Graduate Assistantships

Most of our graduate students receive financial support in the form of a Graduate Assistantship, which can be a Research or a Teaching Assistantship. Graduate Assistantships provide a tuition waiver, reduced fees, and a bi-weekly stipend. Research Assistantships consist of research work that is often (but not necessarily) associated with the student’s graduate research. Teaching Assistantships consist of work in support of course instruction that includes, for example (but not limited to), grading, holding office hours, and preparing materials for and participating in laboratories. With occasional exceptions, incoming graduate students in our School that receive support in the form of a Graduate Assistantship do it in the form of a Research Assistantship. Funding for Research Assistantships is directly provided by individual faculty. We encourage interested applicants to directly contact faculty members in our department that work in areas where the applicant is interested in doing research to inquire about funding opportunities. You can find about active areas of research in our school. Please note you can contact our faculty even before submitting your application to our programs.

Graduate Fellowships

The University of Connecticut also offers Graduate Fellowships to exceptionally qualified applicants. The Graduate School Distinguished Doctoral Fellows (DDF) are available to outstanding young scholars who have been admitted to doctoral programs at the University of Connecticut. The Graduate School Distinguished Masters Fellows (DMF) is available to outstanding young scholars who have been admitted to master’s programs at the University of Connecticut. After submitting your application to The Graduate School, you will be able to submit the form to request consideration for the Fellowship from your Application Management Page. To learn more about these fellowships and the criteria used to select recipients, please visit the graduate school’s fellowship web page.