These fellowships are awarded through a competitive process each year. Students will receive notification of the scholarship process via their MSU-issued email from the Grad Link student newsletter. You must be an enrolled student to receive the notification. Individual awards will be posted online and shared via the College newsletter at least one month in advance of the award deadlines.
The College of Education, with additional funding from the Graduate School, provides more than $2 million to support doctoral1 student education in the form of fellowships and scholarships each year. Fellowships, typically awarded on a competitive basis, are designed to help recruit exemplary students and cover costs such as research, tuition, living expenses, and professional development. Fellowships are often combined with graduate assistantship opportunities. Learn more about CED Recruitment Scholarships.
1 Limited number of scholarships for master’s students may be available on the Recruitment Fellowships & Scholarships site.
These awards are not applied to and are only available to NEW, first-time students to a College of Education graduate program. New applicants are automatically considered for any endowed recruitment scholarship or fellowship they are eligible to receive.
There are additional endowed scholarships and external funds offered through individual departments and programs in the College of Education.
There are limited funds to support various forms of professional development. This means that doctoral students presenting the results of scholarly research at national or international conferences, for example, may request support for travel or other extraordinary expenses from their department chairs and from their department fellowship representatives. The Graduate School also provides limited support for similar activities.