Graduate Fellowships on Nonprofit Financial Management

Graduate Fellowships in Public and Nonprofit Financial Management, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech

A New Graduate Fellows Program
The School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech announces two new graduate fellowships in public and nonprofit financial management to begin in fall 2005:

• Three- year fellowship for Ph.D. student in Public Administration and Public Affairs or Environmental Design and Planning.
• Two- year fellowship for master student in the Master of Public Administration, Master of Public and International Affairs, or Master of Urban and Regional Planning.

Student fellows will matriculate in their degree program while holding graduate research assistantships in the University's higher administration.

The Goals of the Program
The School's Fellowship Program in Public and Nonprofit Financial Management is tied to a developing curriculum and research program targeted at increasing understanding of the relationships between financial and budgeting systems and public and nonprofit organization effectiveness and accountability. More specifically, Fellows will enjoy the opportunity to pursue advanced course work and research with interested faculty that:

• Examines the relationship of budgeting and financial management systems to the allocation of organizational resources
• Explores how budgeting and financial processes relate to effective performance outcome measures and strategies
• Investigates cutting edge organizational planning and management tools for more effective resource administration, including capital, treasury and debt management.

For additional information concerning School Programs, please visit: http://www.spia.vt.edu.
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