PhD in Nursing Science Program

The Graduate School application fee is $95.00. After you submit your application online, you will see instructions to pay the fee with a credit or debit card via a secure payment portal. If you submit applications to more than one program (maximum of two per year), only a single fee will be charged. In addition to fee waivers being granted based on the criteria below, a small number of additional waivers will be granted at the discretion of the program and school based on recruitment priorities. If you are not covered by any of the categories listed below but feel your circumstances may warrant a fee waiver, please contact us at GSfeewaivers@vanderbilt.edu. We will be happy to discuss your situation and direct you to the appropriate person. 

A candidate’s eligibility for admission will not be impacted by an application for or receipt of a fee waiver.

Application Fee Waiver

Eligibility

Waivers of the application fee will be considered upon request for US citizens and US permanent residents¹ if they meet at least one of the criteria below:

• Demonstrated financial need in the past year (Pell Grant eligibility).
• Participated in a designated Vanderbilt-sponsored program/activity in the past three years (see below*).
• Participated in a designated fellowship, research, or training program in the past three years (see below**).
• Current or former member of the United States Armed Forces.

¹US permanent residents must provide proof of this status upon request, such as a copy of a Green Card – Permanent Resident Card upon request.

Extenuating circumstances

Students with extenuating circumstances can apply for waiver; explanation with documentation must be provided upon request with application.

*Vanderbilt Sponsored Programs

Students that are members of the following VU sponsored programs are eligible for a fee waiver.

• Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-PhD Bridge Program
• Vanderbilt NSF REU in Chemical Biology
• Vanderbilt NSF REU in Nanoscale Science and Engineering
• Vanderbilt NSF REU in Physics
• Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy
• Vanderbilt National Name Exchange (NNE) Diversity Fair
• Vanderbilt-hosted recruitment event
• VU-EDGE Pre-VU PhD Recruitment Event

**Fellowship, Research, and Training Programs

Students that are members of the following VU-associated Fellowship, Research, and Training Programs are eligible for a fee waiver. Documentation demonstrating that student is/was member of the VU-associated program must accompany the waiver request:

• California Polytechnic State University, Pomona Undergraduate Research Program
• Dozoretz National Institute for Mathematics and Applied Sciences (DNIMAS)
• Gates Millennium Scholars Program (GMSP)
• Initiative to Maximize Student Development (IMSD)
• Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP)
• Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
• NIH/NIGMS Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC)
• Mellon Mays Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program (MMUF)
• National Name Exchange (NNE)
• Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement Program (RISE)
• Ronald McNair Scholars Program
• The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM fellows and associate fellows)
• University of Baltimore Maryland County Meyerhoff Scholars Program
• University of Central Florida Academic Advancement Programs