Funding and Scholarships opportunities
The cost of living in Tallahassee is 6% below the national average, which makes food, healthcare, housing, and transportation more affordable than cities such as Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, and Washington, DC. In addition, Florida residents do not pay personal state income tax.
Funding Opportunities
- The Graduate School Funding options
- Fellowships for Prospective Students
- Student Awards and Grants
- External Funding Opportunities
- Breakdown of Departmental Assistantships
- Organization of American States Scholarships
- Interdisciplinary Symposia or Conferences
- Tuition Waivers
- Health Insurance/Subsidy Benefit
- Income Tax Information for Graduate Assistants
- International Students only – Linkage Institute Waivers
- International Students only – Latin America-Caribbean (LAC) Scholarship
- Out of State Students only – Academic Common Market
Congress of Graduate Students (COGS)
Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Office of Financial Aid
Forms, Applications and General Information
Scholarship Opportunities
- Aileen Booth Shaw Modern Dance Scholarship (F07630) provides support to students who exhibit an interest and proficiency in modern dance.
- Anthony Morgan Undergraduate Choreographic Award in Dance (F08695) provides an annual award to 1 or more outstanding undergraduate students whose choreographic work has exhibited excellence, as determined by the faculty of the FSU School of Dance.
- Dance Alumni Scholarship (F05764) provides awards for a dance student who is in good standing within the dance major, has demonstrated outstanding talent and commitment, and has a need for financial support.
- Friends of Dance Scholarship (F05767) supports undergraduate and graduate students with summer study and academic year funding.
- Nancy Smith Fichter Endowed Scholarship (F05792) provides support for students in the School of Dance.
- Nellie-Bond Dickinson and Mary B. Settle Endowment (F05808) provides professional summer study awards for faculty and students.
- Sharon Maxwell Ferguson and Howell Ferguson Scholarship (F05836) provides support for students in the School of Dance.