This portal is for the submission of applications to SGS programs.
School of Graduate Students
Promotion of Academic Excellence Program
Request for the Provision of Tuition and/or Fellows Health Insurance from the Office of the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies
The School of Graduate Studies in its commitment to supporting graduate student success provides access to fellows' health insurance and provision of tuition remission to doctoral students who secure fellowship support.
Fellows's Health Insurance Enrollment and Tuition Remission for Externally Funded Fellows
To incentivize and support graduate student success, the School of Graduate Studies will provide doctoral students who secure nationally or internationally competitive fellowships with the minimum number of tuition credits required each semester they are on the fellowship.
Each year, Rutgers University sponsors a Student Health Insurance Plan with UnitedHealthcare Student Resources (UHCSR) to provide health insurance to doctoral students who are on internal or external fellowship support.
The School of Graduate Studies manages student enrollment in collaboration with the graduate programs. SGS doctoral programs based in the NB/P Chancellor area may request enrollment of their fellows through this portal.
The effective enrollment date is September 1, annually.
Requests for the tuition benefit and/or health insurance enrollment should be submitted to the portal by graduate program staff and should include copies of the fellowship award documents. If additional information is needed, the request will be sent through the portal. The decision on whether tuition will be provided will also be communicated to the program through the portal.
Tuition Remission to Support Doctoral Degree Completion
To support and incentivize graduate student success, graduate programs may request up to 3 credits of tuition support for unfunded doctoral students who are in the final year of their program of study. We recognize that there may be times when a student has expended their funding package, and the cost of tuition is a barrier to timely completion of their PhD. SGS will receive and review requests from graduate program staff for the one semester provision of up to 3 credits of tuition to help a student finish their degree.
Requests for the tuition benefit should be submitted to the portal by graduate program staff and should include a written request from the graduate program director that explains the need for the tuition and the plan and timetable for the student to complete their degree. A clear and compelling case should be made for why the tuition is needed including an explanation for why the tuition cannot be covered by the graduate program or the school in which the program resides. A small percentage of these requests can be granted each year.
Requests may be submitted through the SGS Submittable Portal and will be reviewed weekly: https://rutgersnewbrunswick.submittable.com/submit/7aa7988c-31b0-419b-a3d2-7f05bfa43f30/request-for-the-provision-of-tuition-and-or-fellows-health-insurance-from-the-off
Questions regarding the program should be directed to Senior Associate Dean Teresa Delcorso-Ellmann at sgs.sadean@grad.rutgers.edu.
GradFund External Funding Application Report
Let us know when you’ve started your application, or when you’ve won. SGS students may be eligible for additional resources from the School of Graduate Studies. Plus, we want to help you develop a competitive application and ultimately, celebrate your success!
In your report, please tell us whether you plan to apply for a specific award, if you have an application in development, have submitted it or have results. You may report one award per form and you should plan to initiate a form for each award that you plan to apply for, each cycle that you apply for external funding. As you move through the application process, be sure to return and provide an update.
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GradFund Mentoring Program - Fulbright US Student Program - Summer 2026
Program Description
We are pleased to invite registration for the GradFund Summer 2026 Fulbright IIE Mentoring Program - Virtual. The mentoring program will run from July 13 to August 14, 2026. It will consist of a weekly webinar and a one-on-one virtual advising appointment scheduled by individual participants. The goal is to support participants in developing a competitive Fulbright U.S. Student Program applications during the Fall 2026 application cycle.
Applying for and securing external funding to support your graduate study is an important part of your scholarly professional development. Fellowships such as the awards offered by the Fulbright US Student Program will bring important recognition and resources to your work, give you valuable experience working and researching internationally, and will ultimately help you to complete more robust dissertation research and/or expanded teaching experiences. To write a competitive external funding application, it is critical to get started well in advance of the deadline and to dedicate adequate time to the proposal development process.
As a participant in the GradFund Summer 2026 Fulbright Mentoring Program - Virtual, you will work with a dedicated Fellowship Advising Team that will guide you in your preparation for this prestigious and competitive application. In addition to attending webinars, you will also be required to schedule an individual Help With a Funder Appointment. The Fulbright IIE Mentoring Program will provide you with the opportunity to be in dialogue with fellow participants as you work toward shared goals and mutually benefit from the support and accountability of a structured mentoring program.
The program is open to current Rutgers graduate students (Doctoral or Masters) who are considering applying for an award in the Fulbright US Student Program portfolio in the Fall 2026 application cycle. We welcome applicants interested in any Fulbright country, and any stream (Research/Study awards, English Teaching Assistant, or other). Recordings of the webinars will also be posted for participants of the mentoring program to revisit as needed as they apply.
The deadline to register is June 15, 2026.
Please direct any questions to fellowship_advisor@gradfund.rutgers.edu.
Log in to get started: We use the university's single sign on (SSO) tool on the Submittable platform. If you have used our platform in the past, click on the "Have an Account? Sign In" button and follow the links for Single Sign On. If you are a first time user, click on the "Create Your Account" button and follow the links for Single Sign On.