Funding Your Education
Tax Information For Fellows
Health Insurance Information for Fellows
Tuition Remission for Fellows
Tuition Remission for Graduate Assistants
Fellowship Forms
Travel Grants
Minimum Stipends for TAs, RAs, Administrative Assistants and Fellows
Prizes and Awards
Graduate Council Resolution on Revision of Fellowship Process, November 2003
Information for Postdoctoral Fellows and Postdoctoral Research Associates
Council of Graduate Schools Resolution Regarding Graduate Scholars, Fellows, Trainees, and Assistants
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One of the many ways to finance a graduate education at the University of Maryland is through a fellowship or scholarship. Fellowships are merit-based awards designed to enable the recipient to focus full-time on graduate study, do not have to be repaid, and in many cases include both the remission of tuition and a stipend for living expenses.
Fellowships are different from Graduate Assistantships. Assistantships require graduate students to teach classes, work on a research project, or perform administrative tasks to earn their stipend and tuition remission.
Most fellowship awards are made by graduate degree programs as part of a recruitment package; others are made to current students through a competetive awards process. Both applicants and current students should contact their graduate program for more information on available fellowships.
The University of Maryland is committed to increasing the diversity of our graduate students. We encourange departments to offer support to a diverse range of students consistent with the campus principles of equal opportunity, principles that take many factors into account, including race, ethnicity, gender, social, economic, and educational backgrounds, nationality, family experiences, physical disability or impairment, and other differences.
The Flagship Fellowships Program is an initiative of the University of Maryland Graduate School intended to help programs to recruit and retain truly exceptional students. Created through enhancement funding awarded competitively by the Office of the Provost, the Flagship Fellowships embody the university’s goal of joining a select group of research institutions widely known for an overall doctoral program that has achieved the highest level of excellence. A committee with broad disciplinary representation, appointed by the Graduate School, will serve as the selection committee.
As part of the University's efforts to enhance Ph.D. completion, the Dean of the Graduate School has established the Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowships. These one-semester fellowships are designed to enable more doctoral students to complete their degrees by relieving them of non-dissertation-related work responsiblities. Recipients of these awards are nominated by their graduate programs and selected by the Fellowship Committee of the Graduate Council.
The Graduate School also administers the Goldhaber Travel Grant program, which supports graduate students presenting academic work at conferences and professional meetings.
Several smaller prizes and awards are also available from the Graduate School. The Pelczar Award, The Phi Delta Gamma Award, the Mabel Spencer Dissertation Award, and the James W. Longest prize are awarded annually or semi-annually through a University-wide competition.
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