Financial Aid Application - School of Information Need Based Grant

UC Berkeley School of Information Need-Based Fellowship

The School of Information Need-Based Fellowship for MIDS & MICS students provides financial assistance to students with significant financial need for whom additional funding would make a meaningful difference to their ability to undertake the program. The fellowship prioritizes students who have limited or no external sources of support to pursue their studies.

If granted, the Need-Based Fellowship would provide support to offset up to 30% of a student’s tuition and fees for up to 5 semesters for the MIDS & MICS programs, with exclusions.

Fellowships can only be applied toward tuition and fees assessed in CalCentral.

Fees that can be covered include:
· Tuition
· Berkeley Campus Fee

Fees that cannot be covered include:
· UC GPC
· UHS service fees
· Late payment fees

Any unspent fellowship aid will be returned to the funding source. For example, if your tuition and fees are covered by an outside source (e.g., company sponsorship, GI Bill, etc.), unspent grant aid will return to the funding source and will not pay out as a stipend. If your tuition is covered by federal aid, this fellowship will replace (rather than supplement) a portion of that aid.

Applicant Information

First Name

Last Name

Program

Email address

Student ID (if received)

City of Residence

State of Residence (if applicable)

Country of Residence (if outside the US)

Applicant Financial Information

This section covers all financial resources that belong to you and your spouse/partner. Our review accounts for factors including, but not limited to: income, savings, assets, and household size. Responses below are subject to verification.

Enter all amounts in U.S. dollars rounded to the nearest hundred dollars. Please enter numbers only, omitting dollar signs, commas, and decimal points.

Cash, savings and checking accounts

Self

Spouse

Investment and assets (excluding 401k, IRA or equivalent, retirement, primary residence or car)

Self

Spouse

Financial support from other resources (scholarships, fellowships, gifts, family support, veteran's benefits)

Self

Spouse

Debt ( student loans, credit cards - DO NOT INCLUDE MORTGAGES i.e. car/house loan)

Self

Spouse

Please provide income and tax information from either your 2023 or, if available, your 2024 income tax return. Please be consistent across all questions. Please provide information from only the year selected.

Gross Earned income from 2023 or 2024 (wages, bonuses, and income from self-employment)

Earned income Self

Earned income Spouse

Other income from 2023 or 2024 (including interest income, rental income, etc.)

Other income Self

Other income Spouse

Total tax in 2023 or 2024 (1040 line 24)

Self

Spouse

Will you be financially sponsored by your employer?

Financial Support from company sponsorship

Financial Support Company Self

Financial Support Company Spouse

Are you financially independent from your parents (e.g. you live indepedently, pay your own bills, etc.)?

Are you supporting a household?

Number of children in the household (Numbers Only):

Optional - Please explain your plans to fund your graduate education and any special circumstances if applicable. Provide details as needed on any resources listed in the application, or not captured in the resources section. Limit your responses to 250 words or less.

Examples of special circumstances might include, but are not limited to:

First generation college student (neither parent completed a bachelor's degree)
Borrowed student loans (federal or private) to fund your college education
Have student debt from your college education
Have been affected by poverty, illness, loss of employment, or excessive work

By clicking "Submit", I certify that, to the best of my knowledge, all information in this application is complete and accurate. I understand and agree that any misrepresentation or omission of facts in my application will justify revocation of awarded funds or other disciplinary action. I will provide, if requested, official documentation necessary to verify information provided in this application.