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Assistantships, Fellowships, and Funding
Research Assistantships
During the academic year, graduate students who are conducting research with a faculty member typically receive a 50% research assistantship. This assistantship includes a tuition remission of 9-18 credit hours per semester, 70% of health insurance costs, and a monthly stipend. Students are responsible for paying mandatory students fees, any applicable course fees, and the remaining costs of health insurance. The student is expected to work 20 hours per week in support of the research project in return for this stipend and tuition remission. Typically, this research is directly related to the student's thesis work. During summer, students spend full time on research and typically receive a 100% research assistantship for a period of two and a half months. Note that a student does not receive paid vacations as a research assistant; 2 weeks of unpaid vacation are typically allotted during the summer. Additional (or less) vacation time is per prior agreement between the student and the advisor. Note that all research assistantships are subject to availability of federal research funds. Continuation of a research assistantship requires that a student maintain a B (3.00) GPA and perform satisfactorily in research.
Teaching Assistantships
During the academic year, some students may receive a 25% or 50% teaching assistantship. This assistantship includes a stipend for living expenses plus tuition remission depending on the percentage of the appointment.
Teaching assistants assigned to a lecture class are required to grade homework assignments, to provide written solutions to assignments, to be familiar with lecture material, to attend (or have attended in previous semesters) lectures, to proctor exams, and to grade all hourly examinations and the final examination. In addition, the lecture TA may be required to conduct occasional evening or daytime reviews for examinations.Teaching assistants assigned to the weather laboratory are required to conduct two (2) two-hour laboratory sections each week, to prepare and deliver brief introductory material relating to each exercise, to see that the equipment is properly set up and cared for, and to grade students’ laboratory notebooks and laboratory-related homework. All TA’s using laboratory equipment are expected to attend training sessions in the careful use of equipment, to follow established procedures, and to report breakage and malfunctions in a timely manner.
All Teaching Assistants are expected to hold one or two office hours per week for each 25% appointment. All efforts are to be coordinated with the faculty member responsible for the course.
Fellowships/Grants
You can also apply for fellowships, so that you control your support. NSF lets you apply in the fall, NASA in the spring. EPA and DOE also have fellowships. Below are links to these opportunities:
National Science Foundation Funding for the Research and Education Community
Department of Energy Scholarships and Internships
Graduate School Information on Funding
