Graduate Fellowships, Scholarships & Financial Aid
TU offers numerous financial awards and assistance options to help keep your education affordable and accessible.
Alumni Association Graduate Scholarship
The purpose of the Alumni Association Graduate Scholarship is to recognize, encourage and reward graduate students who demonstrate the highest levels of academic and personal achievement and have the potential to become active alumni who will support Towson University and contribute to their communities.
Applications for the Alumni Association Graduate Scholarship must be submitted by January 5. One scholarship for $1,000 will be awarded annually. Contact the TU Alumni Association for more information about the award or start your application.
Terminal Degree Fellowships
The Terminal Degree Fellowship program is designed to cultivate excellence and diversity
among graduate students at Towson University. Awards are made on the basis of academic
merit and/or depth of professional experience. For detailed information about this
award, please contact the Graduate Dean’s Office, 410-704-2078. See Related Links
for guidelines, application procedure, and evaluation rubric.
Applications for Terminal Degree Fellowships must be submitted by the fourth Friday
in March. Learn more.
Scholarship Seeker
Use the Scholarship Seeker to search for Towson University departmental scholarships, TU Foundation scholarships and Maryland State Scholarships offered to Maryland residents by the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC). Search for scholarships.
External Graduate Scholarships
Numerous businesses, organizations and foundations offer scholarships to students pursuing graduate study. If you’re interested in applying for an external scholarship, here are some places to start.
Discipline-Based Scholarships
College of Business and Economics
Accounting and Financial Women's Alliance
National Association of Black Accountants
College of Health Professions
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Minorities in Cancer Research (American Association for Cancer Research)
National Black Nurses Association
College of Liberal Arts
African Studies Association
Alliance for Women in Media
American Council of Learned Societies
American Anthropological Association
American Historical Association
American Political Science Association
American Psychological Association
Association for Asian Studies
Baltimore Hebrew Institute
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology
International Neuropsychological Society
Middle Eastern Studies Association
- Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
- Wadad Kadi Travel Fellowships for Doctoral Students
- MESA Graduate Student Paper Prize
Psychonomic Society
Race, Ethnicity and Politics of the APSA
Society for Psychophysiological Research
College of Education
Association of International Education Administrators
Federal Student Aid
College of Fine Arts and Communication
American Council of Learned Societies
College Art Association
Journalism Education Association
National Association of Black Journalists
The Association for Women in Communications
The Association of LBGTQ Journalists
Women’s Caucus for Art
Fisher College of Science and Mathematics
American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Inc
American Chemical Society
- ACS-Hach Second Career Teacher Scholarships
- ACS-Hach Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Scholarships
- IUPAC Prizes for Young Chemists
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
- AISES A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
- Chevron Corporation Scholarship
- Intel Growing the Legacy Scholarship Program
American Physical Society (APS)
- Herbert W. Nickens, M.D., Minority Medical Student Scholarships
- A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund
- Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Educational Advancement Foundation Scholarship
- Allan F. Henry/Paul A. Greebler Scholarship
- AFCEA Ralph W. Shrader Scholarships
- Acoustical Society of America (ASA) — Graduate Fellowship for Minorities
- AIGC Fellowship for Native American Graduate Students
- Association for Women in Science (AWIS) — Education Foundation Graduate Fellowships
- Bell Lab-Lucent Technologies Cooperative Research Fellowship Program for Minorities
- Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority (CSURM) Fellowship
- IBM Graduate Fellowships
- Frannie & John Hertz Foundation — Fellowship Program in Applied Physical Science
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NASA — Graduate Student Research Program (GSRP)
- National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) — Graduate Fellowships for Minorities and Women in Physical Sciences
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory — Advanced Industrial Materials Fellowship
- Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program of the University Research Initiative (URI)
- UNCF Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships
- AFCEA Postgraduate Ph.D. Fellowships
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Fellowships
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program
- The National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program
American Society for Cell Biology
American Society of Engineering Education
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program (PHIFP)
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellowship Program
Department of Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Materials Research Society
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
National Association of Black Accountants
National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science
National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientist and Technical Professionals
National Physical Science Consortium
- CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS)
- East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI)
- Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP
- Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW)
- Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF)
- Graduate fellowships in Sustainability Science
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Graduate Fellowships
- The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- SIAM/AAAS Mass Media
- University-Industry Cooperative Research Programs in the Mathematical Sciences (UICRP)
Women Telemakers
Other
American College Personnel Association
Census Bureau
Ford Foundation Fellowship Program
Grants for Graduate Students
Demographic-Based Scholarships
Ethnicity
A National Latina Organization (MANA)
American Anthropological Association
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Inc.
- AAHHE and ETS Outstanding Dissertations Competition (ODC)
- The Caminos Thesis Competition in Food and Agricultural Sciences
American Indian College Fund
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
- AISES A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
- Chevron Corporation Scholarship
- Intel Growing the Legacy Scholarship Program
American Political Science Association
American Physical Society (APS)
- A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund
- Acoustical Society of America (ASA) — Graduate Fellowship for Minorities
- AIGC Fellowship for Native American Graduate Students
- Bell Lab-Lucent Technologies Cooperative Research Fellowship Program for Minorities
- Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority (CSURM) Fellowship
- National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) — Graduate Fellowships for Minorities and Women in Physical Sciences
- UNCF Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships
Eastern Association of College and Employers
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Institute
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association of Black Journalists
- Acel Moore Scholarship for Community Journalism
- Allison E. Fisher Scholarship
- Carole Simpson Scholarship
- Larry Whiteside Scholarship
- Les Payne Founder’s Scholarship
- NABJ Scholarship
- Region III Scholarship
- Visual Task Force Scholarship
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
- NAHJ General Scholarships
National Black Nurses Association
National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science
Gender
A National Latina Organization (MANA)
Accounting and Financial Women's Alliance
Alliance for Women in Media
American Physical Society (APS)
American Association of University Women
- American Fellowships
- Career Development Grants
- Community Action Grants
- International Fellowships
- International Project Grants
- Research Publication Grants
- Selected Profession Fellowships
Faculty for the Future
National Women’s Studies Association
The Association for Women in Communications
Women’s Caucus for Art
Disability
Association on Higher Education and Disability
Sexual Orientation
National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientist and Technical Professionals
The Association of LBGTQ Journalists
Financial Aid
TU offers a wide variety of aid programs from several different sources. Explore all available aid programs for graudate students at TU. Explore your options and apply for financial aid at TU.