Meritorious Awards
Fellowships through the Graduate College
- AHSS: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Graduate Fellowships
- Marshall Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (PDF)
- Graduate College Fellowship
- Graduate Diversity Fellowship
- Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
- Graduate Incentives for Growth Awards (GIGA)
- CONACyt Fellowships for Mexican Doctoral Students
- Richard A Harvill Graduate Fellowship (new graduate admits only)
- Science Foundation Fellowship
Tuition Awards
Graduate Tuition Scholarship: An award to cover any portion of base graduate student tuition, excluding the miscellaneous fees and any additional tuition charged by some individual programs or colleges. For the tuition structure, please refer to the University of Arizona Financial Services Bursar's Office.
Eligibility:
- currently admitted and enrolled in a graduate degree-granting program at The University of Arizona for three or more graduate units;
- in good academic standing; and
- have a cumulative graduate GPA of 3.00 or higher.
Application Procedure:
Inquire at your graduate program. Graduate degree-granting programs receive an allocation from the Graduate College. The program selects and awards recipients.
Range of Support: Based on the current non-resident and resident tuition rate
Contact Person: Your academic unit graduate coordinator and/or advisor
Thesis/Dissertation Tuition Waiver: Covers the base graduate (masters, doctoral or S.J.D.) student non-resident portion of tuition, excluding the miscellaneous fees and any additional tuition charged by some individual programs or colleges. For the tuition structure, please refer to the University of Arizona Financial Services Bursar's Office. The waiver is designed to reduce the tuition for non-resident students who are within 2 years of completing their degree.
Eligibility:
- Non-resident graduate (masters, doctoral, or S.J.D.) degree-seeking student,
- enrolled at The University of Arizona for one to six (1 to 6) credits of 900-level units ONLY (no actual courses),
- not using university resources to any significant extent, except for exams, final defense and some advising (basically only writing the thesis or dissertation),
- within 2 years of completing the masters or doctoral degree.
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: four (4) semesters.
Graduate College Fellowships
Description:
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:
- admitted to a degree granting academic unit
- enrolled in three or more graduate level units
- be in good academic standing
- have a GPA of 3.0 or higher