Funding Opportunities
Scholarships and Funding
Graduate Assistantships
HEP awards a Graduate Research Assistantship and Graduate Teaching Assistantship annually to two PhD students. All applicants interested in either assistantship should indicate they are interested in full-time funding on their application to the Phd in Education. Occasionally, these assistantships are not filled by incoming students. In those cases, HEP posts these positions to Handshake as well as sends them out to the HEP student listserv with instructions on how to apply.
The majority of MA students interested in graduate assistantship funding receive Graduate Professional Assistantships from University Life. UL posts their assistantships on their website as well as on Handshake.
David W. Rossell, DA ’00, Endowed Scholarship for the Higher Education Program
David W. Rossell, DA, Associate Provost for Personnel and Budget, retired from George Mason University on August 1, 2007 after serving the university for 23 years. While at Mason, Dr. Rossell was actively involved with Mason’s Higher Education Program, which prepares individuals for administrative and leadership positions in two- and four-year colleges. This scholarship was established to support one or more student scholarship awards. Recipients will be a MA graduate student pursuing a degree in the Higher Education Program, will qualify on the basis of merit and financial need, may be either full or part-time, and be either an in-state or out-of-state student. The scholarship may be renewable, subject to the availability of funds. For renewal, the recipients must continue to meet the criteria above. To be considered, students must complete the FAFSA as well as the Mason Scholarship Application.
HEP Student Support Scholarships
Each year HEP provides scholarship funding for students who travel overnight to present (up to $500 per award) or volunteer (up to $250 per award) at conferences. To apply for these funds, email hepadmin@gmu.edu a short letter stating how this funding will support your professional development along with a copy of your trip budget and the conference registration receipt or panel/paper acceptance. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted.
Graduate Student Travel Fund
The Office of the Provost provides up to $1000 for graduate student travel to attend and participate in professional conferences. Details about the Graduate Student Travel Fund can be found here.
Graduate Inclusion & Access Scholarship
This scholarship, awarded on a competitive basis, is available to domestic first-generation college students who are new, incoming fall semester, full-time doctoral degree students, are from an underrepresented population within their doctoral field of study at Mason, and have demonstrated financial need. Details about the Graduate Inclusion & Access Scholarship can be found here.
High Impact Grants
The High Impact Grant provides tuition support for master's and doctoral students to cover courses that significantly enhance training and education and/or satisfy credit-bearing requirements towards completion of the graduate degree. High Impact Grants are awarded on a competitive basis. HEP courses eligible for the High Impact Grants include:
- HE 685 Practicum
- HE 886 Doctoral Internship in College Teaching and Administration
Other Funding Opportunities for Doctoral Students
Other funding opportunities for doctoral students can be found here.