REECA Financial Aid

In 2006-07 full tuition and fees total $32,882. Depending on the cost of rent, a single student can expect to require approximately $1,250-$1,500 per month for room, board, and miscellaneous expenses. For more information, see the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Financial Aid page.

A limited number of 2-year grants the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences covering full or partial tuition, fees, and living expenses are awarded each year to incoming REECA students based on need and merit.

A limited number of 1-year Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships covering full tuition and a stipend of $15,000 are awarded to US citizens and permanent residents each year on a competitive basis University-wide, subject to program funding by the US Department of Education.

Applicants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan are encouraged to apply to the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program in the field of international affairs.

Graduate research travel grants averaging $2,600 each are readily available to REECA students for thesis research during the summer between the two program years.

Summer FLAS awards are available to US citizens and permanent residents for language study between program years.

Contact: Donna Griesenbeck, griesenb@fas.harvard.edu, 617.495.1194.