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Students must be admitted formally to a graduate degree program to be eligible for a graduate assistantship. All first-year students are offered funding and funding is available through 5 years for all students making good progress in the program. Assistantships are awarded based on actual or potential teaching ability, research and technology skills, or other special expertise. Fellows and graduate teaching and research assistants typically have their in-state and out-of-state tuition costs waived, but still pay for fees. To retain an assistantship, graduate assistants must be in good standing in the program, maintain a 3.0 grade point average, and enroll in 9 credits during the fall and spring terms, and 6 credits in the summer.
Students may contact the Financial Aid office to find out about additional funding options. Stipends for fellows and trainees, who are expected to devote full time to their studies, are excluded for tax purposes. Stipends for all graduate assistants, graduate research assistants, graduate teaching assistants, graduate research associates, and graduate teaching associates are subject to withholding taxes. Offers for incoming students are typically teaching or research assistantships of over $12,000, lasting for nine months, plus a tuition waiver of over $17,000 (non-residents). Cost of living is fairly low in Gainesville and there are many ways to reduce your expenses (see FAQs)
Teaching assistantships. Teaching assistants (TAs) assist faculty instructors with teaching, grading, and developing course materials. A teaching assistantship is the typical assignment for an incoming first-year student.
Research Assistantships. Research assistants (RAs) work closely with faculty on their research programs. Depending on the nature of the research, RAs may prepare for and administer experiments; recruit participants; learn laboratory skills; care for animals; organize, code and analyze data; and lead or participate in meetings of the laboratory staff.
CLAS Alumni Graduate Award. This is one of the most prestigious awards offered to incoming graduate students in our department. The stipend is over $18,000 for a 12 month appointment plus tuition waiver. The Alumni Graduate Award carries with it at least one year of research assistantship with your faculty mentor, two years of service as a teaching assistant (including a summer assistantship) and at least one year of fellowship support, allowing you to immerse yourself in your own research.
McKnight Foundation Doctoral Fellowships. McKnight fellowships are available to newly entering African-American or Hispanic students who are U.S. citizens (application deadline January 15). The annual stipend for a McKnight Fellowship is over $12,000. Information is available from the Florida Education Fund at (813) 272-2772. Apply to:
McKnight Programs
201 E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1510
Tampa, Florida, 33602
TEL: (813)221-2772
Grinter Awards are sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and are available to newly entering graduate students who are U.S. citizens. For highly qualified students, these awards provide additional funding of $2,000 a year, over and above the assistantship stipend, for three years.
McQuown New Graduate Student Award. This award provides a one-time supplement, in variable amounts, for deserving female graduate students who have research interests that relate to women or social issues.
The Florida Board of Education (BOE) summer fellowship program provides the opportunity for newly admitted ethnic minority and first generation graduate students to begin their research and graduate studies in the summer before they enter graduate school full time. Students who enroll in this program must enroll as full-time students the following academic year and are eligible for other fellowships. Ethnic minority status includes African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Native Alaskans (Aleuts and Eskimos), Native Americans and Native Pacific Islanders.
Office of Graduate Minority Programs Prospective graduate students may be invited for a full two day-visit on campus through the auspices of the campus visitation program of the Office of Graduate Minority Programs. This visitation program provides an excellent opportunity for underrepresented students to learn more about the University of Florida and to get to know faculty in the psychology department. Eligible students include first-generation college students (parents and siblings have not completed any college degrees) and ethnic minorities (African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Native Alaskans – Aleuts and Eskimos, Native Americans and Native Pacific Islanders). Qualified applicants are encouraged to participate in this program in the fall before they apply to our graduate program.