All continuing GSAS students must apply for renewal of their fellowship, or for fellowship consideration if they did not receive an award the prior year. Each individual department has procedures and deadlines for fellowship consideration. Contact your department in February for information concerning fellowship consideration. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offers a wide variety of fellowships to students based on merit. These awards are made on both an annual and multi-year basis.
Fellowships often provide payment of tuition and fees in addition to a stipend for living expenses.
In the course of the doctoral program, the fellowship can take the form of a teaching or research appointment which provides for tuition, fees and a salary. Often these salaries are supplemented by an additional stipend for living expenses. All fellowship decisions for applicants and continuing students are made by the departments. All Fellows must apply annually for renewal of fellowships through the departments. Columbia University fellowship awards often consist of teaching or research appointments in addition to a supplemental stipend.