How to Find and Successfully Apply for Graduate School Scholarships
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this comprehensive and engaging course, you will be able to:
- Compare and contrast the 4 key types of graduate school scholarships
- Identify the 7 best places to find graduate school scholarship opportunities
- Leverage AI in your search for graduate school scholarship opportunities
- Create a personal and professional matrix to help decide which graduate school scholarships you should apply to
- Review the 8 core application materials typically required when applying for graduate school scholarships
- Discuss what will usually be expected of you, if awarded a graduate school scholarship
Instructor
Tyler McFayden, PhD is an NICHD T32 Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, where her research focuses on how social communication develops in the absence of spoken language. Dr. McFayden received her PhD in Clinical & Developmental Psychology from Virginia Tech, after having completed her undergraduate studies at Davidson College. Having engaged in numerous service and leadership roles, including as a Leadership and Education in Neurodevelopmental Disorders (LEND) Fellow, a Project SHORT Graduate Student Mentor, and a PCSAS Student Representative at Virginia Tech, she is now an active ad hoc peer-reviewer and conference submission reviewer. In addition to having delivered dozens of conference presentations across the country, Dr. McFayden has published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Molecular Psychiatry, Perspectives on Psychological Science, and Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.