Financial Resources

The Office of Financial Aid, 105 Schmitz Hall (phone: 206-543-6101), provides information and application forms for available loans and work study positions. The Graduate School also provides links to financial resources for graduate students. Applications for financial aid are generally due during the winter before the following academic year. Please check current deadline requirements with the Financial Aid Office. Departmental employment, financial aid, and work study positions are sometimes available to qualified students.

The Grants and Funding Information Service (GFIS) at the University Libraries (in conjunction with the Graduate School) can also assist in finding funding. They provide workshops ("Introduction to Searching" and "Database Searching") and individual consultations to "help identify the best resources in your search for funding." They have a collection of funding directories and their website has links to resources.

Three federally funded long term nutrition traineeships are available to advanced Nutritional Sciences graduate students. Traineeships require that students be Registered Dietitians. Stipends provided by funds from the Maternal Child Health Bureau of the Health Care Resources Administration are provided for nine months. One traineeship is through the Pediatric Pulmonary Center, one is through the Partners in Excellence for Leadership Training in MCH Nutrition, and the other is through the UW leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. See MCH Traineeships for further information.

In addition, some program scholarships are available annually to current students. Scholarship applications are requested in early spring quarter for the following academic year. These small awards are intended to assist directly with tuition costs.

The Nutritional Sciences Program is unable to offer financial aid to international students.

Last updated May 11, 2011