A number of scholarships and other financial aid opportunities are available to undergraduate majors and graduate students in history at Portland State.

Below are just a few of the several funding resources available to students of history at Portland State.
Note: some of these are exclusively reserved for declared majors and graduate students.

Undergraduate and Graduate Fellowships and Financial Aid

Undergraduate and graduate students should examine the following websites for information on scholarships and financial aid at Portland State University:

• PSU Financial Aid Office
• PSU Scholarship Handbook

PSU students who seek genuine teaching experience should apply to the University Studies Mentor Programs. Graduate mentors assist instructors in Sophomore Inquiry courses and Transfer Transition courses, and lead their own associated mentor sessions. Peer (undergraduate) mentors assist instructors in Freshman Inquiry courses. All mentors receive in-state tuition and a monthly stipend. For more information on mentors, see the University Studies website.

Graduate Assistantships

There are a number of graduate assistantships available through the PSU History Department. These fellowships provide tuition waiver and a monthly stipend paid for the performance of assigned duties. The number of assistantships and the size of the stipend varies from year to year depending on the budget. The deadline for applying for these assistantships is February 15. New applicants to our MA Program are eligible for these assistantships, and must submit materials for consideration as part of the online application process to the program. Students currently enrolled in our MA Program may also apply for these assistantships by submitting application materials to the department; you may download an application form , or forms are also available in the History Department.

There are also currently Rose Tucker Fellowships offered each year to a graduate student in History at PSU. The fellowship includes tuition waiver and a monthly stipend paid for work at the Oregon Historical Society. Selection of applicants is done by a committee composed of a PSU History professors and employees of the Oregon Historical Society. In the past, graduate assistants have been assigned to work in the Oregon History museum, the library, and for the journal Oregon Historical Quarterly. New applicants to our MA Program are eligible for these assistantships, and must submit materials for consideration as part of the online application process to the program. Students currently enrolled in our MA Program may also apply for these assistantships by submitting application materials to the department.

The Pacific Historical Review is a journal published quarterly, and edited here at Portland State University. The journal offers two Fellowships annually to PSU graduate students in History. These editorial assistantships include tuition waiver and a monthly stipend paid for working at the journal. For questions about the fellowship application, please contact the editors by email (phr@pdx.edu) mail (Pacific Historical Review, 487 Cramer Hall, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751), or by visiting our office (487 Cramer Hall). Complete applications should be emailed directly to the PHR office (not via the history department) and postmarked no later than March 1st.

The PSU Graduate School also maintains a substantive list of Graduate Funding Resources at PSU, including the Laurels Graduate Award (which provides up to $5,000 per year for MA students in History).

Graduate Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants

Anne Myers Scholarships: up to $1,000 of tuition assistance is available to incoming MA students who receive the Anne Myers Scholarship. The History Department Graduate Committee determines the recipients of these awards as part of each year's review of applications to the MA Program in History.

Friends of History Graduate Student Scholarships: up to $1,000 of tuition assistance is available to incoming MA students who receive the Friends of History Graduate Student Scholarship. The History Department Graduate Committee determines the recipients of these awards as part of each year's review of applications to the MA Program in History.

Ann Fulton/Gordon Dodds Fellowships: up to $1,000 in tuition assistance is available to mid-program MA students. Applications are available via the PSU History Department.

Joel Palmer Fellowship: $1,000 in tuition assistance is available to mid-program MA students in U.S. Northwest history. Applications are available via the PSU History Department.

Lauren Banasky Memorial Grants for Graduate Research in European History or Women's History: This grant is named in honor of former M.A. student Lauren Banasky and is available to graduate students completing a thesis in European history or women's history. The grant, in the amount of $500, must be used for travel expenses to an archive or conference or to purchase books or other source materials that will enable the student to complete their thesis. The award is competitive and available to at least one student per year. Applications are available via the PSU History Department.

Stephanie K. Oliver Graduate Award: This award is intended to assist those M.A. students who are working on their thesis. It is a one-time fund, awarded at the discretion of the department chair in an amount not to exceed $2,000. Applicants must be at the graduate level in History, hold a 3.5 overall GPA, and have completed their field exams and language requirement. Applicants must submit a brief (300 words or less) statement "describing how a Stephanie K. Oliver Award will assist you in the completion of your thesis.” Applications must also include a statement of support from the student’s primary advisor. Applications are available via the PSU History Department.

Departmental Awards and Prizes

Friends of History Awards: The Friends of History organization, which works in close conjunction with the PSU History Department to promote the study of history in the larger community, annually offers prizes of up to $100 to PSU history students:

• Outstanding Service to the History Department
• GPA Award in History, Undergraduate Major
• GPA Award in History, Graduate Student

These prizes are awarded each spring at the end-of-year reception in mid-June. They are not self-nominating; student records are used to determine the GPA awards. For the service awards, professors and other interested people submit names to the Friends of History Board and one is chosen from among those names submitted.

Seminar Paper Awards: These awards of up to $100, established by Phi Alpha Theta in 1986 and funded by the Friends of History organization, are given annually to outstanding papers written for history seminars at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. These awards are not self-nominating; professors submit worthy papers after each term of teaching a seminar class and the officers of Phi Alpha Theta judge them blindly and choose the winners.