{"id":24575,"date":"2017-09-14T16:49:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T20:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/?page_id=24575"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:05:14","slug":"aid-for-mfa-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/admissions\/phd-mfa\/fellowship-aid\/aid-for-mfa-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Aid for MFA Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Literary Translation<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The department of World Languages &amp; Literature offers merit scholarships to our MFA in Literary Translation applicants based upon the strength of each applicant\u2019s credentials. All admitted domestic and international applicants are considered for scholarship of up to 50% of full-time tuition and will be notified of the scholarship offer in the admission letter.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Creative Writing &amp; Playwriting<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Graduate School of Arts &amp; Sciences (GRS) awards generous financial aid packages to MFA students in Creative Writing and Playwriting.\u00a0 Newly admitted domestic and international MFA students to these two programs will receive a full tuition scholarship, coverage for the basic student health insurance plan, and stipend support which may be a combination of a non-service stipend and\/or teaching fellowship, depending on the program of admission. Please refer to your admission offer letter.\u00a0 Your financial aid is contingent upon you maintaining Good Academic Conduct, maintaining Good Academic Standing, and making Satisfactory Academic Progress, as defined by your department and the Graduate School of Arts and Science. Review detailed information about the fellowship awards and the policies and privileges associated with each fellowship by clicking any of the drop down menus below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Training Stipends<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Training stipends permit for exceptional students to focus primarily on their degree coursework with no departmental teaching responsibilities. Students awarded training stipends are required to enroll in a full load of academic courses as determined by their program or department.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Teaching Fellowships<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>Teaching Fellowship<\/strong> provides both a stipend and full scholarship and an opportunity for graduate students to gain classroom experience under the close supervision of the faculty members who have the formal responsibility for the courses to which the teaching fellows are assigned. Your obligation in this fellowship would include instructional duties assigned by your department and for some programs, participation in a specific course in the pedagogy of your discipline. Instructional and other duties total approximately 20 hours per week.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Literary Translation The department of World Languages &amp; Literature offers merit scholarships to our MFA in Literary Translation applicants based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13289,"featured_media":0,"parent":24627,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13289"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24575"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88520,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24575\/revisions\/88520"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}