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Special Scholarships

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Doctoral Diversity Fellowship

Boston College has resources that support a number of fellowships that are offered to especially promising doctorate students from groups that are underrepresented in their professions of choice. These fellowships are renewable for between three to five years assuming continued academic excellence, and carry full tuition scholarships and stipends of approximately $19,500.  By nomination of the faculty at the time of admission.

Peter Jay Sharp Urban Scholars Award

The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation has given the Lynch School a generous endowment to provide financial support to 10 highly talented graduate students per year who are from underrepresented groups committed to teaching in urban schools. The scholarship is comprised of a $10,000 stipend. One-half of the Sharp stipend is an outright grant and the remaining $5,000 is a forgivable loan. One-quarter of the loan amount will be forgiven upon completion of the master’s degree and the remaining three-quarters is forgiven, up to the full amount, for each year spent teaching in an urban school. Tuition scholarships are sometimes paired with the stipend.  By nomination of the faculty at the time of admission.


Charles F. Donovan, S.J., Urban Teaching Scholars Program

Each year, a cohort of 30 applicants to master's-level teacher licensure programs who have a desire to teach in an urban setting are selected to enter the Donovan Teaching Scholars program. Students are supported with a scholarship award covering one half of the entire tuition. Other forms of aid are available to Donovan Scholars as well.  By application to the Donovan program.


Title III Teaching English Language Learners (TELL) Scholarships

Scholarships are provided by the Office of English Language Acquisition of the U.S. Department of Education through Title III Project ALL at the Lynch School of Education. Full-time graduate students enrolled in the TELL/ESL concentration may apply to be considered for the tuition remission support for the required concentration courses (six credits) and an optional, one-semester paid internship to work three days per week in a school in conjunction with a pre-practicum experience. For further information, please consult the Project ALL web site: http://www.bc.edu/schools/lsoe/title-iii/


Alumni Award

The Alumni Award, established through the generosity of Lynch School alumni, is an assistantship comprised of a stipend and a significant tuition scholarship for a student who shows promise of leadership in the field of education or applied psychology.  By nomination of the faculty at the time of admission.

Catholic Educator Award

The Lynch School Catholic Educator Award provides assistance to students who are working in and/or have a firm commitment to work in Catholic schools.  By application.


William and Mary Lam Graduate Student Scholarship

In accord with the intent of the donors, Mr. and Mrs. Lam, this award is given to a Chinese student who is committed to enhancing the educational experiences of poor rural students in China. It is comprised of a stipend of approximately $25,000 and a generous tuition scholarship.  By nomination of faculty at the time of admission.


Graduate Program in Severe Disabilities

This program is designed to train teachers to work with students with severe and multiple disabilities. Federal grant funds are often available to support tuition costs for students in the Severe Disabilities Program. Please contact Dr. Susan Bruce (brucesu@bc.edu) to express an interest in this opportunity.

Administrative Fellows Program

The Administrative Fellows program offers funding opportunities to incoming higher education students in key administrative offices at Boston College. The Fellows program offers students a unique and innovative opportunity to work closely with a senior administrator at Boston College, reflect on this experience in a seminar, and receive support for their graduate study. The funding is comprised of  varying amounts of tuition remission and a stipend for approximately 20 internship hours.  By nomination of the faculty at the time of admission.


Lynch School Dean's Scholarships

Dean’s Scholarships are awarded to incoming students identified by the faculty as having exceptional promise in their chosen fields of study and contributing to all forms of diversity in our student body, including intellectual, economic, racial, cultural, geographical, and gender diversity.  Made at the time of admission.

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