Childcare Subsidy Application

It is a financial assistance program provided by the Division of Student Affairs to assist full-time graduate students who have a child under the age of 6 with the cost of childcare.  Students can apply for awards in the amount of $200 per Fall and/or Spring semesters.

Graduate Students who are enrolled full-time in matriculated coursework at NYU and have a child under the age of 6. Students who are not eligible include part-time graduate students, NYU Poly graduate students, certificate students, undergraduate students, and NYU School of Medicine students.

Full-time status is defined differently by each school, academic department or program. You will need to speak with your academic advisor, or an administrator in your academic area of study to find out if you have full time status. Your advisor can confirm your status by making sure you are listed on the Student Information System (SIS - screen #191) as (full-time) or (full-time matriculated) for the semesters in which you are applying.

Yes, students interested in the subsidy must apply each academic year that they are interested. We do not keep old applications on file for your privacy.

The deadline for Fall is November 1. The deadline for Spring is April 1. Students may indicate both fall and spring if the application is submitted by Nov. 1.

You may apply for the spring subsidy. We will not accept late applications.

No. The subsidy is one credit per student, not per child.

$200 per eligible student per semester (fall and spring only). Please note that the subsidy is considered taxable income. For international students this may require the university to tax the subsidy at a 40% rate.

No, the subsidy is only offered in the Fall and Spring semesters.

Applications are processed at the end of each semester. If you are approved, you will receive a confirmation that a subsidy credit will be awarded to your account. Traditionally, the Fall credit will be awarded in the end of Dec/beginning of Jan., and the Spring credit is awarded in the end of April/beginning of May.

If there is a balance on your account (i.e. library fees, next semester's tuition), the $200 will go directly towards that balance. If you have a zero balance, the Bursar's Office will issue a check to your registered address. If you are an international student you will be issued a check through Accounts Payable that will be available for pick up in the Office of Graduate Student Life (located in Building 4 Washington Square Village).

First, you will have received a confirmation email stating that you have been approved for the credit. If the semester has ended and you have not received your credit, please check your Bursar's statement, by logging on to Albert at http://www.albert.nyu.edu.

If you do not receive your credit before the end of the semester you should alert the Office of Graduate Life at grad.childcare@nyu.edu before the start of the next semester.

No, NYU does not offer child care service, however there are a variety of resources available on the Students with Children webpage.

Unfortunately we cannot accept faxed copies. Birth certificates can be either emailed to nyu.childcare@gmail.com or dropped off in person at the Student Resource Center, Kimmel Center for University Life, 60 Washington Square South, Suite 210