Application Fee Waivers

Eligibility

Applicants may be eligible to request a fee waiver based on the following criteria:

  • U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents are eligible to apply for a fee waiver based on:
    • Participation (past or present) in a program from the list below
    • Financial Hardship
  • Non-U.S. Citizens are eligible to apply for a fee waiver based on:
    • Participation (past or present) in a program from the list below
    • Not eligible for fee waiver based on financial hardship

Please note, requesting a fee waiver will not affect your application during the review process.

Participating Programs

  • AmeriCorps
  • Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Initiative
  • COMPASS
  • CORO Fellows
  • Fleet Fellows
  • GRE Fee Reduction Program*
  • IIE/Fulbright
  • Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD)
  • Institute for International Public Policy(IIPP)
  • Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT)
  • Laureates and Leaders
  • Leadership Alliance
  • Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
  • McNair Scholars
  • Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF)
  • Meyerhoff Scholars Program
  • Minority Access to Research Centers (MARC)
  • National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science/GEM Fellow
  • National Institutes of Health's Enhancing Neuroscience Diversity through Undergraduate Research Education Experiences (ENDURE)
  • National Name Exchange
  • National Science Foundation - Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF-REU)
  • National Society of Black Physicists
  • National Society of Hispanic Physicists
  • NYC Urban Fellows
  • Peace Corps
  • Philosophy in an Inclusive Key(PIKSI)
  • Pickering Foreign Affairs (FAF)
  • Pittsburgh Summer Program
  • Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (NIH-PREP)
  • Princeton Prospective Ph.D. Preview (P3) (including EEB and MolBio Scholars Programs)
  • Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA)/Junior Summer Institute (JSI)
  • QuestBridge Scholars
  • Rangel Fellows
  • Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti (RISE)
  • Rutgers Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy
  • Summer Immersion Program in Philosophy at Brown
  • Summer Program for Women in Philosophy at UC San Diego (SPWP)
  • The Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative (SINSI)
  • Truman Fellows
  • U.S. Military
  • Yellow Ribbon Program

Instructions

Financial Hardship - U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents Only

  1. Complete the Application
  2. On the Final Confirmation page of the application, click on the Submit & Pay button. This will bring you to the Payment Processing page. Please select “I would like to apply for a fee waiver”. Click on Continue. Complete Financial Information page.
  3. Click the Apply for Fee Waiver button.

Program Participation

  1. Complete the Application
  2. On the Final Confirmation page of the application under Fee Waiver Request, choose the program that you have previously or are currently participating in from the drop down menu.
  3. Upload proof of program participation.
  4. Click on the Submit and Pay button. Select “I would like to apply for a fee waiver”. On the following page, confirm that the correct program was selected
  5. Click the Apply for Fee Waiver button.

 

You will be notified by email within three business days if your request was approved or denied. If your fee waiver request is denied, you will be required to return to the application to submit payment information. If your fee waiver request and application were submitted on the day of the deadline, your application will not be considered late.