Department scholarships and fellowships

We provide many ways to help you meet your educational costs. Aid is available to all students in the form of scholarships, grants, loans, campus jobs and cooperative training; and to graduate students in the form of assistantships and fellowships. Physics students are often hired by faculty to assist in research projects at the forefront of science. This gives our majors the type of practical experience that future employers find valuable. Some students also enjoy teaching and are paid to assist in the teaching laboratories or Physics Learning Center.

Scholarships

A variety of scholarships and grants are regularly offered to qualified students. Large scholarships include out-of-state tuition waivers for National Merit scholars and others scholars of high caliber, Curators' Scholarships for high ranking Missouri high school graduates, Pell grants for needy students.

Physics department also offers academic scholarships including the Lee Woodmen Scholarship, the Harold Q. Fuller Scholarship, the Chuck Rice Scholarship, and the B. Miller Scholarship.

Fellowships and assistantships

All graduate students making normal progress toward their degrees are supported by teaching or research assistantships. Additional scholarships, fellowships and summer appointments are awarded on a regular basis. Each semester the department awards more than two-dozen teaching and research assistantships. We offer a level of financial support that is nationally competitive and the cost of living in Rolla is relatively low.