Applications for 2023-24 academic year now closed.
We offer several fellowships to help you afford to pursue your advanced degree at UMKC. To apply for these fellowships , you must submit the appication, your, transcripts, one or more letters of recommendation and any other material required by the application.
The Opportunity Fellowship application is closed for 2023-24. Check back in the late Fall semester for updates about the 2024-25 application.
The Arthur Mag fellowship application is closed for 2023-24. Check back in the late Fall semester for updates about the 2024-25 application.
Award amount
The Arthur Mag Graduate Fellowship includes a stipend of $10,000 plus remission of up to 12 hours of graduate education tuition.
Eligibility
Application requirements
The MacQuarrie Fellowship application is closed for 2023-24. Check back in the late Fall semester for updates about the 2024-25 application.
The MacQuarrie Fellowship Fund was formed to assist graduate students with financial need to pursue their graduate education. Dr. Ron MacQuarrie served as dean of the School of Graduate Studies from 1995 to 2011.
Elgibility
Application requirements
Deadline January 29th, 2023
Preparing Future Faculty applications have closed. Check back in the late Fall semester for updates about the 2024-25 application.
The PFF program is a 12-credit, two-year online graduate certificate program in college teaching and career preparation. Fellowships for the PFF program are awarded each year to competitively selected new program applicants.
Award amount
Eligibility
Only current or prospective graduate students who wish to participate in the PFF program are encouraged to apply for the PFF Fellowship.
Application requirements
We encourage you to also apply to non-university fellowships. A good starting point is contacting McLain Hymer in Career Services. As the Manager of Nationally Competitive Awards, she helps students identify and apply for prestigious external scholarships and fellowships. These awards can help students fund graduate study, research, and various work and study abroad experiences. Students of all backgrounds, interests, and goals are encouraged to consider these awards, and McLain hopes to provide a positive and developmental application process that will benefit students whether they are chosen as winners or not. You can find that website here, and you can contact her at mhymer@umkc.edu or (816) 235-1837. You can also schedule a meeting via Handshake.
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