SPNA assistantships and financial aid Assistantships and Scholarships Many SPNA students take advantage of the available programs that can help finance a higher education. What follows is information on some of these programs. Graduate assistantships require 10 to 20 hours of work per week under the supervision of a faculty member.
Most GAs work with professors on research and service projects.
In return, assistantships provide a modest stipend and partial tuition waiver. SPNA currently employs about 10 graduate assistants per semester. The Joyce F. Hecht Distinguished Scholarship in Philanthropy is awarded to outstanding full or part-time graduate students pursuing career paths in fundraising, grant writing, grant making and other areas of nonprofit development. The scholarship is competitive, awarded on the basis of past academic scholarship, prior nonprofit service, and stated career objectives. Part-time students currently working in the nonprofit sector are encouraged to apply.