Graduate Awards, Fellowships, and Funding

While the number of applicants to our programs exceeds the amount of funding available, we do offer several opportunities for students to gain funding:

• Fellowships and Awards
  • Surge Fellowship
  • ASPIRE Fellowship
  • Hansen Fellowship
  • Jerry Dobrovolny Fellowship
  • Phil Ryan Graduate Fellowship
  • MAVIS Future Faculty Fellows Academy
  • William A. Chittenden Award 
  • Sharp Outstanding Graduate Student Award
  • Ben Hamilton Graduate Research Award
• Teaching Assistantships
• Research Assistantships

At the University level, there are additional sources of funding. You can check out more information on each of the following links:

• Graduate Assistantship Clearinghouse
• Graduate College Fellowships Office
• Campus Job Boards

Note that the Master of Science in Financial Engineering is a self-funded program where students are responsible for paying their tuition and fees.  Students in this program are not eligible for Board of Trustee (BOT) tuition-waiver-generating assistantships at the University of Illinois.