Doctoral Applicants:
Please fill out the Doctoral Supplemental Application Form which will aid the admissions committee during the review process of your application and determining funding decisions as well.
NOTE: Doctoral students will be unable to view the lower portion of the supplemental form. This section is for office use only.
Each year, S-CAR offers funding to a limited number of PhD students. Funded PhD students serve as graduate research or graduate teaching assistants. Funded assistants are required to work 20 hrs per week with their assigned faculty member. There is also a partial tuition waiver, graduate student health insurance and a living stipend included. All PhD applicants are automatically reviewed for a funded position by the admissions committee.
Save the completed document to your computer then upload it to the on-line application in order to complete the information required for your application.
The Presidential Scholarship is a program of support for first-time Ph.D. students. S-CAR nominates one incoming Ph.D. student each fall for this award. The Office of the Provost makes the final decision on the award recipient. Criteria for this award includes a minimum of a 3.5 GPA in the most recently earned degree, minimum combined math and verbal GRE score of 1,200 (score earned within the last five years). Note: Based on the new GRE scale, the minimum required combined math and verbal GRE score is 310.
Graduate Research Assistant Positions (GRA)
A small number of GRA positions are awarded each fall term to incoming Ph.D. level students. If there is a position available for an MS student, we will contact applicants at that time. Unfortunately S-CAR is unable to fund each Ph.D student in the program. GRA positions include 6 credits of tuition per fall and spring semester, a living stipend and graduate student health insurance. GRAs are expected to work 20 hours per week alongside a faculty member who is assigned to them. We recommend to GRAs to seek additional funding to support them throughout their studies based on the high cost of the DC area living. As part of the Ph.D. admissions process, you are automatically reviewed for a GRA position and are notified of the student funding committee decision around the same time as admissions decisions are finalized.
Gradaute Teaching Assistant Positions (GTA)
A small number of Ph.D. level students hold positions as GTAs. These positions are awarded to currently enrolled Ph.D. students, usually to those that have completed all coursework. These positions usually include a stipend and some credits of tuition waived. Advertising of these positions are made during the academic year.