{"id":49,"date":"2010-07-21T16:33:53","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T20:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2023-12-06T19:22:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T00:22:33","slug":"student-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/student-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>General<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/grs\/\">Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GRS) Bulletin page<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the sidebar links on this page to find things like degree requirements, course listings, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Fellowships, Financial Aid, Grants, and Scholarships<\/h3>\n<p>At BU<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/admissions\/ma-ms\/financial-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GRS Financial Aid for MA and MS students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/current-students\/phd-mfa-students\/financial-aid\/aid-for-phd-students\/\">GRS Financial Aid for PhD and MFA students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:grsaid@bu.edu\">Email contact<\/a>\u00a0for GRS Financial Aid<\/li>\n<li>Graduate Research Abroad Fellowships (GRAF) &amp; Graduate Research in the US Fellowship (GRUF): scroll to relevant headers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/current-students\/phd-mfa-students\/financial-aid\/aid-for-phd-students\/\">here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Outside of BU<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eca.state.gov\/fulbright\/fulbright-programs\/program-summaries\/fulbright-hays-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fulbright-Hays Study Abroad Grants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Science Foundation Fellowships and Grants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/m-grasp\/\" title=\"m-grasp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">M-Graduate Research Assistant Scholarship Program (M-GRASP)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Housing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.bu.edu\/gso\/housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GSO Housing Page <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/orpm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU Office of Rental Property Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/housing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU Office of Housing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/offcampus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Off Campus Services <\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Includes rental listings, a roommate search, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/boston.craigslist.org\/d\/apts-housing-for-rent\/search\/apa\">Craigslist\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.padmapper.com\/apartments\/boston-ma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PadMapper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apartments.com\/boston-ma\/?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiAuqKqBhDxARIsAFZELmK4IKk_1OiLU1DpbsYTCuIDwZjHHugBgN-UehN7x_uYN5f0IrY4WvMaAu2mEALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apartments.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Health Issues<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/issues\/healthcare\/\" title=\"healthcare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Our Healthcare Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/\" title=\"student health services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student Health Services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research Support At BU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/irb\/guidance-and-faqs\/research-ethics\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Human Subjects Research Ethics At BU<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/researchsupport\/compliance\/human-subjects\/submitting-an-irb-protocol\/\">IRB submission information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/researchsupport\/compliance\/human-subjects\/additional-services-from-irb\/\">IRB office hours<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/askalibrarian.bu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ASK a Librarian at the BU Library <\/a>Questions submitted on this website will get forwarded to the librarians best able to answer a question. Ask a research or reference question, ask for training in database search techniques, or ask the library to add specific books to its collection.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/research\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"BU Research Computing Support\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research Computing Support (RCS)<\/a>\u00a0provides specialized computing and communication resources geared towards research and education in computational science and engineering, scientific visualization, computer graphics, supercomputing and other disciplines which have high-performance computing requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Computer Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduate students have access to a variety of free software and other resources. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/help-center\/\">IT<\/a> page for more information!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Teaching &amp; Professional Development<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>For any information about professional development, writing support, and anything in-between, look to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pdpa\/for-doctoral-students\/\">Professional Development &amp; Post-Doctoral Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center For Teaching and Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/erc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Educational Resource Center And Writing Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/careers\/\">Center for Career Development<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Getting around and things to do<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Transportation:\n<ul>\n<li>General information on subway, bus, commuter rail: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MBTA<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Parking on campus:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/transportation\/parking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU Parking<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Biking to campus, including on-campus bike lockers, BlueBikes membership, etc.:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/transportation\/bicycling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU Cycling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/transportation\/public-transit\/student-mbta-options\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU MBTA Student Pass<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Things to do in the area: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/files\/2012\/09\/SurvivalSocial.pdf\">PDF<\/a> (it&#8217;s an old list but still accurate!)<\/li>\n<li>Volunteering: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston University Community Service Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Volunteering &#8211; mentoring: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigsister.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Sister Association of Greater Boston<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbbsmb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay<\/a> (More boys than girls with BBBSMB)<\/li>\n<li>Volunteering &#8211; one shot projects: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostoncares.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Cares<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Graduate Student Organizations<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Boston University:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sage\" title=\"SAGE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student Association of Graduate Engineers (SAGE)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/\" title=\"GWISE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (GWISE)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/smgmba\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MBA council\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MBA Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/student-life\/gmsso\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"GMSSO\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Graduate Medical Sciences Student Organization (GMSS0)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Boston Area:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandeis.edu\/gradstudent\/gsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandeis: Graduate Student Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hgc.harvard.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harvard:\u00a0 Graduate Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gsc.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MIT: Graduate Student Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.suffolk.edu\/student-life\/student-involvement\/leadership-opportunities\/graduate-student-association\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suffolk: Graduate Student Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ase.tufts.edu\/gsc\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tufts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tufts: Graduate Student Council of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gsa.umb.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Umass-Boston\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UMass Boston:\u00a0 Graduate Student Assembly <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>National:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nagps.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NAGPS\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Association of Graduate-Professional Students<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Miscellaneous<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Finances: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"get rich slowly\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get Rich Slowly<\/a> has a lot of useful info &amp; advice on\u00a0topics including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/blog\/category\/basics\/\" title=\"basics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Basics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/blog\/category\/frugality\/\" title=\"frugality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frugality<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/blog\/category\/planning\/\" title=\"planning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Planning<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/blog\/category\/investing\/\" title=\"investing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Investing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GRS) Bulletin page Use the sidebar links on this page to find things like degree requirements, course listings, etc. Fellowships, Financial Aid, Grants, and Scholarships At BU GRS Financial Aid for MA and MS students GRS Financial Aid for PhD and MFA students Email contact\u00a0for GRS Financial Aid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/2483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}