Financial Aid and Scholarships
Arts Management Program Awards and Scholarships
Arts Advocacy Award
Arts Advocacy Day is the only national event that brings together a broad cross section of America's cultural and civic organizations, along with hundreds of grassroots advocates from across the country, to underscore the importance of developing strong public policies and appropriating increased public funding for the arts.
We offer competitive awards to students to attend this event. We will cover conference registration, a shared hotel room in Washington D.C., and a return airfare to Buffalo/BWI.
Application for this award will include submission of an essay to the Arts Management program. The awards will be made according to 1) the quality of the essay submitted; 2) the applicant's academic standing; and 3) the applicant's contributions to the Arts Management Program (e.g., volunteering at events, administrative contributions, etc.).
Rosalind Jarret Summer Scholarship Award:
Students with an interest in Marketing and Development can apply to this award for study on the international summer school. This is a competitive scholarship and students will write an essay outlining their professional interest in the field and the study abroad program will enhance their education.
Summer School Scholarship Awards
Students may apply for this scholarship to cover expenses towards going on the annual summer school This is a competitive scholarship and involves an essay writing competition details or which are announced on an annual basis.
Professional Development Scholarships
The program supports students in their final year of study to make professional contacts in their chosen field. We have to date supported students to attend academic conferences, field trips for research, and professional conferences in theatre management.
University wide Awards and Scholarships
UB College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Fellowships, Scholarships, and Awards
UB Graduate School Student Fellowships, Scholarships, and Awards
Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship
The Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship Program offers support for historically underrepresented students in graduate programs across the university. Students in the program have outstanding academic credentials which contribute to an impressive graduation and retention rate of close to eighty percent. Schomburg fellows participate in conferences and seminars and present papers in their respective disciplines. Since its inception in 1987, over 500 academically talented students have received support through this fellowship program.
College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Scholarships
Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) offers 25 Dean's Scholarships to outstanding graduate students pursuing a program within the College. The scholarship carries a stipend of $4000, and will be renewable for up to three additional years.
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Graduate Educational Opportunity Program (GEOP)
The Graduate Educational Opportunity Program (GEOP) provides tuition scholarships to graduates of Educational Opportunity Program (EOP); Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP); and CUNY Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) programs within New York State who wish to pursue further education at the graduate level.
Jobs
Career Services offers information about and listings of both on-campus and off-campus job opportunities and internships for graduate students. Please click the fiollowing link for more information: UB Jobs.
Assistantships
Assistantships complement graduate and professional students' other learning experiences by providing the opportunity to apply, under expert supervision, some of the skills and knowledge that they have acquired. There are three general categories of assistantships: teaching assistantships, graduate assistantships, and research assistantships. Individual departments make teaching and graduate assistantship appointments, usually on a yearly basis. Departments and/or faculty members holding research grants or contracts make research assistant awards.
Recipients of full assistantships generally work approximately 20 hours per week teaching, conducting research, or doing administrative work. In return for this commitment, they are paid a stipend and in addition may be awarded a full or partial tuition scholarship (see note below concerning Graduate Tuition Scholarship eligibility). Teaching and Graduate Assistants on the State payroll are unionized at the University at Buffalo and receive benefits through their affiliation with the Graduate Student Employees Union, including State-subsidized health insurance and a transportation fee waiver.
Assistants must be matriculated graduate or professional students at the University at Buffalo who are able to devote full attention to their graduate program. Any graduate student appointed to an assistantship must be in good academic standing in a degree program and maintain full-time registration concurrent with their appointment. Ordinarily, it is expected that assistants will not hold jobs outside the university; the department chair may grant exceptions to this policy in cases of unusual economic necessity or other extraordinary circumstances.
As assistantships throughout the university become available, they will be communicated and advertised to Arts Management students.
Summer Scholarship Program
CONTACT: Study Abroad Programs
ELIGIBILITY: UB students who are studying abroad on a Summer UB program.
Please see the University at Buffalo Office of International Education & Study Abroad Programs website for further scholarship information. www.buffalo.edu/studyabroad
For more information on UB Financial Aid, please click the following link: UB Financial Aid.