Financial Aid and Scholarships

Under­grad­u­ate Finan­cial Aid and Scholarships

Mul­ti­ple forms of finan­cial aid, includ­ing grants, loans, schol­ar­ships, and work­study awards are avail­able to you. Get cur­rent bud­get and tuition infor­ma­tion and learn about oppor­tu­ni­ties for finan­cial aid by vis­it­ing U‑M’s Under­grad­u­ate Admis­sions ​“Costs & Aid” page. The Office for Finan­cial Aid is also avail­able for help with cal­cu­lat­ing costs, finan­cial plan­ning, and detailed infor­ma­tion about apply­ing for finan­cial sup­port: see their site for detailed infor­ma­tion on the Free Appli­ca­tion for Fed­eral Stu­dent Aid (FAFSA) and CSS Profiles.

Michi­gan res­i­dents pur­su­ing under­grad­u­ate study should check out infor­ma­tion on the new Go Blue Guar­an­tee. And all stu­dents are eli­gi­ble to apply for con­tin­u­ing stu­dent schol­ar­ships after their first year at Stamps.

Grad­u­ate Finan­cial Aid and Scholarships

Stamps pro­vides gen­er­ous finan­cial sup­port to grad­u­ate stu­dents. Finan­cial awards are held through­out both years of study and range from stipends and dis­cre­tionary funds that off­set stu­dio expenses and enable focused cre­ative work to teaching/​research assist­ant­ships and full tuition waivers. Finan­cial sup­port includes:

• 75% Tuition Assis­tance for all Stamps Grad­u­ate stu­dents in good aca­d­e­mic standing

• MDes/​MFA Dis­cre­tionary Fund­ing: Grad­u­ate stu­dents may receive $2,000 per year that they enroll in the Stamps School to spend at their dis­cre­tion towards their edu­ca­tional projects.

• Sum­mer Field­work Fund­ing: The School sup­ports a three- to five-week sum­mer research project, con­ducted either domes­ti­cally or inter­na­tion­ally, for all grad­u­ate stu­dents who are in good aca­d­e­mic stand­ing. The project will take place dur­ing the sum­mer after the first year. Up to $4,500 is pro­vided in sup­port of sum­mer fieldwork.

• Smucker-Wagstaff Project Grant: The Smucker-Wagstaff Project Grant was estab­lished in 2007 to help Stamps grad­u­ate stu­dents achieve excel­lence by sup­port­ing stu­dents who need assis­tance to carry out research for their cre­ative work that advances their progress toward their degree. Stu­dents may apply for one award each year with a max­i­mum amount of $3000.

Addi­tional fel­low­ships, grants, and schol­ar­ships are also avail­able through the Rack­ham Grad­u­ate School. Visit the Rack­ham Grad­u­ate School web­site for detailed, up-to-date infor­ma­tion on the cost of atten­dance, fund­ing resources, finan­cial plan­ning, and cost of liv­ing for grad­u­ate stu­dents at the Uni­ver­sity of Michigan. 

Post-Grad­u­ate Support

Stamps Grad­u­ate Pro­grams sup­port a vari­ety of schol­ar­ships, pre­sen­ta­tions at con­fer­ences, res­i­den­cies, indi­vid­u­ally funded projects and post-grad­u­ate oppor­tu­ni­ties. Recent grad­u­ate stu­dents are eli­gi­ble to apply for fund­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties up to five years after grad­u­a­tion. Post-grad­u­ate sup­port is not an oblig­a­tion of Stamps grad­u­ate pro­grams, it is merit based fund­ing that is reviewed by the Asso­ciate Dean’s office and grad­u­ate pro­gram direc­tors. Funds are dis­bursed as reimbursement.