Application Fee Waivers

All requests for fee waivers, whether for service, leadership, participation in pipeline programs, or financial hardship, are processed through the GSBS online application.

The application fee can be waived for applicants to GSBS PhD and MS programs who are alumni of, or currently enrolled in, a degree or certificate program at Tufts University; meet with a GSBS representative at a conference or recruiting event; or who are affiliated with a variety of leadership, diversity, or service programs, including:

McNair
Leadership Alliance
MARC
LSAMP
PREP post-bac programs
JAX Summer
AmeriCorps
City Year
Teach for America
US Military
Peace Corps
Gates Millennium
Posse
Project 1000
Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholarship Program
U54 Partnership

Note that this list is not comprehensive; the most up-to-date listing appears in the application itself.

To receive a waiver, find your program in the “Affiliations and Waivers” section of the online application, and upload a letter from the program verifying participation. Students who received a fee waiver from GSBS at a recruitment event should select "event attendee" and upload the fee waiver card or other documentation indicating which event you attended.

GSBS also offers fee waivers based on financial hardship to applicants who are US citizens, US nationals, or permanent residents who are applying to a PhD program in the basic sciences. GSBS is not able to offer a financial hardship waiver for international applicants.

All requests for application fee waivers must be submitted through the online application portal. The Admissions Office cannot process requests for waivers that are submitted via email.