Financial Resources

Office of Billing and Payment Services: https://studentaccounts.georgetown.edu/ . You can contact Student Accounts if you have any questions about your bill.

Office of Student Financial Services: https://finaid.georgetown.edu/ . Contact OSFS if you have any questions about your federal financial aid.

Types of Student Aid:

• Georgetown can provide one-time emergency loans of up to $1,000 for students who are struggling and could use some additional funds for necessities. Learn more and apply for funding here.

• GHD offers a variety merit-based scholarships. Students are informed at the time of their admissions decision whether or not they have received a scholarship, and scholarships are renewable for your second year assuming you maintain a 3.0 GPA.

• We encourage students to seek out external funding options, whether from an organization or from a region/country. You can find a list of external funding opportunities, both for US citizens and international students, here. 

• Need-based federal financial aid awards for U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and resident aliens are administered by the Office of Student Financial Services (OSFS). Complete information on need-based financial aid, part-time employment and supplemental loan programs is available from OSFS. At the OSFS web site you can apply for need-based financial aid on-line, download publications, and search for scholarships. The office is located in G-19 Healy Hall and is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information call 687-4547, email your counselor, or visit http://finaid.georgetown.edu/apply-now/graduate/ 

• Additional Scholarships:

  • The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

  • Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship

  • Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program

  • Donald M. Payne Fellowship Program

  • Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) Fellowship and Scholarship Database

  • The Herbert Roback Scholarship

Taxes:

You may find this site helpful: https://irs.gov/taxtopics/tc421.html. The University Tax Department encourages all stipend recipients to consult with their personal tax advisor concerning any income reporting requirements.

For U.S. Students:

Stipend recipients who are U.S. Citizens or permanent residents will not receive a tax form from the University. However, unless the stipend is used to pay for tuition, books, fees, supplies, and equipment required of all students in the recipient’s courses, then, the stipend is taxable income. 

Under current U.S. Tax Laws, a non-service stipend is considered a non-qualified scholarship provided for educational expenses. Georgetown University does not report non-service stipends as taxable income for U.S. citizens or permanent residents. 

First, check if you need to file a tax return. If you will be filing a tax return this year, then you need to report your stipend as taxable income. If filing Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR, include the taxable portion in the total amount reported on Line 1a of your tax return. If the taxable amount wasn't reported on Form W-2, enter it on Line 8 (attach Schedule 1 (Form 1040) PDF).

More information and resources:

Forms & instructions - IRS

Payment Categories - Georgetown University

Free Tax Preparation Sites - District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking

Free Income Tax Preparation - Comptroller of Maryland

Free Help with your Taxes - Virginia Department of Taxation

For International Students:

International students should note that this payment will be subject to any mandatory tax withholding, generally 14% or 30%, unless there is a treaty benefit available to the recipient and the required paperwork is completed before the payment is issued. If you are a Non-U.S. Person for tax purposes and you believe you qualify under treaty benefits, please refer to this link: https://ocfo.georgetown.edu/nratax/ and contact the Tax Department if you have questions.

Any tax withholding on your stipend should have been automatically deducted, so you shouldn't have to do anything else tax-wise.