Financial Assistance

Eligible graduate students in general dentistry, orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, periodontics and endodontics, participate in an incentive-based clinical income sharing program; 33 percent of the net fees collected for clinical treatment provided by a resident in one of these programs will be paid to the student. Net collected clinical fees are defined as gross clinical fees collected less scheduled laboratory fees incurred as a part of the treatment procedures and less any waivers granted (except those authorized for payment to the resident by the assistant dean for clinical programs).

Financial aid for advanced education students is also available in the form of a limited number of Chancellor's Non-Resident Awards or graduate research assistantships. The Chancellor's Non-Resident Award provides for the non-resident tuition only (i.e., the difference between Missouri resident and nonresident fees), while the graduate research assistantship includes a stipend plus an award equivalent to the basic education fees (at regular graduate student fee rate and not at the graduate dental student fee rate) for 6 hours of graduate credit for both fall and spring semesters. Both categories of awards are made on a competitive basis, with quality of academic record as a major criterion. History of research experience or potential for research in the graduate program also serves to identify candidates for the graduate research assistantship.

Other forms of financial aid may be available from federal loan programs (depending on whether or not lending limits have been reached) or from other funding agencies.