Funding for international students

[a fragrant plant]

are there anything out there for international students?

[fuzzylogician]

In my field it's customary for programs to fund all admitted applicants (to the PhD program, MAs are rare) regardless of nationality. There were probably some considerations that went deciding how many foreign applicants to accept - e.g., in some states US nationals can become state citizens and pay a reduced tuition while foreign students pay a larger sum for all 5 years of their enrollment - so Americans are cheaper to accept, so to speak. This consideration is only true of public universities, of course. In any case, once the department decided to admit a student, that student always had their tuition payed by the department, regardless of how high it was. I think this is a fairly common situation out there, but it might not be true in every field - particularly for professional programs and Masters degrees.

Aside from school funding there's also funding from Fulbright, from your own country's funding agencies (like the SSHRC for Canada), and probably a couple more. Schools sometimes give lists of potential funding sources on their websites, it's worth a look.

[a fragrant plant]

In my field it's customary for programs to fund all admitted applicants (to the PhD program, MAs are rare) regardless of nationality. There were probably some considerations that went deciding how many foreign applicants to accept - e.g., in some states US nationals can become state citizens and pay a reduced tuition while foreign students pay a larger sum for all 5 years of their enrollment - so Americans are cheaper to accept, so to speak. This consideration is only true of public universities, of course. In any case, once the department decided to admit a student, that student always had their tuition payed by the department, regardless of how high it was. I think this is a fairly common situation out there, but it might not be true in every field - particularly for professional programs and Masters degrees.

Aside from school funding there's also funding from Fulbright, from your own country's funding agencies (like the SSHRC for Canada), and probably a couple more. Schools sometimes give lists of potential funding sources on their websites, it's worth a look.

thank you fuzzylogician. you're always very helpful!