Federal Aid

• FAFSA – Free Application for Federal Student Aid. FAFSA distributes 80 billion dollars a year in financial aids to students through postsecondary institutions. We encourage students to apply for FAFSA to apply to federal student aid such as Pell grants, student loans and college work-study. For more information and web application process, please visit their website here. 
• College Work Study. There are many opportunities for those with work-study eligibility to work on and off campus in MPA-relevant positions. If you are offered work-study as part of your financial aid package, it is highly recommended that you accept it. You should speak with departmental faculty that you are interested in working with to see if a position can be developed for you. Alternatively, work-study can be used in off campus nonprofit and public agencies. Talk with Rhonda Smith, the PPPM Internship Director about off campus work-study opportunities.
  

University Aid

• Diversity Building Scholarship. This scholarship is part of the University’s plan to meet educational diversity and other programs in the UO campus diversity plan. This is a tuition-remission scholarship with awards that range from partial to full tuition and fee waivers. The amount of the award is determined by the UO Diversity-Building Scholarship Committee. For further information on this award please click here.
• Graduate Teaching Fellowships (GTF). GTFs include tuition waivers as well as a small salary. Many PPPM students hold GTFs around the university, including in the graduate school, disability services and international programs. These opportunities can be found on the grad school website.  GTF applications for other than PPPM can be found here.
  
• Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships. The University of Oregon's Center for Asian and Pacific Studies (CAPS) has been awarded a $778,000 federal grant for Foreign Language and Areas Studies (FLAS) fellowships for academic years 2006-2010. The FLAS program provides tuition and a generous stipend for UO graduate students who are US citizens or permanent residents doing advanced language training in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean in combination with area studies, international studies, or international aspects of professional studies. Please click here for application instructions or Contact Lori O'Hollaren, Deadline: February 15, 2007.
  

PPPM Aid

• Graduate Teaching Fellowships (GTF). The department annually offers teaching, research and administrative GTF positions. These positions include tuition waivers and a small salary. The positions are posted on the student list serve in the spring for the following year.  While most departmental GTF positions are awarded to second year students, a few go to incoming students. We will add incoming students to the list serve so that they can apply for appropriate positions.
  
• Internships. The department has an excellent internship program. Students can often find paid part time intern positions during the academic year. The current internship listings are on the Web here.  You may also contact Rhonda Smith, the PPPM Internship Director at (541) 346-2526 for more information.

International Student

• International students interested in financial aid opportunities should visit the U of O's International Affairs web page for additional information.

Last Updated February 28, 2008