Full PhD Scholarships

Center for Middle Eastern Studies Funding

• Harvard University offers many of their Ph.D. students scholarship money. Incoming students at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at Harvard are guaranteed full funding and living expenses for their first two years. They are also awarded a teaching fellowship that covers the cost of tuition and other expenses for their third and fourth years. Additionally, students that can demonstrate financial need may be eligible for other monetary assistance. CMES also offers information on external grants and funding for research during the summer.

  Center for Middle Eastern Studies
  Harvard University
  38 Kirkland Street
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-495-4055
  cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu

Univeristy of Iowa School of Social Work

• Social work students looking for a Ph.D.-level program should consider the University of Iowa School for Social Work. Entering students are guaranteed three years of funding, and the fourth year is contingent on student progress. As of 2010, the funding includes $9,532 for an assistantship, a $6,000 fellowship, plus all tuition and other feels are covered. The total award equals $20,000 for in-state students and $28,000 for out-of-state students. Minority students and students of historically under-represented groups may qualify for additional funds. Some students may also qualify for travel and research grants to help ease the cost of writing a dissertation.

  The University of Iowa
  School of Social Work
  308 North Hall
  Iowa City, Iowa 52242
  uiowa.edu/~socialwk

American Academy Nursing Scholarships

• Nursing students who would like to further their career with a Ph.D.-level education should consider funding through the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). The AAN has partnered with the Building Academic Geriatric Nurses Scholarship (BAGNC) program to help advance the field of geriatric nursing--the study and application of elderly health care. The BAGNC award offers nine scholarships of $50,000 per year to students doing doctoral work in geriatric nursing. This money can be used toward tuition and living expenses associated with nursing-level graduate work. Students can also receive an additional grant of $5,000 to do research on pain in older adults.

  American Academy of Nursing
  Coordinating Center
  888 17th Street, Northwest, Suite 800
  Washington, DC 20006
  geriatricnursing.org