Other Resources

Loans

For more information on the U.S. Department of Education Stafford Loan, visit the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences website or contact them at gradschool@brandeis.edu or 781-736-3409

For a Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority loan (MEFA), you may visit the MEFA Web site.

Other Scholarships and Loans

AEPi Dunn Scholarship for Jewish Communal Service

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Hebrew Free Loan Association

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

Leopold Schepp Foundation

Lemberg Scholarship-Loan Fund
60 E. 42nd St., Suite 1814
New York, NY 10165

Max C. Rosenfeld Foundation
c/o Jewish Family and Children’s Service
1340 Centre Street
Newton Centre, MA 02459-2453

Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

The Willy and Erna Wolff Memorial Scholarship Fund
c/o The Jewish Endowment Foundation of New Orleans
234 Loyola Building, Suite 611
New Orleans, LA 70112
WolffScholar@aol.com

Financial Aid

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The Hornstein Program considers all accepted students for generous scholarships (that cover all or part of tuition) and living stipends. Of particular note are our full-tuition scholarships for Russian-speaking students and our Ribakoff Scholarship. Awards are made on a competitive basis and, in part, are based on the student’s area of interest. No additional application procedures are necessary to apply for these funds.

In addition to Hornstein funds, all applicants are strongly encouraged to apply for external scholarship programs such as those listed below and to the right. Along with providing funds that can be used to supplement Hornstein awards, many of these scholarships provide significant training and mentoring opportunities for their award winners. External financial awards will first be applied toward reducing the student contribution toward tuition and, then, when allowable, toward reducing the Hornstein tuition scholarship. For students entering in the Fall of 2010, Hornstein will offer additional stipend funds to any student who receives a full or partial tuition scholarship from external sources. Please note carefully the application deadlines for each funder.

Major sources of scholarship aid for graduate study in Jewish communal leadership include:


Need-based Aid

Non-competitive, need-based financial aid is also available. To be considered for need-based aid, applicants should submit the College Scholarship Service (CSS) PROFILE form, available online at profileonline.collegeboard.com or call (800) 778-6888. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences code is 0046.

Tuition

For the 2009-2010 academic year, tuition and fees are estimated at $37,590 (Please see the Graduate School Web site for a complete breakdown including estimated living costs.)