Graduate school costs are easier to manage when funding also gives you teaching, research, or campus work experience. If you are looking for Graduate Assistantships, winners can help you understand how students matched their academic background with department needs and prepared strong applications for assistantship support.

Below, scholarship winners share how they contacted programs, explained their research or teaching interests, and handled the timing between admission and funding decisions. Read their stories to see what they prepared, what helped them stand out, and how assistantship funding shaped their graduate study plans.