Student Resources
GSOE Student Emergency Need Grants
The Center for Educational Excellence and Equity oversees the Graduate School of Education's Student Emergency Need Grant program. This grant program provides student emergency aid to those students with financial need to defray costs of credential fees and/or testing fees which may otherwise serve as obstacles for them continuing their education or moving into the field as professionals. This fund can only be used for student fees; there are no other emergency need costs that can be covered through this grant fund.
Applicants must be currently enrolled in a GSOE graduate program (credential and/or non-credential programs) or have completed their program within the past two months. Students are eligible for up to $250 in funding towards testing fees and/or state-issued credential fees only. Funding can only be granted once during a student's academic program.
GSOE Student Professional Development Grants
The Center for Educational Excellence and Equity invites Graduate School of Education candidates to submit grant proposals for the professional development grant program.
The purpose of this grant fund is to encourage eligible GSOE graduate students to network, gain and share knowledge, conduct research, and present their work at professional conferences within their respective field of education. This fund supports travel connected to conference attendance and/or off-campus research, with preference given to students who are conducting or presenting their original research and/or ideas and who otherwise would not be able to attend due to their current financial need.
Students are eligible to apply for up to $1,000 in funding one time during their graduate studies that is reimbursed with proper document (e.g., receipts, completed reimbursement form). Expenses may include airfare, transportation, lodging at a commercial venue (e.g., hotel, AirBnB), conference/workshop registration and fees, poster printing, research-related costs (e.g., transcription services, poster printing).
Applications will be received in an ongoing basis, and will be reviewed by the GSOE faculty development committee in a first-come, first-served basis. $7,000 will be set aside for the first year of the program (2024-25); once that funding is exhausted, the grant application will be closed until the following academic year. The application process for the 2024-25 academic year has now closed; the application will reopen for the 2025-26 academic year in August 2025.