Financial Aid

Financial Aid for Master's Level Students

Financial aid options available to master's level (M.Ed., M.T., and Ed.S.) students include loans and federal work-study options described on the website for Student Financial Services. At the school and departmental level, master’s students are encouraged to speak to their advisors regarding potential paid positions on grant-funded projects at the School of Education and Human Development and throughout the University.

• America Reads is a unique work-study opportunity at the School of Education and Human Development.
• UVA's Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs has scholarship and fellowships listed on its website.
• UVA's Office of Citizen Scholar Development has a database of various awards and funding opportunities available to graduate students.

External Funding Opportunities

• Students can browse external scholarships by field at UCLA's GRAPES (Graduate & Postdoctoral Extramural Support) Database.
• Additional scholarship information can be found through the MSU Library's Grants Database.

Financial Aid for Doctoral Students

Doctoral students who meet eligibility requirements are eligible for loans and federal work-study options. Full-time on-Grounds students may also qualify for assistantships and fellowships through the UVA School of Education and Human Development. To be considered for this funding, applicants must complete questions specific to departmental aid within the online application.

Financial support packages, which may include a combination of fellowship funding, bi-weekly pay, tuition remission/adjustment, and health insurance, are decided at various administrative levels. Heads of these administrative groups will notify all recipients following funding and placement decisions during the spring of each academic year. Funding support may last up to four years.

Continuing doctoral students who hold School of Education and Human Development graduate assistantships or fellowships should notify their assistantship supervisor, committee chair, and/or program area chair if they wish to be considered for the same or a different graduate assistantship or fellowship for the upcoming academic year. Continuing doctoral students who have not yet been awarded an assistantship or fellowship, but wish to be considered for the following academic year, should speak to their doctoral committee chair and members, department chairs, or program area heads regarding their department procedure for applying for the following year’s available assistantships and fellowship funding. Procedures among departments may vary, as will available positions and funding.

Doctoral students who do not receive financial aid packages in the form of graduate assistantships or fellowships are encouraged to speak to their program or committee chairs and members, class instructors, as well as the principal investigators (PIs) regarding potential paid positions on grant-funded projects ongoing at the School of Education and Human Development and throughout the University.