The School of Intercultural Studies offers two types of grants:

Need-based GrantsAll students in the M.A., Th.M. or Ph.D.  programs are eligible to apply. The average need-based grants in 2006-2007 covered 13% of tuition. Students must show financial aid eligibility.

 Intercultural Studies Master of Arts Degree Programs 

• Enrolled in a degree or certificate program at Fuller Seminary.
• Be admitted with a Regular, Probation, or Special admission status. Students admitted provisionally are not eligible to receive financial aid disbursements.
• Enroll for a minimum of 24 Pasadena campus units during the academic year, summer through spring quarters.
• Maintain Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress.
• Zero(0) unit regular courses, such as Field Ed, ARE NOT counted towards your grant enrollment.
• Zero (0) unit ESL courses count as 4 units each, up to a maximum of 12 units in any one quarter.
• All grants are based upon full-time enrollment. The Office of Financial Aid determines if you are enrolled full-time on a quarterly basis. If you do not enroll as a full-time student in a quarter your grant for that quarter will be prorated according to the schedule below.
• Grant money will not be paid during a quarter in which the number of units taken is less than the number of units required to maintain half-time enrollment for your program (see schedule below).
• If your grant is not paid in a quarter because you are not enrolled at a half-time level (see previous rule), you may petition to move that unpaid grant amount to a subsequent quarter in the same financial aid year (summer - spring) as long as no other grant or scholarship money has already been awarded for that subsequent quarter.

School of Intercultural Studies Ph.D. 

• Enrolled in a degree or certificate program at Fuller Seminary.
• Be admitted with a Regular or Probation admission status. Students admitted provisionally are not eligible to receive financial aid disbursements.
• Enroll for Pasadena campus units of credit during the academic year, summer through spring quarters.
• Maintain Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress.
• Zero(0) unit regular courses, such as Field Ed, ARE NOT counted towards your grant enrollment.
• All grants are based upon full-time enrollment. The Office of Financial Aid determines if you are enrolled full-time on a quarterly basis. If you do not enroll as a full-time student in a quarter your grant for that quarter will be prorated according to the schedule below.
• Grant money will not be paid during a quarter in which the number of  units taken is less than the number of units required to maintain half-time enrollment for your program (see schedule below).
• If your grant is not paid in a quarter because you are not enrolled at a half-time level (see previous rule), you may petition to move that unpaid grant amount to a subsequent quarter in the same financial aid year (summer - spring) as long as no other grant or scholarship money has already been awarded for that subsequent quarter.