Financial Aid
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Scholarships, Fellowships & Stipends
All applications for financial aid are reviewed for eligibility for the following funds, and separate applications are not required for these awards. The exceptions to this policy are the Bank Street Incentive Scholarship, the Wallace Foundation Scholarship, the Neuberger Scholarship, the Spiegler Scholarship, and the Cathy Bose Math Leadership Scholarship, which all require a separate application through the Office of Admissions.
In general, applications for financial aid are reviewed for eligibility using some general criteria:
- Enrollment as a matriculated student;
- At least half-time enrollment; and
- Demonstration of need as indicated through the FAFSA processing.
Learn more about Scholarships in Special Education for current dual language / bilingual teachers.
Subject to annual funding, the following financial aid awards are funded through the generosity of the many supporters of Bank Street College:
- Bank Street College Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who meet the general eligibility criteria stated above. Bank Street Scholarships are applied to tuition and fees only; students should expect to provide additional funds for tuition/fee balances. Students who accept a Bank Street Scholarship are also required to accept a minimum of $8,500 in the subsidized portion of the William D. Ford Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program.
- Bank Street Incentive Scholarship (Not available in 2009/2010 academic year)
This scholarship is available to highly promising applicants to Bank Street College who demonstrate an exceptional commitment to children and to education. Applicants must demonstrate academic accomplishment, commitment to service, and a vision for working with children. This scholarship is intended to encourage students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to become outstanding educators.
- African-American Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens, and who identify themselves on the admissions application and the financial aid questionnaire as being African-American and thus a member of a federally recognized U.S. ethnic minority group.
- Alumni Opportunity Fund
This scholarship is available to students who are U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens and who identify themselves on the admissions application and the financial aid questionnaire as being a member of a federally recognized U.S. ethnic minority group. The scholarship is made possible by the generosity of Bank Street College alumni.
- Cathy Bose Math Leadership Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are Leadership in Mathematics Education majors.
- Lucy Burrows Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who meet the general eligibility criteria stated above.
- Ruth Saltzman Deutsch Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are Early Childhood Special Education majors and who are doing supervised fieldwork in a New York City public school.
- Diversity Fund
This scholarship is available to students who are U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens, and who identify themselves on the admissions application and the financial aid questionnaire as being a member of a federally recognized U.S. ethnic minority group.
- Harry Doehla Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who meet the general eligibility criteria stated above.
- Myra Ferguson Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are either Special Education or Child Life majors.
- Glickenhaus Foundation Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who meet the general eligibility criteria stated above.
- Goldberg-Ruberman Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who meet the general eligibility criteria stated above.
- Hearst Minority Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens, and who identify themselves on the admissions application and the financial aid questionnaire as being a member of a federally recognized U.S. ethnic minority group, and who plan to reside in the U.S. after graduation.
- Iscol Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who have a commitment to public schools through teaching or related activities and who will continue that commitment in city schools after graduation.
- Augusta Kappner Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens, and who identify themselves on the admissions application and the financial aid questionnaire as being a member of a federally recognized U.S. ethnic minority group, and who plan to reside in the U.S. after graduation.
- Elaine Katz Memorial Scholarship Fund
This scholarship is available to mature women who are career changers, meet the general eligbility criteria stated above, and are Early Childhood Education majors.
- H. Thomas Langbert Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are Museum Education majors.
- Minority Assistant Fellowship/Bank Street School for Children
This scholarship is available to students who are U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens, and who identify themselves on the admissions application and the financial aid questionnaire as being a member of a federally recognized U.S. ethnic minority group, and who are accepted to intern at Bank Street School for Children.
- Minority Education Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens, and who identify themselves on the admissions application and the financial aid questionnaire as being a member of a federally recognized U.S. ethnic minority group.
- Neuberger Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are Leadership in Mathematics Education majors.
- Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation Scholarship
This scholarship is available to mature women who are career changers.
- Elsbeth Pfeiffer Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students in our early childhood special education programs.
- Priscilla E. Pemberton Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are U.S. citizens or eligible noncitizens, and who identify themselves on the admissions application and the financial aid questionnaire as being African-American and thus a member of a federally recognized U.S. ethnic minority group.
- Russ Rosenfield Literacy Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are specializing in literacy or in the teaching of reading. The award is to be applied exculsively to the purchase of textbooks.
- Joan Shapiro Scholar's Initiative
This scholarship is available to students who are U.S. citizens or eligible noncitizens and who identify themselves on the admissions application and the financial aid questionnaire as being a member of a federally recognized U.S. ethnic minority group.
- Spiegler Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are Leadership in Mathematics Education majors.
- Starr Foundation Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens, and who identify themselves on the admissions application and the financial aid questionnaire as being a member of a federally recognized U.S. ethnic minority group.
- Stone Foundation Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who meet the general eligibility criteria stated above.
- Straus Infancy Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are Infant and Parent Development and Early Intervention majors.
- Tree Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are U.S. citizens or eligible non citizens, and who identify themselves on the admissions application and the financial aid questionnaire as being a member of a federally recognized U.S. ethnic minority group, and will have a commitment in city schools after graduation.
- Wallace Foundation Scholars
This scholarship is open to students who are U.S. citizens and who identify themselves on the admissions application and on the financial aid questionnaire as being a member of a federally-recognized U.S. ethnic minority group. Recipients must demonstrate a clear commitment to teach in a New York City public school and must be accepted into a program leading to professional certification to teach. Recipients must sign a commitment to teach in urban schools for three years following graduation from Bank Street.
- Charlotte Winsor Public School Intern Program
This fund supports students who are enrolled in Supervised Fieldwork/Student Teaching/Advisement as interns, and who are selected to work in a public school setting.
