Funding Opportunities
School of Counseling, Leadership, Advocacy, and Design
The School of Counseling, Leadership, Advocacy, and Design or (CLAD) offers several funding opportunities to qualified graduate students in CLAD programs.
Please do take the time to review this information and apply for funding!
Important Scholarship Deadlines:
* Main Scholarship Deadline is March 15th of every year.
(1) Please complete a general application in the WyoScholarship portal every spring.
This is a 30 second, 3-question application needed in order to activate your award status in the system.
This general application will auto-match you to all opportunities that you qualify for!!
(2) Please also apply to any specific scholarships by March 15th for spring and/or October 15th for fall.
This would include specific scholarships offered by your program, department, or college, and conference travel fund requests, tuition-based scholarships, and etc., that you may need to physically apply to.
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Helpful Information!
1. Scholarship funds for School of CLAD are typically offered in $1000.00 increments; with $500.00 released for fall, and $500.00 released for spring. (The funds go directly to your WyoOne Account.) Offers typically go out in mid-late April.
2. Graduate students in online graduate programs do not need to be enrolled full-time (9 credits hours) in order to receive funding.
3. Undergraduate students do need to be enrolled full-time (12 credit hours) in order to receive funding.
4. The Financial Aid Office, and/or Scholarship team automatically emails students who are not enrolled full-time to inform them that UW policy is "that students must be enrolled full-time in order to receive funds." Please do not panic if you receive this email. Refer to #2 and #3 above.
5. We do have a process (already in place) with the Scholarship Office, and office associates will check these accounts, credit hours, and confirm that we may approve the release of the funding.
5. Funding is released on the day that tuition is due.
School of CLAD Graduate Travel Request
Deadlines:
Spring term: March 15
Fall term: October 15
Please do apply for travel funds via the WyoScholarship Portal by the deadlines each semester.
Current CLAD Graduate Students who intend to travel to present at a professional conference may apply to receive funds.
We will check the conference website and/or agenda to confirm presenters.
Students may need to keep receipts for conference membership, registration, lodging, airfare, and more, to show proof of travel, and/or to receive the funding.
CLAD Programs:
Counseling
Educational Leadership
Educational Research
Higher Education Administration
Learning, Design, and Technology
Special Education
Please refer your questions to the School of CLAD Office Associate Tiffany Le GAL at tlegal@uwyo.edu.
School of Graduate Education Funding
*The School of Graduate Education Travel Scholarship- NEW!
Read details carefully.
Please refer your questions to the School of Graduate Education Offices at graded@uwyo.edu.
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College of Education Dean's Office and School of Teacher Education (STE) Funding
The College of Education Dean's Office Graduate Travel Scholarship
The School of Teacher Education Graduate Travel Scholarship
College of Education Graduate Scholarships
Note: STE scholarships are listed under ALL Programs.
If you are seeking information and deadlines for the College of Education Dean's Office and the School of Teacher Education (STE) undergraduate and/or graduate scholarships, travel funding, or graduate assistant positions, please do reach out to STE at edquest@uwyo.edu.
STE Programs:
Education
Curriculum & Instruction
Literacy
Science, Math, & Teaching Center (SMTC)
Resources
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS
The College of Education proudly awards scholarships to undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent graduates who are inservice teachers. Scholarships are a great way to reduce the cost of earning your degree and gain additional financial support on your way to becoming a teacher in Wyoming.
The University of Wyoming College of Education supports our students by offering a number of scholarships based on merit, financial need, or to specific student populations. Be sure to file your FAFSA to be considered for financial need based awards! The application period begins at the start of the spring semester, but specific deadlines for each scholarship differ.
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Scholarships and Financial Aid Office
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Scholarships and Opportunities
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