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Financial Aid Programs for Graduate Students

(For factsheets or program descriptions click on the program of interest below.)

Non-Need/Non-Merit Based Graduate Financial Aid

Program	Participating Colleges	Residency Requirement	Eligibility	Award Amount	Application Contact
Academic Common Market - Attending Non-Virginia Institution	Participating SREB Member Public Institutions	Virginia Residents Only	Eligible Degree Programs Only	In-State Tuition Rate of Host State is Charged	State Council of Higher Education Click Here
Academic Common Market - Attending Virginia Institution	Participating Virginia Public Institutions	Non Virginia Residents Only	Residency in SREB State, Eligible Degree Programs Only	In-State Tuition Rate is Charged	Home State ACM Coordinator or visit www.sreb.org
Rural Dental Scholarship Program	VCU’s School of Dentistry	Virginia Residents Only	Post Grad Work Agreement	Up to 5 Awards of maximum of $5,000 each	VCU School of Dentistry (804) 828-9953
Tuition Assistance Grant Program	Participating Virginia Private Institutions	Virginia Residents Only	Full-Time Enrollment	Maximum 2008-09 Annual Award Graduate= approx. $1,900	Institution Financial Aid Office or Click Here
Virginia Doctoral Nursing Student Loan Assistance Repayment Program	George Mason University, Hampton University, UVA, VCU	Not Restricted	Varies	Varies	Available at institution’s website (GMU, HU, UVA, VCU) or Click Here

Need Based Graduate Financial Aid

Program	Participating Colleges	Residency Requirement	Eligibility	Award Amount	Application Contact
Senior Citizens Tuition Waiver	Virginia Public Institutions	Virginia Residents Only	Age 60+ & Income Limitations	Waiver of Tuition and Required Fees	Institution Admissions Office

Need and Merit Based Graduate Financial Aid

Program	Participating Colleges	Residency Requirement	Eligibility	Award Amount	Application Contact
Graduate Commonwealth Award	Virginia Public 4-Year Institutions	Varies	Full-time enrollment and other	Varies	Institution Financial Aid Office

Merit Based Graduate Financial Aid

Program	Participating Colleges	Residency Requirement	Eligibility	Award Amount	Application Contact
Southside Tobacco Forgiveness Loan Program	Any Post Secondary Institution in the U.S	Southside and Southwest Virginia residency	Regional residency and post grad work agreement	$4,000 per Year for Maximum of Four Years	Southside Virginia Tobacco Scholarship/Loan ProgramP.O. Box 1987 Abingdon, VA 24212 (276) 619-4376
Virginia Army National Guard Tuition Assistance Program	Participating Virginia Institutions	Not Restricted	Contact the Va. National Guard	Varies, up to full tuition	Dept. of Military Affairs (434) 298-6290
Virginia Space Grant Consortium	Participating VSGC Institutions Only	Not Restricted	Enroll into a STEM degree program: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics and show interest in aerospace related career	Undergraduate varies: $1,000 to $8,500 Graduate: $5,000 Fellowship	Virginia Space Grant Consortium
Virginia Teacher Scholarship/Loan Program	Participating Virginia Institutions	Virginia Residents Only	Min. 2.7 GPA, Teacher Shortage Area, Merit, & Post Grad Work Agreement	Up to $3,720	Director of Education Program at Institution
Application deadlines for the Graduate programs listed above will vary and the eligibility requirements listed are not all inclusive. Please see the program Factsheets or contact your institution's financial aid office or the agency listed under "Application Contact" for additional information. All need-based financial aid programs listed above require, at a minimum, the completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Individual colleges and universities may require the completion of an additional institutional form.