Fee Waiver Eligibility & Instructions

The deadline for applying for a Fee Waiver for Fall 2009 is January 2, 2009.

Requests for a Fee Waiver or supporting documents received after January 2, 2009 will not be considered.

All individuals meeting the eligibility requirements who wish to be considered for a waiver or refund of the application fee must follow the directions given below for the appropriate option. Except as noted, all applicants must pay the application fee when submitting their application in order for their application to be reviewed and considered.

Please review the three options below to determine if you are eligible to apply for a refund or waiver of the application fee.

Option A - Fellowship Recipients

Participants in certain fellowship programs and recipients of certain fellowship funds do not have to pay the application fee but their request for a fee waiver and all supporting documents must be received on or before the deadline of your designated program of study. . If you participated in, or received funding from one of the programs listed below, you must send appropriate program documentation and dates of participation. On the payment page of the Online Application, select, “Pay By Check”, print the Payment Voucher and mail it, along with a completed Fee Waiver Request Form (see link below) and all supporting documentation, to the address noted on the Payment Voucher. Your Fee Waiver Request, supporting materials and Payment Voucher must be received prior to the deadline date of your designated program of study

• Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium Scholar
• Clare Mellon Fellowship Recipient
• Fulbright/IIE Fellowship Recipient for the 2008-2009 academic year
• Henry Fellowship Recipient
• McNair Fellowship Recipient
• National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science/GEM Fellow
• Institute for Recruitment of Teachers/IRT Participant
• Minority Access to Research Careers/MARC Participant
• Yale SURF/Yale Leadership Alliance Participant
• Formal Exchange Program between Yale and another institution
• PPIA Fellowship Recipient
• Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Recipient
• Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship Recipients

Option B - Recruitment Event attendees

If you are applying to the Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) or Chemistry and received a pre-coded Fee Waiver Form from a recruitment event or via a targeted mailing, or if you attended a Graduate School Seminar and received a signed Fee Waiver Request Form you do not have to pay the application fee. On the payment page of the online application, choose the “Pay by Check” option, print the Payment Voucher and mail it and the Fee Waiver Request Form you have already received, to the address noted on the Payment Voucher. Please note that Waiver Forms or Fee Waiver Request Forms are matched to an applicant’s name and can be used only once.

Option C - Demonstrated Financial Hardship

If you are not a participant in one of the above programs you may still be eligible for a refund of the application fee. You must meet the criteria and include the required documentation as listed on the Fee Waiver Request Form. You are required to pay the application fee when submitting your application and your Request Form. Your Fee Waiver Request Form will only be reviewed if the required fee and documentation reaches the Office of Graduate Admissions prior to the deadline of the program you are applying to. If your request is approved, your fee will be refunded to you. The Online Application allows for two forms of payment; if you are paying by check or money order, your Fee Waiver Request form, supporting materials, payment and Payment Voucher should be mailed to the address on the Payment Voucher; if paying by credit card, your Fee Waiver Request form, supporting materials are to be sent to the address on the Fee Waiver Request form. If you are paying your application fee by check, you must apply (submit your application) early enough so that your Fee Waiver Request form, supporting materials and payment can be mailed in time to reach us by January 2, 2009. Requests after that date will not be processed and no refund will be made.

On the Fee Waiver Request Form you must indicate the basis for your request. These are:

• U.S. Citizen/U.S. Permanent Resident with financial hardship documented by an attached letter from your undergraduate university financial aid officer.
• U.S. Citizen/U.S. Permanent Resident with Financial Hardship documented by completing page 2 of the Fee Waiver Request Form. You must include a statement of prior education loans.

Important information for all applicants

Please note that if your fee waiver is approved, refunds (for application fees paid by check or money order) may take up to 3 months to be processed. If your application fee is paid by credit card your account will be credited within 7 working days of the date your Fee Waiver Request is approved.

Yale University
Office of Graduate Admissions
PO Box 208323
New Haven, CT 06520-8323

In order for there to be no delay in the processing of your application please ensure you meet the eligibility requirements stated above, that all required/appropriate supporting documents are included with your Fee Waiver Request Form, and your application fee has been paid.

You must submit your application and receive your Applicant ID number before completing and mailing your Fee Waiver Request form.

Download the Fall 2009 Fee Waiver Request Form

(Available on or after August 18, 2008)

* Applicants qualifying under Option A or B are not required to submit payment of the application fee