Financial Aid

When possible, a combination of fellowship, research assistantship, and teaching assistantship funding should be sought to support a student through graduate school. Ideally, every Ph.D. student will serve for at least one year as a teaching assistant.

1. Teaching and Graduate assistantship appointments are for one year only (normally the academic or calender year; rarely one semester).
2. Renewal of an appointment is possible but not automatic; New applications must be submitted each year. Renewal depends upon:
   1. Availability of assistantship positions.
   2. Satisfactory performance academically.
   3. Satisfactory performance as an assistant.
   4. Number of previous assistantship appointments held; the maximum number of years for which a student will normally be supported is the following:
      1. Entering with B.S.: to M.S. - 3 years
      2. Entering with M.S.: to Ph.D. - 4 years
      3. Entering with B.S.: to Ph.D. - 6 years
3. Teaching Assistantships serve to train students in this important component of their future professions and to fulfill the needs of the University. They are not intended to serve as the sole source of funding for a student through the Ph.D. Except in unusual circumstances, a student will be limited to two years of funding through teaching assistantships. Applications for new or renewed teaching assistantships should be acquired through the program office.
4. The time limits are to ensure regular and reasonable turnover in the graduate student body. There is no guarantee that a student will be supported until a degree has been completed.
5. A small number of fellowships are available and may be awarded to the most outstanding students and applicants.

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