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:
- 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
- A copy of the student’s transcript from the Iowa institution
- Upon acceptance of the award, applicant must submit in writing the intention to return to the State of Iowa for period of 2 years.
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.
Institutional Loan Disclosures: 2015-2016
In accordance with the Truth in Lending Act, students borrowing institutional loans must receive three required disclosures at the following stages: at awarding, at acceptance and prior to disbursement. Please click on the link below that corresponds to your institutional loan to see the first required disclosure and the necessary next steps.
All Schools
- General Student Loan Fund
- Dr. David Greene
- House Loan Fund
- International Student Loan Fund
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Megrue
- Ramsey Loan Fund
- J. Radon PS Foreign Students
- Shoemaker Loan Fund
- University Parent Loan
- CU Institutional Loan GP
- CU Institutional Loan P
Morningside Schools
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation
School of the Arts
Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- Busiel Loan
- Calvin Kazanjian
- Damato Loan Fund
- Gelgor Loan Fund Grad
- GIES-GSAG Loan Fund
- Severinghaus Loan Fund
Graduate School of Business
- Columbia University Business School Loan Program
- Carson Loan Fund
- Harrison Loan Fund
- S Hurok Estate Loan Fund
- Interschool
- Noblett Loan Fund
- Whittemore Loan Fund
Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Science
School of International and Public Affairs
Graduate School of Journalism
School of Law
- Chapin Loan Fund
- Chineese Loan Fund
- Columbia Law School Loan
- Jacob Friedman Loan Fund
- Law School Loan Fund
- Llewellyn Loan Fund
- Maynard Loan Fund
- Porter Loan Fund
- Steiner Loan Fund
- Tudor Loan Fund
School of Social Work
- Cady Loan Fund
- Douglass Loan Fund
- Favre (L.M.) Loan Fund
- Hahn Loan Fund
- Hilton Loan Fund
- Hoey Loan Fund
- Jordan Loan Fund
- Karagheusian Loan Fund
- Kenworthy Loan Fund
- Lang Loan Fund
- Leach Loan Fund
- Lian Loan Fund
- S.W. General Loan Fund
- Victoria Loan Fund
Medical Center Schools
College of Dental Medicine
- Benfield
- Bertuch
- Cooperman (DRL) Loan Fund
- Dean's Post-Grad Loan
- Delisi Loan Fund
- Dental Education Loan Fund
- Hindel's Student Loan Fund
- Hindels (George W)
- Holiday Memorial Fund
- HPSL Dental
- Hughes Loan Fund
- JS Noyes
- Kellogg Foundation
- LDS Dental
- Linn (B) Loan Fund
- May (W) Loan Fund
- Monahan
- Tapley (Deans) Loan Fund
School of Nursing
- Nurse Faculty Loan Program
- Nursing BAC Set-Aside
- Nursing Student Loan Graduate
- Nursing Student Loan Undergraduate
Programs in Occupational & Physical Therapy
College of Physicians & Surgeons
- AMA-ERF Loan Fund
- Amazon Student Loan
- Anke L. Nolting Loan Fund
- Arms Student Loan Fund
- Blumental Loan
- Class of 1906 Loan Fund
- Class of 1919
- Class of 1955 Student Loan Fund
- Class of 1956 Student Loan Fund
- Class of 1957 Student Loan Fund
- Class of 1958 50th Anniversary
- Class of 1959 50th Anniversary
- Class of 1979 Student Loan Fund
- Class of 1980 25th Anniversary Student Loan in memory of Glenda Garvey
- Clyde Wu Loan Fund
- Gardner
- Hawkins Loan Fund
- HPSL Medical
- JS Noyes
- Keyburtz Loan Fund
- LDS Medical
- Levy Loan
- Mackenzie
- Mage (Sigmund & Rebecca)
- Primary Care Loan
- Pullman Loan
- Stein Loan Fund
Mailman School of Public Health