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Financial Aid, Awards, and Prizes

Financial Aid
Although the primary responsibility for meeting the cost of a professional education lies with the students and his or her family, this responsibility is shared by the University as well as by state and federal government agencies, within the limits of available resources.

The term “financial aid” encompasses scholarships, loans, and work. If the student plans to attend the College of Dentistry at New York University and anticipates the need for assistance from any one or a combination of these sources, then the student needs to complete and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Applicants and returning students are encouraged to file the FAFSA via our Web site: www.nyu.edu/financial.aid. Applicants who do not have Web access can obtain a FAFSA from their local high school, college, or library. The priority application date is March 1.

Financial aid applications from new students are processed in the order they are received until the funds are depleted. Awards are not automatically renewable, and returning students must reapply each year by March 1 to be considered for assistance. Late applications will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis if funds are available.

The awarding of financial aid is based on financial need as determined by an analysis of financial information provided by the student and his or her family. Financial need is the difference between what it typically costs the student to attend the University for one academic year, and what the student is able to apply toward that cost from the student’s and his or her family’s income and assets. To the extent of its ability, the University attempts to help meet this need with the resources available to it.

Because University funds are limited, students are expected first to explore all sources of external assistance before University funds are awarded. If additional aid is needed after the University determines the student’s eligibility for a maximum Federal Stafford Student Loan, the student is then considered for loans and scholarships administered by the University. These funds are distributed equitably among students who demonstrate exceptional financial need.

Although not all students can be aided from these sources, nor can the full need of those students awarded aid be met, the University believes that the combination of family, University, and external sources will make it possible for all needy students to obtain the dental education they desire.

Further details and procedures regarding the application and eligibility for financial aid (College of Dentistry Scholarships, TAP, Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Stafford Student Loan [SSL], etc.) are available in the New York University College of Dentistry Financial Aid brochure. Copies are available at the Office of Financial Aid—Student Affairs and Admissions, College of Dentistry, New York University, 345 East 24th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010-4086.

College of Dentistry and Privately Sponsored Programs
Certain additional sources of aid are available that are either administered directly by the College or by other private agencies. These funds are, however, extremely limited and are awarded to those students who demonstrate the greatest need.

The filing of a Free Application for Federal Student Aid will automatically place a student in competition for all of these additional aid sources.

Scholarships
Armed Forces Scholarship Programs. The College of Dentistry works with recruiters from the Army, Navy, and Air Force to provide students with scholarships during their enrollment at the College of Dentistry. Students are required to commit to service on acceptance of scholarship.

Arnold Schwartz Memorial Scholarship Fund. Provides annual financial awards for students of outstanding scholarship and justifiable financial needs.

College of Dentistry Scholarship Fund. This fund, which provides grants toward tuition, is extremely limited and available only to students with exceptional financial need.

Dean’s Merit Scholarship Awards. Provides tuition awards to first-year students on the basis of academic merit. The scholarships are renewable annually for four years.

Dean Edward G. Kaufman Endowed Scholarship Fund. Provides annual financial awards to outstanding applicants to motivate them to choose the NYU College of Dentistry.

David and Roma Korris Scholarship Fund. This scholarship provides funds for deserving students.

Elsa Pleuger Rahmsdorf Fund. This scholarship fund provides scholarship assistance to needy and deserving students of the College of Dentistry. Recipients are designated the Elsa Pleuger Rahmsdorf Scholars during the period of time for which an award is made to them.

Gordon Reiss Memorial Fund. Provides annual financial awards for students demonstrating particular skills and/or potential in the area of dental laboratory or dental materials.

Gustav Durrer Dental Scholarship Fund. Provides funds for deserving students.

Harold Litvak, Jr., Fellowship in Postgraduate Prosthodontics. Provides support for an outstanding student in that area and is a gift of Adele G. Block.

Harry Langa Scholarship Fund. Established in 1995, principally from a gift from the American Analgesia Society. The annual interest from this fund is used to assist a deserving student.

Irma Tuck-Weiss and Louis Weiss Scholarship Fund. This scholarship provides funds for deserving students.

Lyonel S. Hildes Memorial Student Scholarship Fund. Provides several permanent annual scholarships for students who demonstrate outstanding ability and serious financial need.

National Health Service Scholarship Program. The National Health Service Scholarship Program (NHSC) is a competitive federal program, which awards scholarships to students in their third and fourth years who are interested in pursuing primary care health professions training in designated underserved areas of the United States.

Peron Scholarship Fund. The annual interest from this fund is used to assist deserving full-time students.

Samuel J. Moritz Scholarship Fund. This scholarship provides assistance to a needy student at the College of Dentistry.

J. William and Mabel R. Maller Scholarship Fund. Provides funds for deserving students.

Loans
Charles A. Reiff Student Loan Fund. Established in 1981 by Mrs. Shirley Steinberg, in memory of her brother, to provide financial assistance to dental students in good academic standing.

College of Dentistry Parents Association Student Loan Fund. This program, sponsored by the College of Dentistry Parents Association, is designed for students of good scholarship and high moral character who are in financial need.

Herbert Robinson Student Loan Fund. A revolving loan fund established by the Herbert Robinson Fund, Inc., for the benefit of students in the College of Dentistry.

The Harry, Lillie, and Theodore Jerrold Student Loan Fund. A loan fund established by Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Jerrold to aid students in good standing who are in financial need.

Henry Spenadel Fund for the Advancement of Education in Dentistry. A loan fund for students who have successfully completed their second year of study. Applications are available at the College of Dentistry and are reviewed by the New York County Dental Society (formerly called the First District Dental Society of the State of New York), which is the trustee of the fund.

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Loan Program. Provides loans to students who plan to practice dentistry in designated health professional shortage areas. This program provides for cancellation of these loans for those who practice in the shortage areas on graduation.

Joseph Goldberg Memorial Loan Fund. Provides low-interest loans annually for students in financial need and in good academic standing.

Kellogg Foundation Student Loan Fund. Established by the Kellogg Foundation to provide loans for students in need of financial aid.

Minna Valentino Memorial Loan Fund. A loan fund designed to meet the needs of dental students who require emergency assistance. These low-interest loans are granted on a short-term basis only.

Nabisco Brands Student Loan Fund. The Nabisco Foundation established a student loan fund in 1982, which provides assistance for students.

Robert Tartell Student Loan Fund. Provides low-interest loans to the children and or grandchildren of dentists. The fund was established in 1984 by Dr. Robert Tartell of the Class of 1948 for students with financial need in the College of Dentistry.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Loan Program. Makes available low-interest loans to women and members of minority groups demonstrating substantial financial need.

Zara Blechman Student Loan Fund. Established by the Auxiliary of the College of Dentistry to provide loans for predoctoral dental students with justifiable financial need.

Veterans’ Benefits
Various Department of Veterans Affairs programs provide educational benefits for spouses, sons, and daughters of deceased or permanently disabled veterans as well as for veterans and in-service personnel, subject to certain restrictions. Under most programs the student pays tuition and fees at the time of registration but will receive a monthly allowance from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Veterans with service-connected disabilities may be qualified for educational benefits under Chapter 31. Applicants for this program are required to submit to the Department of Veterans Affairs a letter of acceptance from the college they wish to attend. On meeting the requirements for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the veteran will be given an Authorization for Education (VA Form 22-1905), which must be presented to the Office of Admissions of the College of Dentistry before registering for course work.

Since interpretation of regulations governing veterans’ benefits is subject to change, veterans should keep in touch with the Department of Veterans Affairs.