Students must indicate on their History Program application if they wish to be considered for funding. Funding decisions are made just once a year. In order to be considered for funding, applications must be submitted by the deadline for Fall admission, March 1st. There are two types of funding available:
Graduate Assistantships
A limited number of graduate assistantships are available each year on a competitive basis. Applicants should indicate on their departmental application whether or not they wish to be considered for an assistantship.
Graduate assistantships provide a stipend of approximately $5500 per academic year, plus tuition. Graduate assistants must be enrolled full-time (9 credit hours) and may not hold other full-time employment. Assistantships are awarded on a competitive basis with primary consideration being academic achievement.
Graduate assistants are required to work up to twenty hours a week. Work assignments usually entail assisting faculty members in their research projects or working as a teaching assistant. The latter may include grading exams in lower-level undergraduate courses, preparing teaching materials, leading weekly undergraduate discussion sections, and delivering occasional lectures. Clerical duties for faculty, from time to time, may also be required.
Both new and continuing students are eligible for assistantships.
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Scholarships
Tuition scholarships from the Graduate School are available on a competitive basis and are generally open only to incoming students. These scholarships only cover tuition, and they are not accompanied by a stipend or a work assignment. To be eligible, students must enroll full time (9 credit hours). Students who have been accepted into the program must be nominated by the department in order to be considered for a graduate scholarship. The Graduate Coordinator will notify students, in advance,
if the department plans to nominate them for a tuition award.
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