Center for Leadership Studies Scholarships
The Center for Leadership Studies offers five levels of scholarship support for students in the Ph.D. and Ed.D. programs:
First Year Fund Scholarship
Description: This scholarship makes a financial grant available to students after the first year of their studies and is based on a combination of the student’s financial need and academic potential.
Amount: The First Year Fund provides financial assistance to new students of $1,000 per student.
Duration: One year
Eligibility Criteria:
- Newly admitted CFLS students enrolling full-time in the Ph.D. or Ed.D. are automatically eligible for the FYF Scholarship.
- Academic excellence demonstrated through an outstanding GPA.
Application: All new Ph.D. and Ed.D. students will be given this scholarship after their first year of classes as long as they maintain a GPA of 3.0 or more. No application necessary.
Non-Profit Leaders Fund Scholarship
Description: This scholarship makes financial support available to students serving with 501(c)(3) non-profit corporations such as churches, parachurch agencies and NGOs.
Amount: The Non-Profit Leaders Fund will provide a 10% tuition scholarship to students whose non-profit employer contributes at least 10% of the cost of their tuition.
Duration: Renewable annually
Eligibility Criteria:
- CFLS students in good standing enrolled full-time in the Ph.D. or Ed.D.
- Documentation of full-time employment with a non-profit corporation
- Documentation of 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation status
- Documentation of employer contributing 10% of student’s tuition
Application: Students apply to the CFLS office by annually supplying documentation of their full-time employment with a non-profit corporation, the legal non-profit status of their employer, and the employer’s level of financial support.
Graduate Referral Credit Program
Description: As a current CFLS graduate student you may refer qualified friends and family members to the CFLS graduate program at NU and receive a financial credit if they are admitted.
Amount: One-half of one credit tuition
Duration: Current students can earn the tuition credit up to four times
Eligibility Criteria: The new, in-coming student must have listed the name of the referring student on their initial graduate application form at the time that the form is submitted to CFLS.
Once the application has been turned in it cannot be amended to include or change the name of the referring student.
The referral process does not change the application requirements or process. Only qualified applicants will be admitted.
Application: Please contact the CFLS office for the full terms and conditions of this program and to apply for the tuition credit.