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Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Class of 2015
Posted by Columbia SIPA
· Tuesday,
September
30th,
2014
Categories : Paying for SIPA, SIPA
International Student Funding: some resources for your search
Posted by Maggie Pittman
· Friday,
August
8th,
2014
If you are an international student, you may be faced with some challenges in identifying funding sources available for studying in the US. But each year, approximately half of SIPA’s students are international, and each of them has found their own way to meet the costs associated with furthering their education overseas.
As you are probably aware, SIPA offers a number of scholarships for first year students, and scholarships and assistantships for students in their second year of study. All of these awards are available to international students. All applicants for admission are automatically considered for funding during their first year, and all interested students should apply for second year funding during the application period (typically early in the spring semester). Some international students borrow student loans from private lenders while studying here (loans from the US Government are not available to international students). For more information and a list of lenders that international students at Columbia University have had success with, click here. Please note lenders require international students to have a US citizen or permanent resident as a co-signer.
SIPA’s Financial Aid Office has an extensive database of external funding opportunities; while it is not designed only for international students, it does include many awards available to international students, and that is a criteria by which you can search the database.
We also recommend that students thoroughly investigate all forms of assistance from government or private sources in their own countries. Many international students at SIPA have been supported by their governments, employers or other agencies while studying here. There are also resources available from entities in the United States and elsewhere that may be helpful, and the following websites contain information that may be of use to international students seeking funding (and it’s not too early to start looking now for second year funding opportunities):
http://www.foreignborn.com/study_in_us/8-paying4school.htm
Categories : Paying for SIPA, SIPA
Some SIPA students find that they need additional resources beyond the $20,500 annual limit of an Unsubsidized Federal Direct Loan and other aid they have received. The loan most SIPA students turn to is the Federal Graduate PLUS Loan. This loan (which is credit-based) can be borrowed up to the full cost of attendance, including living expenses, minus any other loans and aid; please note that like all aid from the US federal government, it is only available to US citizens and permanent residents.
To start an application: Log in to the Net Partner portal at https://studentviewer.finaid.columbia.edu and go to the Messages tab. There you will see a section labeled “Unmet Financial Need” that includes instructions for the Grad PLUS loan. Follow the link to the Graduate PLUS Loan Request and Credit Authorization form. That will bring you to a Google document that will just take a few minutes to complete and submit. You will receive an approval response in a few days directly from the US Department of Education.
After receiving the approval, log in to www.studentloans.gov to complete the PLUS Master Promissory Note and Entrance Counseling.
Some private lenders offer similar loans. While their interest rates may be lower, they also don’t include as many repayment benefits or flexibility, including not qualifying for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. But if you’re only borrowing a small amount, some private loans may fit your needs; click here for some suggestions.
Categories : Paying for SIPA
Tags : Financial Aid, Graduate PLUS loan
Interested in a Columbia University Interschool Fellowships?
Posted by Columbia SIPA
· Friday,
May
30th,
2014
Each year, Columbia makes a few scholarships and fellowships available to students from all schools within the University. These awards, known as Interschool Fellowships, are the result of donations from generous supporters of the University and tend to have very specific eligibility criteria. To see if you may meet the eligibility criteria required to apply for these awards, please review them at: http://sfs.columbia.edu/grad-institutional-aid.
If you meet the full criteria for one or more of these Interschool Fellowships, to apply please go to: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?usp=drive_web&formkey=dDZqVzNQQVJvUE5EbF9Pc0JqQWFmT0E6MA#gid=0
Please do not apply for an award for which you do not meet all criteria. Applications that do not meet the full criteria, or applications that are incomplete, will not be accepted. If there is any required documentation indicated for the award/s for which you are applying, please submit that to the SIPA Financial Aid Office by Monday June 16.
As these awards are for Columbia students University-wide, SIPA does not choose the recipients, we can only nominate eligible applicants. Decisions are made by central administration, and those decisions are final. Decisions will be made in mid-August.
Please submit all applications to the SIPA Financial Aid Office no later than the close of business, Monday June 16, so that we can properly review all applications.
Categories : Paying for SIPA
Tags : Financial Aid, interschool fellowships
The Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs is pleased to announce the application for the Yellow Ribbon Program Scholarship, available to eligible veterans of the US Armed Forces, for the 2014/15 academic year.
The Yellow Ribbon Program is an initiative authorized by the Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (the Post-9/11 GI Bill) in which educational institutions provide eligible student veterans with a partial tuition waiver or grant matched by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. This program supplements the base educational benefits provided by the Post-9/11 GI Bill. To be eligible for the Yellow Ribbon Program, you must be a US veteran eligible for the maximum level (100%) of benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill according to your VA Certificate of Eligibility. If you are a veteran of the US Armed Forces and would like to learn more about eligibility for these benefits, please visit the GI Bill website at www.gibill.va.gov/.
SIPA is committed to honoring those who have served our country by being one of seventeen individual schools at Columbia University participating in the Yellow Ribbon Program. An application is required and will be available on our website by Monday June 9, 2014 at noon, Eastern Daylight Time. The application will be a Google document that is to be submitted online; no other documentation is required. Those who received a Yellow Ribbon scholarship at SIPA in the 2013/14 academic year and will be enrolled at SIPA for 2014/15 [and have maintained their eligibility] need not reapply, the award will be renewed in an amount based on available funding.
SIPA cannot guarantee funding for every eligible candidate, and funding will be on a first come, first served basis, so please make sure that you complete the application no later than June 27, 2014.
Categories : Paying for SIPA
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