The College of Graduate Studies offers $1,000 academic competitive scholarships based on our criteria and recommendations from your department.
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Graduate Scholarship CriteriaThe Graduate Studies Scholarship is a competitive scholarship to help support students during their graduate studies. Pending funding availability and student eligibility, graduate students recommended by their department will be awarded a minimum of $1,000, not to exceed $3,000 for master students or not to exceed $5,000 for doctoral students for the entire duration of study.
The scholarship will be disbursed in increments of $500 in the Fall and Spring semesters, not to exceed $1,000 per 12-month period. Receiving the scholarship makes all out-of-state and international graduate studies eligible to receive a non-resident tuition waiver in the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.
The Lamar University non-resident tuition waiver is a waiver of tuition and fee rates related to non-residency. Students receiving competitive academic scholarships of $1,000 or more may be exempt from the payment of nonresident tuition rates.
To be eligible for this waiver the scholarship must meet all institutional requirements of competitive awards and comply with all rules governing tuition rates and waivers as established by the State of Texas.
Students who are admitted to an LU graduate program, have good academic standing, and register for at least 9 semester hours in the long semesters (Fall and Spring) and at least 6 semester hours in Summer semester are eligible to receive the graduate scholarship on a competitive basis.
Additional criteria for selection may exist at the department level. Students can speak to department administration to learn more about any additional requirements for eligibility.
NOTE: Students must complete the Student Selective Service form (PDF) form before the funding can be disbursed
No, your admission into a graduate program at Lamar University automatically qualifies you for consideration by your department.
You will not need to select to accept the scholarship within the portal.
The Department that houses your graduate program will review all incoming and continuing graduate students annually. Students meeting the minimum eligibility criteria above and any additional departmental criteria will be selected as recipients. The Department will enter your award into the myScholarships portal.
Scholarships are submitted by departments by the Scholarships deadline. All scholarships must be awarded by the first day of classes, or they will not be awarded that semester.
The non-resident waiver is applied (when applicable) within 48 hours of the awarding of the scholarship by the Department in the myScholarships portal.
The College of Graduate Studies will conduct a compliance review of scholarship recipients each semester after the 12th class day and will send the results of the review to Departments. The results of the review should be considered for future cycle awarding.
This review will focus on base eligibility requirements (e.g., enrollment and GPA [Grade Point Average] requirements) only. Any higher-level requirements of the Department or College will need to be reviewed by the Department or College.