Financial Support for Graduate Students
The University makes major financial awards to graduate students mainly through fellowships and assistantships, totaling over $21 million each year.
- The University awards more than 1,200 Teaching and Research Assistantships annually. Each carries a stipend and is accompanied by full tuition and fee scholarships, as well as health insurance. Interested students should contact the department to which they have applied for more information.
- The Graduate School's annual, nonrenewable Graduate Council Fellowships carry generous stipends, a full tuition grant, and health insurance. Fellowships are awarded on competitive basis, based on department nominations . Many fellowships are awarded to students just beginning their graduate programs. Some fellowships are awarded to students engaged in thesis or dissertation research or projects with a professor.
- McNair Graduate Fellowships provide copetitive stipend, a full-tuition scholarship, ans health insurance to students from under-represented groups. Preference is given to students interested in pursuing a PhD.
- National Alumni Association Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships are available to Alabama residents.
- The Graduate Student Travel & Research Support Fund combines departmental and graduate school resources to fund over $130,000 in student projects and trips annually.
