The Askew School offers a few graduate assistantships and scholarships to qualified students. Recipients are chosen on a merit basis. This financial assistance is awarded beginning in the Fall semester. To be assured of consideration, applications should be received by March 31st. Assistantships include a tuition waiver and a stipend for approximately 1/4 or 1/3 time service (approximately 10 to 15 hours per week). Students may be assigned as teaching, research, or administrative assistants.

New students with especially strong undergraduate and masters grades and GRE scores may apply for University Fellowships through the school before January 10th. University fellowships include an out-of-state tuition waiver.

Other fellowship opportunities are announced throughout the year. The Office of Graduate Studies publishes a monthly bulletin, "For Your Information," which includes notices of newly-opened competitions. The Office of Graduate Studies maintains current information about sources of financial aid on their website at: http://www.fsu.edu/gradstudies/finances/. Application forms for loans and financial assistance may be obtained from the Office of Financial Aid. In addition, the Division of Student Affairs has information on assistantships available elsewhere in the university itself.

The university offers a number of programs specifically for minority students. The deadlines are typically around the first of February, and require short separate applications. Those qualified are encouraged to apply simultaneously for one or more of the following:

• The Wilson Assistantship program for Black graduate students offers stipends which may be supplemented by the Askew School.



• The Delores Auzenne Fellowship for Black graduate students provides support which may be supplemented by the School.

The University administers a full array of general support programs. Interested students should apply far in advance to the Office of Financial Aid. MPA students receiving aid through the College Work/Study Program may request assignment to the Askew School where the work experience can be designed to complement academic interests. To obtain financial aid, you must be registered for at least six hours of coursework, and some sources require nine or 12 hours. Federal laws change concerning how financial aid affects your federal income taxes. Check with FSU’s financial aid office for current information, and ask about Lifetime Learning Credit information for taxes. You need to apply for or renew your financial aid each academic year, usually in late spring (even if you already receive aid). You can apply online for financial aid to save time.

There are Departmental Teaching and Research Assistantships, as well as many ways a graduate student can receive financial assistance. Below is a list.

Florida State University's most prestigious fellowship award is the Presidential Research Fellowship. It carries a stipend of $23,000. We award ten of these fellowships every year.

Downloadable Fellowship and Assistantship Application Forms
Fellowship, Assistantship, and Financial Aid Flyer (PDF download)
Fellowship Information Online
Internships
Waivers

From the Office of Graduate Studies:

• University and Presidential Fellowships
• Leslie N. Wilson Assistantship
• Delores Auzenne Fellowship
• Dissertation Research Grants

From other FSU organizations:

• Phi Kappa Phi
• The FSU Foundation Scholarships
• Latin American-Caribbean Scholarship (PDF download)

• The Humanities and Social Sciences
• The Sciences and Engineering
• Multidisciplinary
• Fulbright-Hays
• Traveling Scholars Program (ACC)
• Gubernatorial Fellows Program for the State of Florida (PDF download)
• French Embassy Resources (PDF download)
• Florida Foreign Language Association Teacher Grant Program (PDF download)
• Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program
• Florida International Linkages Institute Programs

To add to this list or submit corrections, email Velda Williams or call (850) 644-3525.



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