Students who accept graduate research assistantships or fellowships may not engage in any additional employment outside or inside Thayer School without prior approval of a graduate program director. Such employment is limited to 10 hours per week. Loans Thayer School awards may not be sufficient to cover the costs associated with obtaining a degree. Graduate students are eligible to apply for Stafford Loans through the Student Loan Office at Thayer School. The school also has a limited amount of short-term loan funds for emergency needs of degree candidates.
Initial awards start on the date of fall term registration.
The following endowed named fellowships have been established at Thayer School through the generosity of alumni, friends, foundations, and corporations. These awards are made to engineering students who have demonstrated outstanding academic ability, show definite promise to contribute to the engineering profession in the future, and have demonstrable financial need.