The Graduate School and graduate education aim to “transform the lives of graduate students” and to provide “graduate students with high quality academic experiences and professional development...” Our academic programs, along with our faculty and staff strive to help our students achieve their educational goals, through opportunities and experiences both in and outside of the classroom.  Graduate students engage in research and scholarship that positively impacts our world!

Engaging in research, scholarship, and meaningful academic experiences requires resources. You can contribute to funds that help our graduate students acquire the resources they need, helping them to stay on track, earn their degree, and make their difference in our world.

Choose from one of our Graduate School funds:

Graduate Student Research and Innovation Fund

This fund supports innovative graduate student research and creative activity that is an essential component of the educational experience of graduate students. Support will be provided to students completing research and creative projects, including required master’s thesis and doctoral dissertation work. The funds broaden the type of work that can be completed by students whose projects require supplies, equipment, travel, participant reimbursements, and/or other essential expenses.

Graduate Student Professional Development Fund

This fund provides graduate students with support for engaged learning experiences that are necessary for the development of professional skills that are fundamental to individuals earning graduate degrees. This fund will provide support for on-campus professional development programming for graduate students, fund graduate student travel to present scholarly and creative work at academic and professional conferences.

Advancing Intelligent Minds (AIM) Fund

This fund will provide support to exemplary graduate students who are currently underrepresented in their academic field of study.

Contributions to the Graduate School General Fund make it possible for us to support many other opportunities for students.  

donate here

Faculty and Staff may give through payroll deduction Here.  

(look for JMU Employee Giving) 

• Graduate Student Research and Innovation Fund
• Graduate Student Professional Development Fund
• Advancing Intelligent Minds (AIM) Fund
• The Graduate School Fund