GRADUATE STUDENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT

INCOMING GRADUATE STUDENTS:

All graduate students who are admitted with financial support are usually appointed as Fellows, Teaching Assistants or Graduate Student Researchers. Incoming graduate students financial support begins in the fall quarter in September to the end of the spring quarter in June. All tuition and fees are covered by the Department.

For students admitted with Research Fellowships there are Summer Graduate Student Research positions. Students may accept the GSR appointments the summer prior to registration or for the summer after their first year of graduate studies. These Summer GSR's cover two months of full-time research at 48.16%.

CONTINUING GRADUATE STUDENTS

ASSISTANTSHIPS

Teaching Assistants:

Teaching Assistantships are available for second year graduate students who have not found a research supervisor. Teaching Assistantships are also available for continuing students whose GSR funding ends. The Department's policy is to assign the student to a teaching assistantship until research funds are available. If the department has sufficient block grant funds, the studentÕs registration fees are covered. If it is a foreign student, non-resident tuition is covered.

Graduate Student Researchers:

After completing their first year in the graduate program, students usually affiliate with a research group and receive support as a Graduate Student Researcher.

The department has a small number of fellowships available for outstanding students. Other entering graduate students in physics are supported as teaching assistants during their first year. Thereafter students usually affiliate with a research group and receive support as research assistants. Opportunities for summer employment with departmental research groups are available for well-qualified students. All graduate student salaries, wages, and most fellowships are subject to federal and state income taxes.