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Chemistry Graduate Financial Aid

Our graduate program is focused on providing a research experience in a personalized environment conducive to reaching your goals and maximizing your potential. We offer a highly competitive stipend for students offered a teaching assistantship.

Full-year financial support (including a tuition waiver) is available for all Ph.D. graduate students.

We offer a highly competitive stipend for students offered a teaching assistantship.

Highly qualified students may be eligible for fellowships that provide additional stipend support of $1,000 to $4,000.

Individual research groups may have research assistantships available that offer stipend support without teaching responsibilities.

Graduate Student Named Awards

  • Department of Chemistry Outstanding Teaching Associate Award
  • Donald R. Clippinger Department of Chemistry Research Award

Graduate Chemistry Teaching Assistant Expectations

All graduate students supported on a TA are expected to fulfill the time-commitment specified on their contract via direct teaching of students, evaluation/grading of student work, or preparation for student instruction as directed by the TA coordinator and/or course instructor.

In addition, all TAs will have to achieve competency with the material they are teaching/grading. This may be demonstrated by methods such as passing a competency exam, attending relevant course lectures or solving assigned problems as directed by the TA coordinator and/or course instructor.

Satisfactory performance of TA duties is expected and will be monitored by the TA coordinator and/or course instructor. Any TA with a less than satisfactory performance will be reported to the Graduate Chair.

Requirements for Students Supported on Teaching Assistantships

Students must maintain teaching standards as determined by the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department. (See Teaching Assistant Expectations.)

Reprimands or poor evaluations from faculty can result in loss of student's financial support (including tuition waiver).

Poor evaluations or reprimands will trigger a meeting of the Graduate Committee to determine if disciplinary action is warranted.

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