SBES supports many of their students with graduate research assistantships (RAs), teaching assistantships (TAs), or fellowships.  As part of the application process, the SBES Graduate Admissions Committee will automatically consider all accepted applicants for an assistantship or fellowship. Priority is given to PhD candidates.  Financial support is also occasionally offered to candidates for the M.S. degree. Selection for these awards is competitive. Offers are made in early spring on a competitive basis, and candidates will be contacted by email and letter when decisions are made. Financial support includes payment of tuition, a stipend, and on the Tech campus, an eighty per cent (80%) subsidy on the student health insurance premium (single rate).

Another potential route is financial aid directly from Virginia Tech or Wake Forest University.  Information on these funding opportunities can be found at:
    
    Virginia Tech campus

    Wake Forest campus