Financial Aid Recipients of financial aid must be fully registered. Full registration, according to The Graduate School regulations, means 3-4 courses per quarter. Several types of financial aid are available.
Fellowships generally provide a monthly stipend and tuition for full-time study and research.
Most fellowships are only available to US citizens and are awarded on a competitive basis by the department. Research assistantships involve participation in ongoing funded research projects and are awarded at the discretion of the faculty advisor. Research assistantships cover tuition and provide a monthly stipend. A very limited number of teaching assistantships are available. A teaching assistant has responsibility for running the laboratory portion of a course or for grading papers.