacher. Award Amounts vary annually
from $8,000 to $17,000.
European Union Studies Center Dissertation Fellowship for
a dissertation in the Social Sciences on topics relating to the European Union.
Award Amount: $20,000.
William Randolph Hearst Dissertation-Year Award is for an African American
or Latino/a doctoral student (citizen or permanent resident) who expects to
complete the dissertation during the award year. Award Amount: Ranges from
$5,000 to $8,000 plus in-state tuition. At Level III, only the base tuition is covered. Any additional courses taken for credit are at the student's expense.
MAGNET Dissertation Fellowships are established to aid outstanding African
American and Latino/a doctoral students (citizens or permanent residents) in
completing the dissertation. Award Amount: $20,000 plus in-state tuition. At Level III, only the base tuition is covered. Any additional courses taken for credit are at the student's expense.
Leon Levy Center for Biography Dissertation Fellowship is available to students whose dissertations take a biographical approach to their subject matter. The Center encourages the connection between university-based and independent biographers working in print, visual arts, and other media. Fellows are required to attend public programs and a seminar throughout the academic year. Award amount: $22,000.
Mellon Dissertation Fellowships are supported by the Mellon Foundation and
sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, which directs the selection process.
The theme and guidelines for each year's fellowship will be available in December
on the Center for the Humanities
website. Award Amount: $18,000.
Athena Pollis Fellowship in Human Rights, for outstanding Political Science
students whose research involves international, comparative, or theoretical
human rights studies, with preference for applicants of color or from other
countries. Selection is made by the Political Science program. Award Amount:
$10,000.
Harold M. Proshansky Dissertation Fellowship, for an outstanding student writing
a dissertation that addresses the human condition in urban settings, with a
focus on New York City. Award Amount: $16,000 plus in-state tuition. At Level III, only the base tuition is covered. Any additional courses taken for credit are at the student's expense.
Martin M. Spiaggia Dissertation Award in the Arts and
Humanities for students
of high academic merit who can demonstrate financial need. Award Amount: $5,000.
Awards for Dissertation Proposal and Research Expenditures
Ford Foundation Award for Dissertation Research Expenditures is for students
whose dissertation research deals with issues of gender, race, identity,
sexuality, or higher education policy. The stipend covers expenses such as
travel, transcriptions, materials and other costs and may be combined with
other grants, subject to approval. An itemized budget is required. Award
Amount: $2,000.
Frances Degen Horowitz Travel Award, named in honor of the President Emerita
of the Graduate Center and Professor of Developmental Psychology, is for travel
expenses related to dissertation research. Award Amount: $2,000.
Alexander C. Naclerio Research Award for a Level
II or Level III doctoral student conducting research in the area of housing
and urban development. A letter of application is sent to the Office
of the Provost by March 1 for this award. Award Amount: $2,000.
Rose Kfar Rose Dissertation Award, for an outstanding chemistry student, to
be selected by the program. Award Amount: $5,000.
The Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Dissertation Proposal Award recognizes an outstanding
proposal for research into historical aspects of a topic involving America's
past, present, or future. All appropriate Dissertation Fellowship applications
will automatically be considered for this award. Award Amount: $2,000.
Andrew Silk Dissertation Award for a student whose dissertation proposal focuses
on people suffering economic hardship, social discrimination, or political
repression. Award Amount: $5,000.
Sue Rosenberg Zalk Student Travel and Research Fund Award
Student travel and research support stipends of up to $300 per student per
year, on a matching basis, are available. Students may apply for these awards
to help cover registration and travel expenses for attendance at professional
conferences, research-related travel costs, or costs of research materials
and subjects as well as dissertation-related expenses such as typing and duplication.
The student must complete the Student Travel and Research Fund Award application, which is available from the Office
of Student Affairs or on the Student Affairs website. Original receipts
from the function for which the award is intended must be presented to the
Office of Student Affairs for reimbursement.
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