Financial Information and Additional Financial Assistance Available at OSU
Relationship between scholarships, fellowships, assistantships, and other financial aid
- To be considered for Graduate Student University Fellowship - Use admission application check box (new graduate students only) - these are determined by the Graduate School, not the College
- To be considered for Graduate Administrate Assistant, Graduate Research Assistant or Graduate Teaching Assistant, please contact respective schools/departments. Generally students can be awarded up to $5,000 in scholarships in addition to holding a GA position.
- To be considered for Financial Aid, please complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid application at www.fafsa.ed.gov or visit the Ohio State Student Financial Aid web site at http://www.sfa.osu.edu.
- To be considered for other University scholarships/fellowships, please visit the following websites if applicable:
- The Graduate School's Financial Support webpage
- The Undergraduate Admissions Merit Scholarship webpage
- We encourage College of Education and Human Ecology students and applicants not to apply for scholarships on the Student Financial Aid site yet as we are working with the University Office of Student Financial Aid on updates to their application. Please look for further information at the end of autumn quarter 2009.
The university fellowship competition for new graduate students is a university-wide competition based upon nomination by faculty or committees within one of the College's six Schools or Departments. Applicants can do little to advance their candidacy besides having excellent credentials and a complete application file, including GRE scores. Deadlines to submit all material to be nominated for a Fellowship are as follows: January 1 for U.S. Citizens and November 30th for International Applicants. The final selection of scholarship recipients may be affected by the results of the university and college fellowship competition.
Continuing students on fellowship may apply for scholarships. The amount of fellowship support available may be considered when evaluating students for scholarships that emphasize financial need.
Students who have been appointed to Graduate Associate (G.A.) positions may apply for scholarships. Based upon the criteria of individual scholarship funds, scholarship committees determine how, if at all, the G.A. fee authorization and stipend should influence the selection of scholarship recipients.
The Office of Financial Aid notes the following for scholarship recipients
- Depending on a student's financial need for the academic year, as derived from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), receipt of scholarships from the College of Education & Human Ecology may reduce eligibility for need-based loans or other need-based financial aid.
- If a student has filed the FAFSA, receipt of additional scholarships from the College of Education & Human Ecology should not exceed a student's Cost of Education for the academic year (tuition/fees, books, room/board, and other miscellaneous expenses). Should the scholarship(s) impact the Cost of Education, the Financial Aid Office will contact the College to reduce the scholarship(s) award(s) or have the student file an appeal to have the Cost of Education increased.
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