Graduate and Teaching Assistantships
Full or Partial Tuition and a Living Stipend
Graduate and Teaching Assistantships generally cover the cost of attendance and provide the student with a modest stipend for living expenses. Please go to the Cost of Attendance Calculator to see the estimated cost of attendance for your program of study. There are also special GA and TA positions in Debate or Individual Events.
Funding for Travel
Most students receive at least one grant per year to attend a conference
Communications and The Graduate School is pleased to support student travel to professional conferences to share their scholarly and creative work.
The Anne S. Gabbard-Alley Scholarship
The M.A. Program in Communication and Advocacy awards this scholarship annually to a first year graduate student in the Health Communication concentration. The award is $1,000.
Review of applications will begin Feb. 15. This application must be submitted in the Madison Scholarship Hub concurrently with an application for admission to the Master of Arts program in Communication and Advocacy at James Madison University.
Eligibility:
- A student must have met all acceptance requirements for admission as a full-time student in the Masters of Arts in Communication and Advocacy program,
- demonstrated excellence as an undergraduate student,
- have two faculty recommendations from their undergraduate program, and
- demonstrate a desire to pursue scholarship in the Health Communication concentration.
Beyond the above criteria, the appointment of the AGA Scholarship will follow the university’s guidelines for the awarding of scholarships.
