The Department of Criminology, Law and Society was awarded nearly $100,000 per year for three years to advance its doctoral program. The funding comes from George Mason University’s Provost’s PhD Program Award, which provides supplemental graduate funding to Mason PhD programs on a performance basis.
This award gives the department the opportunity to offer additional graduate research assistantships for three new entering doctoral students in each of the next three years. The assistantships include a $23,000 stipend, up to 18 credit hours of tuition waivers, and 100% subsidized health insurance. In addition, the department will also award one student with the honor of Presidential Scholar for the Fall 2011 semester. This scholarship includes a three-year stipend, 18 credit hours of tuition waivers, and 100% subsidized health insurance per academic year.
Other graduate research and teaching assistantships through funded projects will also be offered for the upcoming semester. Graduate research assistantships give students hands-on experience working closely with faculty to learn the skills of research and evaluation, as well as interact with practitioners and policy makers. The department is home to four research centers that give faculty and students the opportunity to collaborate on research projects used to advance knowledge and improve the fields of criminology, law, and society.
January 18, 2011
