The Bloustein School offers many opportunities for funding and support to qualified students in its graduate urban planning, public policy and doctoral programs. Merit-based aid is awarded to students in several forms, as described below. Financial aid packages may be for a single year, or multiyear, and may combine university, school, and outside sources.

To apply, make sure you check off your interest in financial aid on your application prior to sending. There is NO separate application required. For continuing students, a separate application process is conducted in the spring of each year. Current students are notified of this process by email and hard copy.

University Financial Aid also can assist you in providing information on loans, grants and other national and state merit and need-based support.

Awards

Following are some of the funding and support that students in Bloustein School programs have received in the past:

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Community Development Work Study Program
Full tuition plus $9,000 stipend, awarded to diverse students and/or students who are economically disadvantaged

Rutgers University Excellence Fellowships
Up to $14,000 plus tuition remission

Ralph Johnson Bunche Distinguished Graduate Awards

$15,000 per year plus tuition remission, awarded to exceptional graduate students with backgrounds of substantial educational disadvantage

Graduate and Teaching Assistantships

Up to $21,400 per year plus tuition remission, awarded to M.P.P., M.C.R.P., and Ph.D. students. Student assistants have the opportunity of working with faculty and staff in a variety of research and professional projects, teaching, or assisting in courses

Diversity Advancement Program Scholarship
$13,000 plus tuition remission, awarded to exceptional students from underrepresented populations

Louis Berger Fellowships
$6,000 per year for a second-year planning student at the Bloustein School

Edward J. Bloustein Memorial Scholarship
Up to $6,000 per year, merit-based award to a Bloustein School student

Graduate Scholar Awards
$1,100 per semester stipend for planning students, merit and need-based

Susan Kirk Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Provides a $2,500 award to a female student in transportation planning

Russell Tuition Scholarships
Tuition remission, awarded to students in planning, merit-based

Bloustein Fellowships In Public Policy
Seven awards of up to $10,000 plus tuition remission for full-time public policy students during their first year of study

Henry J. Raimondo Legislative Fellowships
Partnership between Rutgers and the NJ State Legislature. $8,150 stipend plus tuition and fee remission, awarded to selected, full-time, second year graduate students, merit-based. Requires an internship at a partisan or non-partisan legislative office in Trenton, NJ. For information on this separate application process, please email the school at ejb@policy.rutgers.edu.

B. Budd Chavooshian Endowed Fellowship
Provides a $5,000 meritorious award to an student in planning, for their commitment to the field

Brandon M. Poli Memorial Scholarship
Provides a $1,000 award to a student in planning, in memory of this former graduate of the program

Jennifer S. Lightner Memorial Scholarship
Provides a $1,000 award to a student in planning in memory of this former student in the program

Arthur Holland Ethics In Government Fellowship
Provides a $4,000 meritorious award to an student in public policy, for their commitment to ethics and the study of government service