Graduate Scholarships and Assistantships

1. Professional cover letter which includes the following:
   • Contact information (full name, current mailing address, email address, phone number, etc.).
   • Niagara University graduate program for which you will apply or in which you are currently enrolled.
   • Undergraduate major or degree, undergraduate institution, and GPA (a 3.0 is needed to apply).
   • The opportunities in which you are interested in.
2. Resume
   • Include transferable skills both inside and outside your field of study.
3. Two-page double spaced essay addressing:
   • Commitment to Niagara’s Vincentian mission.
   • Contribution to Niagara University’s academic environment and intellectual culture.
   • Impact of assistance (financial need, etc.).

• Students need to reapply annually for positions.
• Not all graduate employment positions are available every year.
• Typically, employment positions are awarded on an academic year basis. However, when circumstances warrant, one-semester positions can be made.
• Applicants are precluded from receiving funding from more than one institutional funding program.
• Recipients must be matriculated students at the start of the appointed academic school year (fall/spring) and enrolled at least full time (minimum of nine credit hours).
• A graduate student who withdraws or reduces enrollment may jeopardize their stipend and tuition scholarship.
• Maintenance of good academic standing and progress, course completion, and satisfactory work performance is a requirement for continuation and/or renewal of positions for a second year.
• Renewal decisions will be made by June 15 for the upcoming fall semester.
• International students who are, or will be, attending Niagara University on an F1 visa (with an I-20), including those from Canada, should contact the International Relations office to determine their employment eligibility according to visa regulations prior to applying, or accepting, a graduate assistantship or any employment position.

There are 20+ graduate assistantship positions at Niagara University.

• Academic Success/Accessibility Services
• Admissions Office
• Alumni Engagement
• Arts & Sciences Departments
• Athletics/ Ticket Office
• Campus Activities
• Campus Ministry
• Career Services
• Clubs & Organizations/NUSGA
• College of Education
• College of Hospitality
• Controller’s Office
• Criminal Justice Research Assistant
• Enrollment Marketing
• Faculty Development
• Family Literacy Center
• Graduate Studies
• Information Security & Digital Forensics
• Intercultural Engagement Center
• International Relations Office
• Kiernan Center
• MBA Office
• President’s Office
• Undergraduate Operations
• Vincentian Center for Justice

The College of Education, the Holzschuh College of Business Administration, the College of Hospitality, Sport, and Tourism Management, and the College of Arts and Sciences will grant $7,400 tuition awards divided between the fall and spring semesters to applicants with the highest academic credentials. Graduate students who accept are required to perform 10 hours per week of service to the department.

A $3,000 scholarship divided between the fall and spring semesters will be awarded to nine academically achieving students who have been involved and contributed to the campus community as NU undergraduates.

This award is for matriculated graduate students who completed their bachelor’s degree at Niagara University and enrolled in the subsequent year in an NU master’s degree program. There can be no break in enrollment between Niagara University undergraduate and graduate enrollment to be eligible for this scholarship. (Summer is not considered a break in enrollment.)

The scholarship is good for the first year of the student’s master’s degree program.

• College of Education – Four $5,000 awards will be granted yearly and divided between the fall and spring semesters with a seven-hour-per-week service requirement for graduate students who accept the award.
• Holzschuh College of Business Administration – Two awards that provides part-time tuition scholarships (six credit hours in the fall, six credit hours in the spring with a 12-hour-per-week service requirement) and a third award that provides a full tuition scholarship (12 credit hours in the fall, 12 credit hours in the spring with a 20-hour-per-week service requirement) for students in the MBA program who accept the award.
• College of Hospitality, Sport, and Tourism Management – One $5,000 award will be granted yearly and divided between the fall and spring semesters with a seven-hour-per-week service requirement for graduate students who accept the award.
• College of Arts and Sciences – One $5,000 award will be granted yearly and divided between the fall and spring semesters with a seven-hour-per-week service requirement for graduate students who accept the award.

• 8 Awards: $11,000 in tuition credit for the academic year ($5,500 each semester Fall & Spring) 300 hours required service for the year (150 hours per semester).
• Enrollment Requirement: GRAs must enroll in at least 6 credit hours for both the Fall and Spring semesters and are limited to one institutional award (cannot be combined with other graduate scholarships or awards).