Student Support
- Anne Kibrick Graduate Nursing Award
The Anne Kibrick Graduate Nursing Award annually recognizes "exemplary scholarly and/or scientific achievement, values, or collegiality and scientific integrity" by a doctoral candidate in the College of Nursing with a minimum award of $700.
Give Now - Babette Schiller-Spiegel Memorial Fund
The Babette Schiller-Spiegel Memorial Fund supports educational programs administered by UMass Boston for persons who have been committed to correctional facilities in MA for, and are serving, life terms or long terms.
Give Now - Bettina Harrison Fund
The Bettina Harrison Fund provides an award to the graduating biology major who best combines teaching at the university level with scholarship, with teaching as the primary consideration.
Give Now - Boston Empowered Disabled Fund
The Boston Empowered Disabled Fund "supports projects, programs, and related activities to benefit students with documented disabilities."
Give Now - Carol DeSouza Student Support Fund
The Carol DeSouza Student Support Fund was established to help undergraduate students with documented disabilities who wish to purchase adaptive equipment and/or technology. In the event that a qualified student is not identified, the funds may be awarded to a program on campus that provides services to disabled students.
Give Now - Carol Hardy-Fanta Public Service Internship Fund for Women
The Carol Hardy-Fanta Fund for Internships for Women in Public Service is an annual award made to up to two students in the university’s Graduate Program for Women in Politics & Public Policy who foster a greater understanding of the intersectionality of gender, race, ethnicity in politics and public policy within a public service setting. The student will receive a monetary award to work for up to nine months in a state or local government office or organization working on policy issues of concern to women who represent the diversity of women in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Students will perform the internship while enrolled in a regular class schedule. This is a prestigious award based on the overall merit of the student.
Give Now - Chancellor's/Graduate Student Assembly Distinguished Dissertation and Thesis Award
The Chancellor's/Graduate Student Assembly Distinguished Dissertation and Thesis Award seeks to encourage academic excellence at the graduate level by awarding both a thesis and a dissertation award to a graduating masters and doctoral student, respectively.
Give Now - College of Management Award for Excellence in Finance
The College of Management Award for Excellence in Finance seeks to encourage Finance students to enroll in the MBA program at UMass Boston by awarding an annual cash award to a graduating College of Management student in overall good academic standing, and outstanding achievement in finance courses.
Give Now - Davidson Emergency Aid Fund
The Davidson Emergency Aid Fund provides emergency assistance for students.
Give Now - Distinction in History Prize
The Distinction in History Prize annually rewards the graduating history major with the "highest grade point average in history courses" with a cash prize.
Give Now - Economics Department Endowed Fund
The Economics Department Endowed Fund provides annual support for student related activities and programs in the Economics Department.
Give Now - Evonne Hill-Shepard Memorial Award
The Evonne Hill-Shepard Memorial Award provides support for students and student related activities and programs in the College of Public and Community Service.
Give Now - Founders Prize in American Studies
The Founders Prize in American Studies is awarded to a graduating senior who majored or concentrated in American Studies.
Give Now - Ina Samuels Prize Fund
The Ina Samuels Prize Fund awarded each year to a student in recognition of an outstanding research proposal or a completed research project in psychology.
Give Now - Lipke Memorial Fund
The Lipke Memorial Fund makes "professional travel" possible for one or more graduate or biology students annually.
Give Now - Marcia Keach Memorial Poetry Prize
The Marcia Keach Memorial Poetry Prize is awarded to poets who are graduating seniors.
Give Now - McCone Family Student Research Fund
The McCone Family Student Research Fund encourages inquisitive Biology students to pursue self designed research projects under the supervision of a Biology Department faculty member by providing financial assistance for supplies, source materials, travel, and other costs related to discovering, presenting, and disseminating their findings.
Give Now - Merrill Fund for Caribbean Student Travel
The Merrill Fund for Caribbean Student Travel offers students the opportunity to "travel and conduct research in the Caribbean under the guidance and supervision of university faculty members." The research will be directly related to hands on interaction in at least two Caribbean cultures with additional travel. This scholarship is made available to any student of at least junior level with a 3.0 GPA and demonstrated financial need who has been approved by the Department of Africana Studies.
Give Now - Michael S. Dukakis Endowed Internship Fund in Public Service
The Michael S. Dukakis Endowed Internship Fund in Public Service supports student internships in public service.
Give Now - Moulton-Blair Honors Program Travel Fellowships
The Moulton-Blair Honors Program Travel Fellowships will provide students enrolled in the UMass Boston Honors Program with the opportunity to travel abroad. Applicants must be graduating seniors from the University Honors Program who can articulate in a short essay their personal and intellectual desires to travel. Additionally, a desire to share their travel experiences upon return is greatly encouraged.
Give Now - Paul F. Boller Prize Fund
The Paul F. Boller Prize Fund was established to honor one or more graduating students who submit "the best essays written by a student in the field of history." The minimum prize amount awarded is $150, with the history department responsible for all details, including the method of selection.
Give Now - Peter Brooks Butler Memorial Scholarship
The Peter Brooks Butler Memorial Scholarship seeks to award one full time enrolled sophomore or junior English major who demonstrates talent in creative writing and/or Renaissance literature with a "scholarship to attend the UMass/Oxford Seminar." This scholarship is awarded every two years, and in the absence of a qualified student, the money is awarded to an entering senior as a book prize.
Give Now - Program for Women in Politics and Public Policy Scholarships (PWPPP)
Scholarships for students in the Program for Women in Politics and Public Policy are essential for supporting our students- most of whom are young women-- and the program at large.
Give Now - Robert Morris Dissertation Support Program
The Robert Morris Dissertation Support Program, established in Dr. Morris’s memory, offers dissertation research support to doctoral students in the Gerontology PhD Program on a competitive basis. Funds awarded may be used to defray research expenses associated with completing the dissertation.
Give Now - Robert P. Dunbar College of Management Cooperative Education/Internship Support Fund
The Robert P. Dunbar College of Management Cooperative Education/Internship Support Fund assists outstanding graduating senior who is a participant in the College of Management's Cooperative Education Program.
Give Now - Ruth Butler Endowed Fund
The Ruth Butler Endowed Fund provides scholarships for international travel to undergraduate art students entering their junior or senior year. Among the selection criteria is a project plan that includes "where the student plans to work or names of individuals with whom s/he intends to work," a budget, and language proficiency. A written report of the students work must be submitted upon their return.
Give Now - Student Managed Fund for Graduate Students
The UMass Student Managed Fund for graduate students aims to provide education about investing as well as an understanding of investment opportunities for individuals. SMF is affiliated with The UMASS Foundation, The Board of Trustees, and the group maintains contact with several Financial Firms in the Boston metropolitan area. Group activities are focused on industry analysis and identifying and understanding economic trends.
Give Now - Student Philanthropy Council
The Student Philanthropy Council (SPC/the Council) is UMass Boston’s first ever Student Giving Program.
The Council enables you to connect to fellow students and with alumni by supporting the UMass Boston Fund. Comprised of students who understand the value of charitable giving, members designate student gifts to a priority of their choosing.
Give Now - Student Travel Fund
The Student Travel Fund supports students with the costs of participating in study-abroad programs.
Give Now - U-ACCESS Program
U-ACCESS supports students who are coping with issues such as: homelessness, emancipation from foster care, chronic or persistent poverty, domestic violence and financial hardship. It offers information and resources referral, case management, and a food pantry program.
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- University Honors Program
By offering special interdisciplinary academic opportunities outside the major, the University Honors Program serves students who thrive on intellectual challenge. The program offers enriched courses that may probe more deeply into theory or venture further into application. They may bring guest experts to the classroom or exploit special resources in the Boston area. It fosters community among its students outside the classroom as well. Honors students have a common study area, and the program sponsors special events every semester. Academic advising is a high priority, and the program seeks to connect its students to opportunities for scholarships, internships, and service activities.
Give Now - Upward Bound Program
The University of Massachusetts Boston's TRiO Upward Bound Program is an intensive, year-round academic program whose mission is to assist students in grades 9 through 12 successfully complete high school and to prepare them for postsecondary education by providing them with rigorous and nurturing academic courses as well as culturally enriching activities.
Give Now - Urban Scholars Program
Founded at UMass Boston in 1983 as a pilot precollegiate program for academically talented public high school students from predominantly minority and low-income backgrounds, Urban Scholars has since prepared nearly 1,500 Boston Public Schools middle and high school students for success in college. Some 98 percent of Urban Scholars graduates enroll in college, and 86 percent graduate – much higher rates than those of their Boston Public Schools and national peers.
Give Now - Veterans History Project
The Veterans History Project Student Edition provides students, teachers, mentors and afterschool programs with shared, structured opportunities to conduct background research, prepare interview questions, conduct interviews, and produce creative and interactive oral history projects and documentaries.
Students are encouraged to share related experiences with veterans that have been inspired by war films and documentaries, interviews with veterans, and literature and military history. The project's goal is to have students identify and interview a war veteran and submit a video which they create to the Library of Congress. There it will exist as a permanent national history resource. Videos created will also be uploaded to the Student Edition site.
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- Veterans Support Fund
The Veterans Support Fund helps pay for veterans' college costs--such as tuition, fees, and books--while the veterans are awaiting their military educational benefits.
Give Now - Veterans Upward Bound Program
The Veterans Upward Bound Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston provides a unique opportunity for men and women veterans of all ages to gain access to information about college and career awareness, to acquire the academic skills required for entry into higher education, and/or to acquire the equivalent of a high school diploma. Veterans Upward Bound services --such as workshops, self-paced computer tutorials, individualized tutoring, and classroom-based instruction--are offered continuously .
Give Now - Zelda F. Gamson Endowed Fellowship
The Zelda F. Gamson Endowed Fellowship provides dissertation support for students in the University's Doctoral Program in Higher Education Administration.
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