I have some experience from the statistics department at Stanford. To be honest, funding opportunities for MS students are limited to say the least. If I were you I would not except a whole lot of outside funding and base my financial schedule on that.
I can't say that I have a specific research topic. Just theoretical statistics and probability to begin with for me...
I see you're also waiting for Columbia and Boston, just like me.
I can tell you though that Columbia is probably out of the picture if you haven't heard from there already... but let's hope the best.