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Students enrolled in the Graduate School are also eligible to apply for federally supported financial aid. Further information can be obtained from the Office of Student Financial Aid, 106 Student Services Center, Box 870162, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0162; telephone (205) 348-6756; Web site http://financialaid.ua.edu.

Departmental Assistantships. Most academic departments of the Graduate School have teaching or research assistantships with a minimum stipend of $8,678 per academic year for 6 semester hours of teaching per semester or 20 hours per week of research or the equivalent. Assistantships with lesser assignments carry proportionate stipends.

Figures are for the 2002-03 academic year. Current rates may be found at the Graduate School's Web site http://graduate.ua.edu.

Students should contact departments directly to obtain information and application forms for assistantships.

Teaching and research assistants who are assigned duties of .5 FTE or more may possibly receive tuition scholarships. The semester tuition grant for any eligible graduate assistant is limited to the full University charges for 9 graduate hours or to the student's actual tuition costs, whichever is less. Graduate assistants assigned duties of less than .5 FTE receive payment at the ratio of assigned FTE to .5 FTE. When an assistant is paid from funds other than permanently budgeted funds, the provider of the funds used to create the assistantship may also provide a tuition grant, if the department has made such a provision.

Recipients of assistantships may be entitled to relief from paying full nonresident tuition during the Interim and/or summer sessions, again dependent upon the FTE of their appointments. Please inquire at the Graduate School for more information or refer to our Web site http://graduate.ua.edu.

Any nonresident foreign student who is offered a graduate assistantship is limited to a maximum .5 FTE assistantship. All non-native speakers of English who accept classroom teaching or other instructional duties must successfully complete the International Teaching Assistant Program (ITAP). Students are recommended for ITAP by their departments.

*Note: Amounts of the listed awards vary from year to year; amounts shown may change.

**Fellowships and scholarships may impact a student's allowable federal financial aid. Students who receive federal financial aid should consult with the UA Office of Student Financial Aid (205-348-2989) before accepting any of the fellowships listed above.

Graduate assistants whose appointments are terminated before the end of the academic semester or term are eligible only for reduced tuition grants. Those assistants who resign or are dismissed from their duties before the end of the academic semester or term are personally responsible for the payment of any tuition and fees not covered by the reduced tuition grant.

For more detailed information concerning departmental graduate assistantships, please refer to the Graduate School's Internet site http://graduate.ua.edu/dept_ga_guide/appendix1.html.