Graduate Tuition, Financial Aid & Scholarships

A wide range of internal and external funding opportunities are available for graduate nursing students at the University at Buffalo.

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Financial Aid

Scholarships & Fellowships

Some scholarships require the submission of the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) Student Aid Report (SAR). The SAR identifies your Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and must be included to be considered for certain need-based scholarships.

UB Scholarships Portal
UB Office of Fellowships & Scholarships

Please note that School of Nursing scholarships are awarded separately through the Office of Student Services.

Awards Descriptions and Eligibility

Fund

Eligibility

Award

Range

Endowed School of Nursing Scholarships

Varies

Merit & Need

Variable

Teaching and Research Assistantships

DNP and PhD students 

Merit

Tuition scholarship and stipend

Federal Traineeship Awards

Full-time DNP, US citizen

Merit

Variable

Coletta A. Klug Award

Support for student research endeavors in psychiatric nursing (enrolled graduate students only)

Merit & Need

Variable
HRSA Nursing Student Loans Offered to eligible nursing students (undergraduate third and fourth year and eligible graduate students) who have filed a FAFSA
 Need Variable

Nurse Faculty Loan Program

PhD students

Merit & Need

Variable;
Loan forgiveness of up to 85% for future nurse faculty

Presidential Fellowships

New entry full-time PhD students

Merit

$6,000 annual stipend for 4 years plus guaranteed assistantship  
iSEED PhD Scholarship Full time PhD students on campus. Must be a US citizen or permanent resident. 

Merit

 

 Variable (based on grant funding)
Shirley DeVoe Dissertation Award PhD dissertation research support successfully completed qualifying exam Merit Variable up to $5000
Mark Diamond Research Fund
 PhD students
 Need Variable up to $3,000
Maureen R. L. Mussenden Scholarship Graduate students in health sciences. Must be a first-generation college student.  Merit One third in-state tuition for up to four years
ASCEND Triad Healthcare Recruiting Scholarship for Health Professions Graduate, doctoral, and professional students in medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy, or physical therapy in their final academic year. Must be a US citizen or permanent resident.  Merit  $9,500

Graduate Opportunity Program (GOP)

Former EOP, HEOP, and SEEK students who have not completed a graduate program.

Merit & Need

Standard in-state tuition rate for a full time student ($5,565 per semester as of 2019-20)

Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship Program

New entry doctoral students who can demonstrate that they would contribute to the diversity of the student body. Must be a US citizen or permanent resident.

Merit

Variable funds; includes guaranteed assistantship
Ongwe’onwe/Indigenous Student Scholarship

Full-time students in good academic standing who are one of the following:

  • A certified/enrolled citizen of a U.S. federally recognized nation or tribe.
  • A child or grandchild of an enrolled U.S. federally recognized NYS Six Nations/Haudenosaunee Nation citizen, that resides in the USA, outside of NYS.
  • Have a Canadian Indian status for one of the Haudenosaunee nations (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, or Tuscarora).
 Varies Variable
Statement of Non-Discrimination

This scholarship program is open to any and all prospective candidates regardless of race, color, national origin, or sex, and is consistent with all current governing federal and state nondiscrimination law. All application submissions will be assessed and evaluated in accordance with the required eligibility criteria.

Note for out-of-state scholarship recipients:

Should there be a reduction in non-resident tuition, your merit scholarship will be prorated accordingly to ensure your net price remains fixed.

Internally funded grant recipients are limited to $1,500.00 in conference travel per year.

Tuition & Fees

Tuition & Fees