{"id":51731,"date":"2024-07-18T14:11:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/grad\/?page_id=51731"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:59:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:59:28","slug":"aspiring-graduate-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/grad\/aspiring-graduate-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspiring Graduate Student Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Augsburg University, we believe that graduate education should be accessible to all students, regardless of financial barriers. The Aspiring Graduate Scholarship is designed to support aspiring graduate students who are first-generation scholars and\/or demonstrate financial need, helping them take the next step in their academic and professional journeys.<\/span><\/header>\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><b>Scholarship Award:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $5,000<\/span><\/header>\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><b>Application Availability:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The scholarship application will be accessible through your application portal beginning <\/span><b>May 1, 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/header>\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><b>Application Deadlines:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Priority Deadline:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> June 1, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Final Deadline:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> June 30, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Eligibility as of 3\/1\/25:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To be considered, applicants must meet one or more of the following criteria\u00a0 and must be applying for or admitted to a graduate program beginning in <\/span><b>Spring (January), Summer (May), or Fall (August) 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demonstrated financial need\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First-generation graduate student (neither parent\/guardian has earned a <\/span><b><i>graduate or other advanced degree<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A commitment to service and\/or experience working with underserved communities related to your intended program of study.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are committed to fostering a vibrant academic community, and we encourage all interested students to apply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*PsyD and DMSc students as well as employees\/employee dependents of Augsburg are excluded from eligibility.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>For more information, contact\u00a0<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#58;&#97;&#100;&#109;issi&#x6f;&#x6e;&#x73;&#x40;&#x61;&#x75;&#103;&#115;&#98;&#117;&#114;g&#46;e&#x64;&#x75;\">&#x61;d&#x6d;&#105;s&#x73;&#105;&#x6f;&#x6e;s&#x40;&#97;u&#x67;&#115;&#x62;&#117;r&#x67;&#46;e&#x64;&#117;<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"tel:16123301101\">612-330-1101<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Augsburg University, we believe that graduate education should be accessible to all students, regardless of financial barriers. The Aspiring &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":517,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51731","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/517"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51731"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51843,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51731\/revisions\/51843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}