Current Graduate Student Awards

Applied Data Science, Enterprise Data Systems, and Information Management Students

This will be information about the types of awards we offer and how much is available.

The iSchool Current Student Merit Scholarships recognize academic excellence and are awarded to outstanding students who are currently enrolled as campus students in the following graduate programs:

  • M.S. in Applied Data Science (ADS)
  • M.S. in Enterprise Data Systems (EDS)
  • M.S. in Information Management (IM)
  • C.A.S. in Data Science
  • C.A.S. in Information Security Management

A merit scholarship may cover tuition in the form of credit hours, typically 6 or fewer course credits per semester. The pool of credits to award varies each semester, as does the number of students who apply and are awarded.  Students typically cannot receive more than one scholarship or merit-based award in a given semester, and are required to maintain a 3.0 in order to receive and keep their award.  There are a limited number of scholarships available and we cannot guarantee all students who apply will receive an award.  Merit-based awards recognize conspicuous merit, they are not need-based awards.

GPA alone is not sufficient to demonstrate excellence. The faculty selection committee will pay particular attention to the quality of the essay (500 words) you are required to submit with this application if you wish to be considered for a merit scholarship.

In your application, you will be required to write a 500-word essay that reflects on a research project or other work (for a class or outside of class) you completed and on how this work honors the iSchool’s values.  This work may include research publication (co- or solo-authored journal publication or accepted conference paper/poster), success in a hackathon, iConsult or other types of project involvement, engagement in iSchool/SU/Syracuse/professional/global community, or other endeavors that you believe best showcase your conspicuous merit and exemplify the iSchool values.

The deadline to be considered for an award for the spring 2021 semester will be announced in the fall.

The application is currently closed and will open in fall 2020.

Library and Information Science Students

This will be information about the types of awards we offer and how much is available.

The iSchool Current Student Merit Scholarships recognize academic excellence and are awarded to outstanding students who are currently enrolled as campus students in the following graduate programs:

  • M.S. in Applied Data Science (ADS)
  • M.S. in Enterprise Data Systems (EDS)
  • M.S. in Information Management (IM)
  • C.A.S. in Data Science
  • C.A.S. in Information Security Management

A merit scholarship may cover tuition in the form of credit hours, typically 6 or fewer course credits per semester. The pool of credits to award varies each semester, as does the number of students who apply and are awarded.  Students typically cannot receive more than one scholarship or merit-based award in a given semester, and are required to maintain a 3.0 in order to receive and keep their award.  There are a limited number of scholarships available and we cannot guarantee all students who apply will receive an award.  Merit-based awards recognize conspicuous merit, they are not need-based awards.

GPA alone is not sufficient to demonstrate excellence. The faculty selection committee will pay particular attention to the quality of the essay (500 words) you are required to submit with this application if you wish to be considered for a merit scholarship.

In your application, you will be required to write a 500-word essay that reflects on a research project or other work (for a class or outside of class) you completed and on how this work honors the iSchool’s values.  This work may include research publication (co- or solo-authored journal publication or accepted conference paper/poster), success in a hackathon, iConsult or other types of project involvement, engagement in iSchool/SU/Syracuse/professional/global community, or other endeavors that you believe best showcase your conspicuous merit and exemplify the iSchool values.

The deadline to be considered for an award for the spring 2021 semester will be announced in the fall.

The application is currently closed and will open in fall 2020.