No service to the University is required, but recipients must carry a normal load of twelve graduate hours during each semester, and these hours cannot be dissertation research hours. A number of Graduate Council Research Fellowships for graduate students beyond the first year are awarded by the Graduate Council. Recipients are required to carry a normal course load of twelve semester hours of thesis or dissertation research during each semester. Interested students should inquire at the Office of the Graduate School and with the department's graduate director. If there is money left after Graduate Council awards are made for an academic year, that money is used to fund summer fellowships.
Regular fellowships pay for summer course work.
Students are required to register for 6 research hours and must pay for them out of their stipend. Whatever their residency, on a Research Fellowship they are charged in-state tuition. These fellowships were established in 1984 by the Tuscaloosa News in honor of its long-time publisher, Buford Boone. They are used to support graduate teaching assistantships for those students who are interested in writing. This fund was established in 1986 by friends and Colleagues of Dr. Jacobs to provide travel and publication funds for graduate students in English.