Graduate

University Merit Assistantship

Merit Assistantships are one-year awards which provide a competitive stipend for entering master's/doctoral students and students entering professional, terminal degree master's programs. Full tuition and student health insurance are provided. Students pay only fees. Students awarded university merit assistantships will assist with teaching or research activities, not to exceed twenty hours per week, within their department.

• Application Deadline

  To ensure full consideration for Graduate School funding, applicants should submit their complete application for admission to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as early as possible. We strongly recommend your full application be received by the Graduate School by January 1.

• Selection

  Prospective students cannot apply directly for this assistantship but are nominated by the graduate program to which they are applying. If you are interested in being nominated for this award please contact your department. Graduate programs nominate a limited number of their most promising applicants into a university-wide competition. The Fellowship Committee of the Graduate School then selects applicants who will receive assistantship offers.

The Graduate School Fellowships & Funding

The Graduate School offers a variety of funding opportunities to assist graduate students in funding their graduate programs from admission through graduation. We provide information and support to students applying for external fellowships, as well as providing fellowships and other direct financial support to graduate students, which supplements what your department provides. More information: 919-966-2611 or http://gradschool.unc.edu/funding/index.html

Graduate Student Tuition Support

A nonresident student who is awarded a fellowship or assistantship for the academic year may be eligible for tuition remission, which reduces out of state tuition to the in-state rate. In addition, nonresident and resident students who are awarded a fellowship or assistantship may be eligible for an in-state tuition award that further reduces tuition to zero. More information: call (919) 966-2611

The Grant Source Library

funding opportunities in the new editions of Schlachter and Weber’s series of financial aid directories including Financial aid for African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans. For Graduate students. More information: Grant Source Library, 307 Bynum Hall

Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Scholarship

Funds for the education of women. They are awarded according to the guidelines of the foundation . This scholarship is awarded on the basis of need to Christian women who reside in one of the specified states (NC being one of them). Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc. 50 Hurt Plaza, Suite 1200, Atlanta, GA 30303

Dr. Grover W. White Scholarship Program

This scholarship program is funded by an endowment and serves as a lasting memorial to the late Dr. White, a respected Urologist in Gastonia for 33 years. The applicant must be a resident of Gaston, Cleveland or Lincoln County in North Carolina or York County, South Carolina and who will attend an educational institution in North or South Carolina. The applicant must be seeking an advance degree in a medically related field: i.e., MSN, NP, MD, DDS, PA, PT; must already hold a bachelors degree or higher with a 3.50 GPA and must be attending or have been accepted at an appropriate school for the chosen field at the time of application.

AMBUCS Scholars Program

AMBUCS offers scholarships to students (U.S. citizens) in their junior/senior year in a bachelor’s degree program, or a graduate program leading to a master’s or doctoral degree. Awards range from $500 to $1,500 annually.

The SallieMae Fund

Scholarship, Academic Achievement, Awareness.

The North Carolina Student Loan Program for Health, Science and Mathematics

Funds provided by the North Carolina General Assembly for need based loans. Only for students are committed to practicing through service in NC. More information: 1-866-866-2362

The UNC-CH Scholarship & Student Aid Office

More information call (919) 962-8396

• Scholarships Resource Center (variety of opportunities)

• Need Based

  • Federal Work-Study

  The Federal Work-Study Program provides jobs for undergraduate and graduate students with financial need, allowing them to earn money to help pay education expenses. The program encourages community service work and work related to your course of study.

  • Loans

  The Office of Scholarships and Student Aid administers a number of student loan programs which provide low-interest, long-term loans to undergraduate, graduate and professional students.

  • Perkins Loan

  • Stafford

• Non-need Based Loans

  • Federal Unsubsidized Stafford Loans,
  • Federal PLUS Loans for parent borrowers,
  • private student loans, and
  • Federal PLUS Loans for graduate students.