The Graduate School

Complete the Guidelines for Funding and Certification of Participation in EOP/SEEK/HEOP form as part of your online application.  Once verification is received from your degree granting undergraduate institution, your application fee will be waived.  Information about applying for a scholarship will be sent to you upon this verification.

Students who are awarded an Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) tuition scholarship may receive a tuition scholarship each semester through master's degree completion.

• It is the student's responsibility to pay all college fees and mandatory student health insurance
   
• The scholarship is available for the fall and spring semesters only.
   
• EOP scholars must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA each semester to continue to receive funding.
   
• EOP scholars must complete a Tuition Scholarship Award Application to apply for the tuition scholarship each semester funding is sought.

Applicants must be

• Graduates of SUNY's Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) or of the City University of New York's Search for Education, Elevation and Knowledge (SEEK) Program, or the Higher Educational Opportunity Program (HEOP). Certification of participation by the campus administering the undergraduate program is required.
   
• New York State residents.
   
• Matriculated students in both the fall and spring semesters.
   
• Pursuing their first master's degree. Students pursuing a second master's degree are not eligible for the EOP scholarship.