Graduate Institutional Aid

Institutional aid at Columbia University may include scholarships, fellowships, assistantships, stipends and low-cost institutional loans. They can be awarded based on need and/or merit and can vary in amounts and availability by school. For more information on school-specific institutional aid, please contact the Financial Aid Office for your school.

The interschool fellowships are need-based institutional awards that are not restricted to students in one Columbia school or college. The annual amounts of these awards are generally in the range of $1,000 to $5,000. These annual awards are released in two even disbursements, at the start of the fall term and at the start of the spring term.

Interschool Fellowships

• List of Fellowships:
  • Clifford and Siegfried Upton Scholarship
  • George W. Ellis Fellowship
  • Leta Stetter Hollingworth Fellowship
  • Lydia C. Chamberlain Fellowship 
  • Paul Nichoplas Scholarship Fund
  • Richard T. Wamser Fellowship
  • Vladimir and Olga Poder Fund
• Application Deadline
• Process

Clifford and Siegfried Upton Scholarship

Required documentation:

• Letter from employer verifying eligibility

George W. Ellis Fellowship

The George W. Ellis Fellowship is available to graduate students who are residents of Vermont or who have graduated from an accredited Vermont college or university.

Required documentation:

• Residents of Vermont should provide a copy of taxes, driver’s license, or voter registration
• Graduates from a Vermont college should provide a copy of transcript

Leta Stetter Hollingworth Fellowship

This fellowship is available to graduate students at Columbia, preferably, but not necessarily, to a woman graduating from or graduated from the University of Nebraska.

Required documentation:

• A copy of the student’s transcript from the University of Nebraska
• A letter of reference from a faculty of the University of Nebraska

Lydia C. Chamberlain Fellowship

Paul Nichoplas Scholarship Fund

This scholarship is to benefit a male or female student in any area of the University who has attended college or university in Greece.

It is available to graduate or undergraduate students for two years.

Required Documentation:

• A copy of the student’s birth certificate
• An affidavit or transcript

Richard T. Wamser Fellowship

The Richard T. Wamser Fellowship is available to male and female undergraduate students of Native American descent. Students must work at least 10-20 hours per week during the term they receive assistance from the fund.

Required Documentation:

• To verify that the student meets this criterion, please provide one of the below:
• Certification of Report of Birth issued by Dept. of State (DS-1350)
• U.S. Citizen ID Card (I-197 or I-179)
• Native American tribal documents
• Students involved in athletic activities should include a written statement outlining their participation. 

Vladimir and Olga Poder Fund

This fellowship is to benefit an Estonian-speaking students attending Columbia. The fellowship cannot be greater than $2,000 annually.

It is available to graduate or undergraduate students.

Required documentation:

• To verify that the student speaks Estonian, please submit a letter from the NY Estonian House located at 243 East 34th Street, New York NY 10016

Application Deadline

Students interested in applying for any of these fellowships must contact the Financial Aid Office for their school. Please submit all the necessary documents as required by each fellowship. The submission deadline for 2018-2019 school year is 4 PM on Friday, June 22, 2018. 

Process

All applications are submitted to your school's financial aid office for review and submission. Please contact your school's financial aid office with any questions you may have.

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