Attracting the most outstanding young scholars to complete their graduate studies at Northwestern University requires a significant investment. To remain competitive with peer institutions, Northwestern offers incoming graduate students multi-year support that averages about $40,000 per student per year. Graduate fellowships are highly competitive and are awarded on the basis of merit.

The Graduate School at Northwestern has set a bold new standard for graduate level financial aid. Against a long-standing industry tradition of nine-month funding without a multi-year guarantee, the University committed itself to awarding 12 full months of support for at least four consecutive years of PhD education.

Graduate Tuition Costs (2005-06)
Full course load:	$35,160
Minimal coursework:	$3,984
Graduate Stipends (2005-06)
University Fellows (12-month appointment):	$18,660
University Fellows (9-month appointment):	$13,995
Teaching Assistants (12-month appointment):	$19,260

We invite you to become part of the effort to support some of the best and brightest emerging scholars in the academic community. You can help by:

• Creating a Named Endowment Fund
  Endowed funds for graduate students may be used to support fellowships, research, dissertation completion, or adavanced students who are engaged in cross-school initatives. Post-doctoral fellowships start at $1 million. Graduate fellowships and professional school scholarships start at $100,000.
• Contribute to a General Endowed Fund
  The Graduate School has two such funds, the General Graduate Student Support Fund and the Presidential Graduate Fellows Program. Both of these funds provide needed support for graduate scholarship and research.

Give online or contact Alice Barda, Director of Major Gifts, at a-barda@northwestern.edu or (847) 467-5389 to find out more about how you can develop your own plan to support Northwestern graduate students.