Meritorious Awards

Fellowships

Graduate College Fellowships: The Graduate College allocates cash awards to academic units through the respective dean's office to recruit and retain top international or domestic graduate students. Please contact the graduate coordinator in your academic unit for availability and deadlines.

Eligibility:

1. admitted to a degree granting academic unit
2. enrolled in three or more graduate level units
3. be in good academic standing
4. have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
5. demonstrate need (New beginning with 2012-13 - updated 5/8/2012)

• Domestic Students must file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• International Students must submit to the awarding academic unit the Financial Aid Calculation for International Students in Masters / Doctoral Programs (developed by the UA Office of Student Financial Aid and approved by the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs).  

Additional Merit-Based Fellowships

• Graduate College and Confluence: Center for Creative Inquiry Graduate Fellowsips in the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
• Marshall Foundation Dissertation Fellowship 
• Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
• CONACyT Fellowships for Mexican Doctoral Students
• Richard A Harvill Graduate Fellowship
• Science Foundation Fellowship
• The Peter W. Likins Graduate Fellowship Endowment Award

Tuition Awards

Eligibility: 

1. currently admitted and enrolled in a graduate degree-granting program at The University of Arizona for three or more graduate units;
2. in good academic standing; and
3. have a cumulative graduate GPA of 3.00 or higher.

Application Procedure: Inquire at your graduate program. The program selects and awards recipients.

Range of Support: Based on the current non-resident and resident base graduate tuition rate.

External Funding Restrictions: Cannot be used concurrently with QTR.  For more information, refer to http://www.hr.arizona.edu/qualified_tuition_reduction/faqs.

Contact Person: Your academic unit graduate coordinator and/or advisor.

Thesis/Dissertation Tuition Scholarship: The waiver reduces nonresident tuition to what Arizona residents pay for tuition for 1 to 6 units. The award excludes the mandatory registration fees and any additional tuition charged by the individual programs. For the tuition structure, please refer to the University of Arizona Financial Services Bursar's Office. The tuition scholarship is designed to reduce the tuition for nonresident students who are within 2 years of completing their degree and only working on their thesis or dissertation research and writing.

Eligibility:

1. Nonresident graduate (masters, doctoral, or S.J.D.) degree-seeking student
2. enrolled at The University of Arizona for one to six (1 to 6) credits of 900-level units ONLY (no actual courses)

Application Procedure:

Academic units recommend graduate degree seeking students to the Graduate College for the award. (Students may not apply directly to the Graduate College) Please send the recommendation to 900levelwaivers@grad.arizona.edu.

Range of Support: based on the current non-resident tuition rate.

Limitations: Not more than four (4) semesters.

Western Regional Graduate Program: The Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP) gains students from certain states and certain academic programs resident tuition rates.  Participants must provide proof of residency and be admitted to an eligible program.  For more information about the WRGP, please refer to the WICHE website.  For information about eligible programs, please refer to the WRGP Program Directory.