Financial AssistanceA variety of financial awards are available to our graduate students. The most common awards are the Chancellor's nonresident awards (CNR) and the Deans International Computing and Engineering awards (DICE). Both are awarded on a competitive basis to our best applicants only during initial enrollment. Graduate teaching and graduate research assistantships are also available; however they are usually not available to incoming master's level students in their first semester.
Scholarships and AwardsThere are two types of scholarships and awards available to MS students. No special application form is required to be submitted; the graduate admission committee makes this decision based on the regular application material submitted by the applicants.Domestic Students (CNR) For U.S. citizens/permanent residents who are nonresidents of Missouri, a number of nonresident tuition waiver scholarships, known as the chancellor's nonresident (CNR) award, is available for our best applicants; the amount of this award is equal to the nonresident fee differential (currently valued at approximately $7,800 per year for students taking a full-time load each semester.) Domestic Students (GEM) A qualified applicant can also apply for a fellowship through the GEM (the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science) program, which is to U.S. citizens from underrepresented groups; our school is one of the selected schools certified by GEM. For additional information on GEM, go to http://www.gemfellowship.org. International Students (DICE) For international students, the Dean's International Award for Computing and Engineering (DICE) is a competitive award available to the most qualified applicants. The amount of this new award is currently valued at up to $7,300 per year for students taking a full load each semester. This award is only for students newly admitted to SCE and is determined at the time of admission.
Graduate Teaching and Research AssistantshipsA limited number of graduate assistantships are available each semester. Research assistantships are available through various faculty conducting funded research, and information on these can be obtained from individual faculty. Most faculty with funded research programs will award research assistantships to students they have been able to observe in classroom performance. A limited number of teaching assitantships are available to fully-enrolled graduate students who have successfully passed the school's verbal and comprehensive exams. The actual number of assistantships awarded each semester is based on total student enrollment. Typically, awards are for quarter-time support, with three-eighths or half-time support a possibility and may include tuition fee waivers. Priority will be given to students with excellent communication skills and to students in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program. Students wishing to be considered must present a simulated lecture that will be videotaped for review. International students must also pass a SPEAK test, administered at UMKC's Applied Language Institute and can not be considered for a teaching assistantship during their first semester of enrollment. Students must apply for these opportunities by sending their application materials by e-mail to griffiths@umkc.edu.
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