Teacher Education Graduate Assistantships

Graduate Assistantship (GA)

General/Departmental GAs

The department has a limited number of GAs available each academic year. The department awards these positions and assigns you to work with 1-2 faculty members for a combined 20 hours per week. Once awarded to a doctoral student, the Department aims to continue to provide the GA for 6 semesters total. For master’s students a GA is typically only offered for 2 semesters. GAs include a full tuition waiver ($4,094.00 each Fall and Spring). Additionally, for doctoral students a GA includes a $15,500 annual stipend and for master’s students a GA includes a $13,000 annual stipend (distributed bimonthly during Fall and Spring semesters). Students must be registered for 12 hours in each of Fall and Spring semesters and 9 hours in Summer. Tuition waivers are available for summer semesters (if a student requests one by the deadline), but the stipend will not continue into summer.

Grant-funded GAs

The lead investigator of each grant selects students for these positions and students work with faculty involved in that grant for 20 hours per week. These types of positions are dependent on grant funding, so we do not always know how many will be available in advance of each academic year. Information about availability of grant-funded GAs will be shared via email as it becomes available. Grant-funded GAs include a full tuition waiver ($4,094.00 each Fall and Spring) and $15,500 annual stipend (distributed bimonthly during Fall and Spring semesters). Students must be registered for 12 hours in Fall and Spring and 9 hours in summer. Tuition waivers are available for summer semesters. The stipend may or may not continue into summer, depending on the stipulations of the particular grant (check with faculty lead investigator who awarded the GA to be certain).

Graduate Assistantship Funding

Graduate Recruitment Scholarship (GRS)

The department has a limited number of GRSs and awards them to students on annual basis (the department cannot promise to continue these beyond one academic year at a time). Students awarded a GRS are assigned to work with a faculty member for 5 hours per week. These include a partial tuition waiver ($3,119.00 each Fall and Spring) and $975 stipend in for each semester (Fall and Spring). Students must be registered for 12 hours in each of Fall and Spring. There is no requirement for summer enrollment though tuition waivers are available for summer semesters if a student requests a summer tuition waiver by the deadline.

Additional Fees

Please note that for both GAs and GRSs each semester includes $628 in additional fees that are not covered by any tuition waiver and that will be deducted automatically from the first stipend payment.

Criteria for Awarding Assistantships

Graduate assistantship support typically will be limited to 6 semesters for doctoral students and 2 semesters for master’s students. This will qualify doctoral students for a maximum of 3 summer semesters of tuition waivers and master’s students for no more than 2 summer semesters of tuition waivers. Summer tuition waivers are not automatic and must be requested by the deadline.

Departmental financial support is subject to satisfactory progress in the degree program. Based on evidence of satisfactory progress, priority for awarding funding will be given to second- and third-year doctoral students who have already been awarded aid the previous year and who have demonstrated adequate progress towards their degree. GA/GRS positions will be awarded to the best qualified applicants based upon the following criteria:

1. GPA of 3.40 or better in the previous degree program program.
2. Appropriateness of prior experiences and completed degree programs in providing adequate preparation for the graduate program of study.
3. Applicant’s description of the type and length of professional service, professional activities, research, writing, participation in professional organizations, or special projects.

In instances where non-Department of Teacher Education funds (such as specific grants and projects) are available, special and/or additional criteria may be employed for a graduate appointment. Any application for a graduate assistantship that requires deviation from the above criteria will be considered on an individual basis.

Contact

Frans Doppen
Graduate Doctoral Coordinator 309 Patton Hall

Funding opportunities across the college

Graduate College funding opportunities