How to Apply

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.

Graduate Opportunity Fellowship

The Opportunity Fellowship application is closed for 2023-24. Check back in the late Fall semester for updates about the 2024-25 application.

Arthur Mag Graduate Fellowship

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

• Applicants must be currently enrolled graduate students in academic programs from the Bloch School of Management; the School of Humanities and Social Sciences; the School of Science and Engineering; the School of Education, Social Work and Psychological Sciences; or the School of Law.
• The award is based on merit, personality and citizenship.
• Students who plan on graduating before Spring 2024 are not eligible for this award program
• A committee of community members makes the final selection

Application requirements

• A completed application form
• Transcripts of previous work
  • For continuing UMKC students, supply only a UMKC transcript. In Pathway’s “Self Service,” there is an option in “Academic Records” to request an unofficial transcript to be sent to your university email address, rather than paying $10 for the official copy.
• One faculty letter of recommendation

Ronald A. MacQuarrie Graduate Fellowship

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

• New or continuing students
• Preference given to students with financial need and academic potential

Application requirements

• Completed application form
• Transcripts of previous work
  • For continuing UMKC students, supply only a UMKC transcript. In Pathway’s “Self Service,” there is an option in “Academic Records” to request an unofficial transcript to be sent to your university email address, rather than paying $10 for the official copy.
• Three faculty letters of recommendation; one of these must be from your primary advisor, chairperson or mentor

Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Scholar Fellowship

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

• PFF Fellows receive tuition remission for three credits and a stipend of $2,500.
• The award may be renewable for the second year of the program provided recipients are making satisfactory progress in the program.

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

• Signed letter of recommendation from a faculty mentor that comments on the applicant’s suitability for the program
• Signed one-page letter stating goals for program participation and educational history
  • Email both letters to Candace Schlein
• Completed program application
  • If you are new to the online application system, you may first need to create an account. Once you access the application, select “College Teaching and Career Preparation” from the drop-down menu.

External Fellowships

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.