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Graduate Stipends 2009 - 2010

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Note: Updated April 2009

Due to budgetary constraints, there will be no mandated increase in Graduate Assistantship or Graduate Fellowship stipends for FY2010. The minimum stipend levels that must be paid to all Graduate Assistants and Graduate Fellows, whether supported on state or research accounts, are given below, together with additional guidelines. Please ensure that your stipend levels and practices are in compliance.

Graduate Assistantship Stipends

	All graduate assistants fall into one of three steps:  Step I is only for first-year graduate assistants; Step II is for second-year assistants, as well as those students, new or continuing, holding a master’s degree; and Step III is reserved for doctoral students who have officially been advanced to candidacy..
	The Graduate School sets the minimum stipend level for Step I only.  Each unit is responsible for ensuring that its current stipend levels for Steps II and III are equal to or at a higher rate than the minimum stipend levels listed below.
	There are no caps on the stipend amount for any step, or on how much any one step can be increased in relation to other steps. There should be a difference between each step, however, and students should be paid according to the appropriate step.
	All graduate assistants working within a particular step, in a particular unit, must be paid the same stipend amount regardless of their payment history.

Minimum Stipends for Graduate Assistantships are as follows:

NOTE: Teaching Assistants must be offered a 9.5-month or 12-month assistantship due to responsibilities after the last day of classes; TAs may not be offered a 9-month assistantship.

Graduate Fellowship Stipends: 9.5-Month and 12-Month

	All graduate fellows fall into one of three steps.  Step I is only for first-year graduate fellows; Step II is for second-year fellows, as well as those students, new or continuing, holding a master’s degree; and Step III is reserved for doctoral students who have officially been advanced to candidacy.
	The Graduate School sets the minimum stipend levels for Steps I, II and III.
	There are no caps on the stipend amount for any step, or on how much any one step can be increased in relation to other steps. There should be a difference between each step, however, and students should be paid according to the appropriate step..

Minimum Stipends for Graduate Fellowships are as follows:

International Students on Assistantships or Fellowships

International students offered a 9 or 9.5-month assistantship or fellowship must be able to show proof of private financial resources for the remainder of the year or must be provided additional support for that period. In either case, the total 12-month amount must equal or exceed the amount required by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to obtain an immigration visa. For further information, please contact International Education Services (IES) at ex. 4-7740.

For further information regarding stipend guidelines, or for other assistance, please contact Patricia Woodwell, Director, Administrative Services (x50814) or Barbara Ferguson, Fellowship Coordinator (x50371).

Cc:
John Blair
Linda Clement    
Ann Wylie
Barbara Hope
William McLean
Valerie Woolston