If your workplace offers tuition reimbursement, we ask that you avail yourself of that benefit first—before receiving grants or scholarships from the Restorative Practices Foundation—to preserve our financial assistance for graduate students who do not have tuition reimbursement available to them.
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Pay-It-Forward Scholarships—An Alternative to Loans
The Restorative Practices Foundation, the philanthropic sister organization of the IIRP Graduate School, offers two types of partial scholarships to foster the growth of restorative practices, positively influence human behavior and strengthen civil society.
To ensure that funds are available for IIRP graduate students in the years to come, the Restorative Practices Foundation has established Pay-It-Forward Scholarships. When you accept funds from the Foundation, you do so with the understanding that, as your economic circumstances allow, you will strive to replenish the pool of funds available to future graduate students.
Unlike a loan with prescribed monthly payments, your Pay-It-Forward Scholarship contributions are voluntary. You decide how and when you will give. Your donations benefit the scholarship fund for IIRP graduate students—a charitable purpose recognized as tax-deductible by the IRS.
1. Foundation Scholarship
| Course: | Student-selected graduate courses, up to 12 credits |
| Eligibility: | This partial scholarship for graduate credits is designed for non-matriculated students who want to learn the basics of restorative practices and need assistance in meeting tuition costs. It is limited to your first 12 course credits, after which you must apply for admission to either a certificate or master’s degree program. |
| Application: | Complete the IIRP Pay-It-Forward Financial Aid Application located within your Student Portal by the posted due date. Applications are required each term. Once your application is reviewed, you will receive an email advising you whether your scholarship has been approved and the amount of the scholarship. You may then proceed to register. |
2. Candidacy Scholarship
| Course: | All graduate courses after matriculation |
| Eligibility: | This merit-based scholarship is available only if you have been admitted as a candidate to a master’s degree or certificate program. The scholarship will provide you with assistance in meeting tuition costs throughout your program. It is based on our confidence in your ability to be a successful graduate student. |
| Application: | Once matriculated as a candidate, complete the Pay-It-Forward Financial Aid Application located within your Student Portal each term by the posted deadline. You will shortly receive your Pay-It-Forward Scholarship notification so that you can proceed to register on a timely basis. While the amount awarded may vary slightly as tuition rates increase each year, you can rely on receiving a substantial and roughly equivalent scholarship each term that you are enrolled as a matriculated student, to help you meet tuition costs. |
General Information
Graduate students who receive grants and scholarships are responsible for all registration and other fees and the cost of textbooks and materials in each course.
International students who want the IIRP to consider their scholarship awards at the time of application to a program, instead of after admission, should contact the Registrar.
