Graduate Aid
Introduction
Several forms of financial assistance are available to graduate students through the Graduate School, the UNH Financial Aid Office, and individual departments, most of which are awarded for an academic year commencing in the fall. To be eligible for any assistance, the student must first be admitted to the Graduate School. In most cases, the application for admission with supporting documents serves as the application for new graduate students for the scholarship and assistantship programs available to them. In other cases, individual departments have their own application forms. Students are advised to contact individual programs for more information about assistantships and scholarships, and any departmental application forms.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
Satisfactory progress in a course of study must be maintained by all students who receive federal financial aid. The current standards for satisfactory academic progress are available upon request from the Financial Aid Office.
Graduate School academic standards and requirements can be found in our catalog.
Graduate Assistant Orientation
The graduate assistant orientation is a mandatory program for all newly appointed graduate assistants and fellows and is given every fall and spring semester. For details on the next orientation, and all associated documents and information you are responsible for, please visit the graduate assistant orientation page.
Important Deadlines
When
applying to graduate school many of the deadlines come
sooner if you are applying for financial aid. Here are some of the common deadlines:
January 15th or February 15th: Most common deadlines for applying to a department if interested in requesting financial aid.
March 1st: Financial Aid Application (FAFSA) Deadline for aid awarded by UNH.
Awards
We offer three special awards that are given out each year. The faculty mentor award is designed to honor a faculty member whose commitment to excellence in graduate student training has contributed significantly to graduate students’ professional development. The student research, scholarship and creativity award is designed to recognize graduate student research/scholarship and other creative works that represents the best overall contribution to the discipline. The student teaching award is designed to recognize graduate students who have demonstrated excellence in teaching.
The announcement, nominee and applications, are all found on our forms page for the most current academic year.
Other Resources
There are currently a variety of off-campus fellowships, awards and related types of financial aid. It is always useful to take some time and research these other forms of financial aid.
You can find information on scholarships, and many tips on applying for aid, at the Financial Aid Tips Website and the Scholarship Help Website.
If you have questions about the New Tax and Saving Options for Education more information is availablethrough the IRS Publication 970, Tax Benefits for Higher Education, and Publication 520, Scholarships and fellowships. You can find these publications on the IRS Website or by calling 1-800-TAX-FORM.
SPIN - Sponsored Programs Information Network
The SPIN Website provides detailed and timely information about thousands of Federal, non- federal and international funding opportunities. A user-friendly database, searches can be initiated through general keywords (Quick search) or specific criteria categories (Advanced search).
Requirements change but normally you could only access this website from a school that had a license to do so. This would mean you would have to be accessing the site from a computer within the UNH IP domain (unh.edu). If you are unable to use the link off-campus try using it on-campus.
There are many types of financial aid available ...
- Through the UNH Financial Aid Office you can apply for federal college work study aid, federal perkins loan, and federal subsidized, or unsubsidized, stafford loans.
- The Graduate School provides aid in the form of travel grants, scholarships and fellowships
- Departments provide aid in the form of assistantships (research and teaching), fellowships, scholarships and more.
- External to UNH there are many other sources of aid you can apply for if you take the time to research them.
