Neuroscience PhD Program Fee Waivers

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2	School	City	State	Department/Program	GRE required?	Contact Email	Fee Waiver Application Form	Notes

3	American University	Washington	DC	Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience	Can be waived for 2020-21 cycle	laubach@american.edu	https://www.american.edu/cas/admissions/apply.cfm#collapse-5077242	https://www.american.edu/cas/neuroscience/phd/requirements.cfm
4	Binghamton University	Binghamton	NY	Psychology-Behavioral Neuroscience	No	jjentsch@binghmaton.edu	None. Email request is sufficient.
5	Brandeis University	Waltham	MA	Neuroscience	No		https://www.brandeis.edu/gsas/admissions/apply/fees.html
6	Brown University	Providence	RI	Neuroscience	No	nsgp@brown.edu	https://www.brown.edu/academics/gradschool/application-fee-waivers
7	Dartmouth College		NH	Neuroscience	No
8	Drexel University	Philadelphia	PA	Neuroscience		rae39@drexel.edu
9	Duke University	Durham	NC	Neurobiology	No	field@neuro.duke.edu / hull@neuro.duke.edu	https://www.neuro.duke.edu/education/graduate-training-program/prospective-students	Contact program by 11/15 for fee waiver request
10	Florida State University	Tallahassee	FL	Neuroscience	Can be exempted	eckel@neuro.fsu.edu	option during application process; Program pays applicant fee	https://neuro.fsu.edu/gr/grhub
11	Fordham University	New York City	NY	Psychology/Clinical Psychology/Neuropsychology	TBD	cruise@fordham.edu	https://www.fordham.edu/info/21597/prospective_graduate_students/3582/apply_now#:~:text=If%20you%20have%20other%20reasons,and%20academic%20program%20of%20interest.
12	Georgia State University	Atlanta	GA	Neuroscience	No	ehardy5@gsu.edu
13	Indiana University	Bloomington	IN	Neuroscience	No	jpost@indiana.edu	www.btaa.org/FreeApp	Big Ten Academic Alliance Graduate School
14	Iowa State	Ames	IA	Neuroscience	Yes		No application fee - no form needed
15	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore	MD	Neuroscience	No	hopkins_neuroscience@jhmi.edu	https://neuroscience.jhu.edu/graduate/apply
16	Lehigh University	Bethlehem	PA	Neuroscience	No	julie.haas@lehigh.edu	None. Email request is sufficient.
17	Medical University of South Carolina		SC	Neuroscience	No
18	Michigan State University	Lansing	MI	Neuroscience	No	montalai@grd.msu.edu	www.btaa.org/FreeApp	Big Ten Academic Alliance Graduate School
19	New York University	New York	NY	Neuroscience	No	Heather.McKellar@nyulangone.org	https://gsas.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/gsas/admissions/gsas-application-resource-center/nyu-gsas-general-application-policies.html#2	If possible, submit form 10 days before app deadline
20	Northwestern University	Evanston	IL	Neuroscience	No	c-arrom@northwestern.edu; Update made by joel-voss@northwestern.edu - The neuroscience PhD program at Northwestern (NUIN) does not require GRE and there is a waiver for app fee: https://www.nuin.northwestern.edu/application-process-2/	www.btaa.org/FreeApp	Big Ten Academic Alliance Graduate School
21	Oregon Health & Sciences University	Portland	OR	Neuroscience	No	somgrad@ohsu.edu	https://www.ohsu.edu/school-of-medicine/neuroscience-graduate-program/application-information	Email Prior to applying
22	Penn State University	University Park	PA	Biobehavioral Health/Psychology	No	ogee@psu.edu	www.btaa.org/FreeApp	Big Ten Academic Alliance Graduate School
23	Princeton University	Princeton	NJ	Neuroscience		gs@princeton.edu	https://gradschool.princeton.edu/admission/applying-princeton/deadlines-and-fees/application-fee-waivers
24	Purdue University	West Lafayette	IN	Psychological Sciences			www.btaa.org/FreeApp	Big Ten Academic Alliance Graduate School
25	Rutgers University	New Brunswick/Newark	NJ	Neuroscience	No		www.btaa.org/FreeApp	Big Ten Academic Alliance Graduate School
26	Stanford University	Palo Alto	CA	Neuroscience	No	mirandas@stanford.edu	https://graddiversity.stanford.edu/graduate-fee-waiver/school-based-waivers	More info on site, due 11/25
27	Temple University	Philadelphia	PA	Psychology/Cognition & Neuroscience	No	lbriand@temple.edu	https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1znpRMCHUnBiCNsbQovRI0TpHY310s0Ku3Ik84uG05fo/edit
28	The Ohio State University	Columbus	OH	Neuroscience	No	foltz.95@osu.edu	www.btaa.org/FreeApp	Big Ten Academic Alliance Graduate School
29	The University of Cincinnati		OH	Neuroscience	No
30	Thomas Jefferson University		PA	Neuroscience	Neuroscience
31	UC Davis	Davis	CA	Psychology, Neuroscience	No	bctrainor@ucdavis.edu	https://grad.ucdavis.edu/admissions/admission-faqs#Fee
32	UC Irvine	Irvine	CA	Cognitive Sciences, Neurobiology and Behavior (NBB)	No		https://grad.uci.edu/admissions/applying-to-uci/fee-waivers.php
33	UCLA	Los Angeles	CA	Neuroscience, Psychology	Not required for psych 20/21 cycle		https://grad.ucla.edu/admissions/faqs/
34	UCLA	Los Angeles	CA	Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program	No	felixs@ucla.edu
35	Uniformed Services University	Bethesda	MD	Neuroscience	No	netina.finley@usuhs.edu	No application fee - no form needed
36	University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine	Birmingham	AL	Neuroscience and all others	No	grad-gbs@uab.edu	No application fee. Period.	UAB ranked 21st in NIH funding
37	University of California San Diego	La Jolla	CA	Neuroscience	No	neurograd@ucsd.edu	https://grad.ucsd.edu/admissions/requirements/application-fee-and-fee-waiver/index.html	Fee waiver due 1 week prior to application deadline
38	University of Chicago	Chicago	IL	Neuroscience		lweglarz@uchicago.edu	www.btaa.org/FreeApp	Big Ten Academic Alliance Graduate School
39	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora	CO	Neuroscience	No	daniel.denman@cuanschutz.edu	https://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/medicalschool/programs/Neuroscience/Admissions/Pages/Application.aspx	contact program after beginning application, opens 9/1; contacted IT dept. regarding error 404 page when clicking "apply now" (8/3)
40	University of Illinois	Urbana	IL	Psychology/Neuroscience	Optional	amalvara@illinois.edu	www.btaa.org/FreeApp	Big Ten Academic Alliance Graduate School
41	University of Illinois--Chicago		IL	Neuroscience	No
42	University of Iowa	Iowa City	IA	Neuroscience	No	joseph-henry@uiowa.edu	www.btaa.org/FreeApp	Big Ten Academic Alliance Graduate School
43	University of Maryland	College Park	MD	Neuroscience		twu@umd.edu	www.btaa.org/FreeApp	Big Ten Academic Alliance Graduate School
44	University of Maryland--Baltimore	Baltimore	MD	Neuroscience	No
45	University of Massachusetts--Worcester		MA	Neuroscience	No
46	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor	MI	Psychology/Neuroscience	No	lerikss@umich.edu	https://rackham.umich.edu/admissions/applying/application-fee-and-waivers/
47	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Minneapolis	MN	Neuroscience	No	xiong640@umn.edu	www.btaa.org/FreeApp	Big Ten Academic Alliance Graduate School
48	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Lincoln	NE	Neuroscience		kurt.mueller@unl.edu	www.btaa.org/FreeApp	Big Ten Academic Alliance Graduate School
49	University of Nevada Las Vegas	Las Vegas	NV	Neuroscience	No	joel.snyder@unlv.edu	https://www.unlv.edu/degree/phd-neuroscience	Fee waiver requests granted for any financial hardships and for URM applicants.
50	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	PA	Neuroscience	No	saross@pitt.edu	https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfxQrPbcsn4oRYbXdwF5cLsyXM1sRSKx_4cJXJegw2l5I8ZQ/viewform	Fee waivers or deferrals granted to any who feel that the application fee is a burden
51	University of Rhode Island	Kingston	RI	Neuroscience	No	inp@etal.uri.edu	https://web.uri.edu/graduate-school/admission/application-fee-policies/	https://web.uri.edu/inp/
52	University of Rochester	Rochester	NY	Neuroscience	No
53	University of Southern California	Los Angeles	CA	Neuroscience	No
54	University of Texas at Austin	Austin	TX	Neuroscience	Not required for the December 2020 submission, trying to make that permanent		Fee waiver requires specific request, by the website it doesn't look straightforward. Contact program for direction https://gradschool.utexas.edu/how-to-apply see Fee Waivers	Contact program in advance for direction. Fees likely waived for all URM applicants. Fee waiver requests for low income applicants does require documentation.
55	University of Texas at Dallas	Richardson	TX	Neuroscience	No
56	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center--Dallas	Dallas	TX	Neuroscience	No
57	University of Utah	Salt Lake City	UT	Neuroscience	No	tracy.marble@hsc.utah.edu	https://neuroscience.med.utah.edu/application.php
58	University of Vermont	Burlington	VT	Neuroscience	No	neurogp@uvm.edu	requests sent to graduate.admissions@uvm.edu	https://www.uvm.edu/neurosciencegrad
59	University of Virginia	Charlottesville	VA	Psychology
60	University of Washington	Seattle	WA	Neuroscience	No		https://grad.uw.edu/admission/application-fee-waivers/	Fee waiver request should be submitted at least seven (7) days before the posted application deadline.
61	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison	WI	Neuroscience	No		www.btaa.org/FreeApp	Big Ten Academic Alliance Graduate School
62	UT Health San Antonio	San Antonio	TX	Physiology and Pharmacology	No	boychukc@uthscsa.edu/daws@uthscsa.edu	No Application fee ever	https://lsom.uthscsa.edu/physiology/education/phd/
63	Vanderbilt University		TN	Neuroscience	No
64	Washington University School of Medicine (DBBS)	Saint Louis	MO	Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences (DBBS)	No	richardsa@wustl.edu	email DBBSPhDAdmissions@email.wustl.edu.
65	West Virginia University	Morgantown	WV	Psychology, Neuroscience	Waived for 2020, working on permanent removal	kathleen.morrison@mail.wvu.edu		**Application fee waiver are available for current WVU and WVU Medicine employees, active military personnel and veterans, McNair Scholars, and AmeriCorps and Peace Corps members.
66	Yale University	New Haven	CT	Neuroscience	No	carol.russo@yale.edu	https://gsas.yale.edu/admissions/phdmasters-application-process/application-fees-fee-waivers	Fee waiver requests are due by November 30 regardless of the application deadline for your program.
67	Yeshvia University		NY		No
68	University of Connecticut	Storrs	CT	Physiology & Neurobiology	No	randall.walikonis@uconn.edu	https://grad.uconn.edu/admissions/application-fee-waivers/
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