Scholarship Terms and Guidelines​

  • Scholarships are disbursed over a student’s first four consecutive fall/spring semesters, in four equal installments (e.g., fall 2023, spring 2024, fall 2024, and spring 2025) unless otherwise noted on your admissions letter. ​

  • Scholarships cannot be used toward summer term tuition unless you are graduating in the summer term.​

  • If this applies to you, you must email schar@gmu.edu at least two semesters before you plan to graduate to request an accommodation. ​

  • Scholarship recipients must maintain a 3.2 GPA throughout the duration of the award.​

  • Scholarships may be used only toward Schar School tuition or Schar School study abroad tuition and cannot be applied to any university fees.​

  • There is no minimum credit load to qualify for your scholarship. Scholarship awards apply only to tuition expenses. Any unused scholarship amount in each semester is nonrefundable and forfeited.​

  • If your domicile status changes (e.g., out-of-state to in-state), your scholarship award will update to reflect that change. You must notify schar@gmu.edu when your domicile changes. ​

  • Receipt of an admissions merit award does not preclude you from applying for other Mason scholarships or fellowships (subject to the limitations of those awards).

  • Scholarship recipients are required to maintain continuous enrollment in their degree program. A period of non-enrollment lasting two (2) consecutive academic semesters will result in the forfeiture of all remaining scholarship award, unless an official leave of absence has been granted and approved by the academic advising team. It is the responsibility of the student to request and secure approval for a leave of absence in advance in order to maintain scholarship eligibility.

Exclusions

  • Students receiving in-state tuition rates through our DMV Regional Pricing Policy are not eligible for admissions merit-based awards.​

  • Students receiving Mason employee tuition benefits are not eligible for Schar School admissions merit-based awards.​

  • Students receiving full funding from another source are not eligible for Schar School admissions merit-based awards.​

  • Students who are provisionally admitted to the Schar School or who are admitted to a nondegree program are not eligible for merit-based awards. ​

  • Students who were denied, but admitted to a nondegree program and are subsequently fully admitted are not eligible for merit-based admissions awards. ​

  • BAM students are not eligible for merit-based admissions awards. ​