Scholarship opportunities?

[Courtneyy]

Does anyone know of any current scholarship opportunities that are not need base? Specifically relating towards social sciences.

[cropop]

You can sometimes get TA positions if you push for it. I was originally offered an unfunded MS but ended up with a full TA position with waiver/stipend because I asked for it. I also ended up with a summer fellowship just because I asked. Schools aren't always forthcoming about what they can actually do and neither of these opportunities were advertised anywhere. Obviously this will vary by school/program, but you can sometimes get pretty far if you start emailing around and asking people at the school and show passion and initiative.

So, you can start by emailing an advisor (PI or sometimes the program will have a program advisor) and expressing interest in TA, RA, GA, or explain that you really want to attend but are hoping to make it more affordable and see if they can point you towards somebody at the program who you can talk to and so on. That's how I did it.

[Courtneyy]

12 hours ago, cropop said:

You can sometimes get TA positions if you push for it. I was originally offered an unfunded MS but ended up with a full TA position with waiver/stipend because I asked for it. I also ended up with a summer fellowship just because I asked. Schools aren't always forthcoming about what they can actually do and neither of these opportunities were advertised anywhere. Obviously this will vary by school/program, but you can sometimes get pretty far if you start emailing around and asking people at the school and show passion and initiative.

So, you can start by emailing an advisor (PI or sometimes the program will have a program advisor) and expressing interest in TA, RA, GA, or explain that you really want to attend but are hoping to make it more affordable and see if they can point you towards somebody at the program who you can talk to and so on. That's how I did it.

Thank you!