Graduate Student Assistantships
Graduate assistantships provide a supervised opportunity for graduate students to gain experience in teaching or research while receiving a stipend. The University views graduate students serving in assistantships first and foremost as students. Consequently, the goal of any assistantship must be to aid the student in the successful completion of the graduate degree.聽Assistantships also provide graduate students with the financial resources necessary to pursue their degrees. This financial support鈥攕tipend, tuition remission, fees, and benefits鈥攊s part of the University鈥檚 commitment to the success of our graduate students.
Training Grants
Departments may provide students with funding through training grants, providing graduate students the opportunity to work closely and collaboratively with mentors and other graduate students on specific long-term projects. Primarily science, engineering聽and social science departments offer this type of grant. The primary focus is on completion of the PhD.聽
Your home department is always the first and best source of information regarding funding opportunities. The majority of PhD students are supported with fellowships, teaching assistantships and research assistantships or some combination of these funding sources. Availability of funding for Master's studies聽varies by department.聽