Graduate Scholarships & Assistantships

Scholarships

Information about graduate scholarships, fellowships, and other awards administered through the Office of Graduate Studies is available at the scholarship and awards website. Three scholarships are awarded to political science graduate students in particular:

• D. Paul Fansler Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to seniors and graduate students in Political Science and International Studies, with high promise of achievement in international affairs.
• Frank and Nadezda Munk Political Science Scholarship. Awarded to an outstanding undergraduate or graduate student in Political Science with a particular interest in international affairs.
• Ione E. Curtis Endowed Scholarship. Awarded to two first or second year Political Science graduate students who have demonstrated a potential to excel in the graduate program.

Graduate Assistantships

The Division awards a limited number of assistantships to its master's degree students. Most GA positions are funded by the College, by faculty-supervised contracts, or by external grants in support of faculty research (the latter two sources also known as "soft money"). They usually include both a tuition remission and a stipend, the amount depend­ing on the number of hours per week that the student is expected to devote to the project and calculated as a share of a full-time equivalent (FTE). GA positions attached to the master's program usually fall within the range of 0.15 to 0.30 FTE, requiring between 7-1/2 and 15 hours of effort per week, with stipends between $3,000 and $6,000 for the academic year.

Students submit an application for a GA position when they apply for admission to the master's program. Only full-time students are eligible for assistantships.