Professional Master's Program

Funding Sources

CJC Office of Careers and Corporate Partnerships (OCCP) 

The OCCP maintains a jobs and internships database that includes listings for graduate student employment opportunities, including assistantships for master’s students when available.

CJC Travel Funds

The Graduate Studies and Research Division grants CJC travel funds to students who are accepted to present papers at conferences. A complete list of available travel funding beyond CJC can be found on the University of Florida’s Graduate School site.

Graduate Student Council Grants

The GSC offers grants to students traveling domestically and internationally for conferences and professional development. All students in eligible departments may apply for the grants. The application can be found at our grants website. All questions about grants should be directed to gscgrants@gmail.com.

UFIC International Student Emergency Hardship Scholarship

The UFIC has established a scholarship for international students experiencing unforeseen financial difficulties that are beyond their control.

Scarborough Scholarship

The Scarborough agency established this award to show appreciation for the opportunity to work with international students at the University of Florida.

UF/SFC Development Project

The UF/SFC Development Project is a partnership between the University of Florida and local Santa Fe College that aims to increase faculty diversity at SFC, while providing minority and underrepresented doctoral students at UF with valuable teaching experience. Participants teach three courses per year at SFC and assist in its recruitment and retention of minority and underrepresented students. This program pays tuition, fees and a stipend, an award that may be funded for a maximum of four years. Participants must be US citizens who have a master’s degree in an approved field.

Fulbright

The Fulbright program involves the participation of a large set of collaborating partners in supporting Fulbright fellows at the University of Florida.

National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM) Graduate Fellowships (master’s and doctoral)

Deadline: November 15 annually
Online Application Period: opens July 1

Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program Graduate Student Grants in Sustainable Agriculture (master’s or doctoral)

Deadline: May
Applications available in March

Paul & Daisy Soros Foundation Graduate Fellowships for New Americans (any field, any advanced degree-granting program; for New Americans, described as immigrants or the children of immigrants to the US)

Deadline: Early November
Applications available: Generally in May

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Funding and Awards

Deadlines vary

Arthur W. Page Center

Deadlines vary
Need faculty member to serve as lead on submission

UF Center for European Studies Travel Grant

The UF Center for European Studies (CES) offers annual competitions for graduate student travel grants to assist UF graduate students with travel to Europe to pursue dissertation research, or to present work at a scholarly conference or workshop. These grants are open to all UF graduate students regardless of discipline as long as the subject of the research or talk is related to contemporary Europe.

National Women’s Studies Association Graduate Scholarship(opens in new tab)

NWSA will award a student who, in the fall of the year of the award, will be engaged in the research or writing stages of a Master’s Thesis or Ph.D. Dissertation in the interdisciplinary field of women’s studies. The research project must enhance the NWSA mission.

Richard A. Horovitz Fund for Professional Development

The Horovitz Fund is dedicated to African artists and scholars in the humanities and social sciences. A one-time award is granted to one or two students for graduate study for a 12 month period. The amount of the award normally ranges from $6,000 to $8,000.

To be eligible for the Richard A. Horovitz Fund for Professional Development, you must:

  • Be a citizen of a sub-Saharan African country
  • At the time of funding, be a graduate student, researcher or artist in a program at an accredited U.S. university, cultural or artistic institution (on a F or J visa)
  • Specialize in the humanities, arts or social sciences
  • Demonstrate academic achievement, by transcripts and letters of recommendation from faculty members
  • Demonstrate financial need
  • Not be currently funded by an established education grant program (for example, a Fulbright grantee could not also be a Horovitz grantee)