Graduate Funding

Graduate Financial Aid

MENAS Awards & Funding:

• Adel Gamal Advanced Arabic Award
• Michael Bonine Memorial Research and Travel Award
• Nofal Family Foundation Fellowship
• Dissertation Tuition Waiver
  • MENAS covers 1 unit of MENA 920: Dissertation, when possible, for PhD students beyond their five consecutive years of funding. Students must have a minimum graduate GPA of 3.0. Students interested in a tuition waiver need to contact the MENAS Director.
• Conference Travel Support
  • Small conference travel support may be available for students presenting at or attending scholarly conferences.

Roshan GIDP in Persian and Iranian Studies:

• Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute Graduate Fellowship
• Taleghani Graduate Fellowship in Iranian Studies

Center for Middle Eastern Studies Awards & Funding:

• Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship through the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• Study Abroad through the Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Other Sources of Funding:

• UA Graduate College
• Graduate Center Office of Fellowships
• Office of Student Financial Aid
• Scholarship Universe
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