Graduate Catalog: Graduate Financial Assistance

Financial assistance for graduate students includes loans, federal work-study, fellowships, grants, scholarships, awards, and assistantships. Brief descriptions of these programs follow. Graduate students interested in assignments as teaching assistants, research assistants, or graduate assistants should contact their department for application information. For more detailed information, students should contact the offices listed in the following descriptions or the department in which they will study.

Loans and Federal Work-Study

Financial Aid and Scholarships Office
105 Student Services Building

Mailing Address:
201 S. 1460 E., Rm 105
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9055

Phone: 801.581.6211
URL: http://www.sa.utah.edu/finance

The University of Utah Financial Aid and Scholarships Office assists graduate students in meeting the costs of their education through loans and the federal work-study program. Loans are low-interest awards that must be repaid after enrollment ceases. The work-study program provides need-based awards for which students work and are paid semi bi-monthly weekly. Both programs are subject to the restrictions of available funding.

See Undergraduate Financial Aid and Scholarships (above) for information about the financial need evaluation, application procedures, and satisfactory progress standards.

Graduate Assistantships, Fellowships, and Awards

Graduate Fellowships and Benefits Office
The Graduate School
201 S Presidents Circle, Rm 302
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9016

Phone: 801.581.6020
Fax: 801.585.6749
URL: http://www.gradschool.utah.edu

Graduate Student Tuition Benefit Program

Graduate students having assignments as teaching assistants, research assistants, graduate assistants, or graduate fellows may qualify for a tuition credit. Full-time matriculated graduate students whose salary or stipend meets minimum support requirements may be eligible to receive a 50, 75, or 100 percent tuition benefit for graduate credit. Students should contact their department or The Graduate School for additional information.

Graduate students interested in assignments as teaching assistants, research assistants, or graduate assistants should contact their department for application information.

Graduate Fellowships

Some departments may have graduate fellowships for which students may apply and students should make inquiry with their departments. Unless otherwise indicated, application materials and eligibility information related to the fellowships and awards below may be obtained from the Graduate Fellowships and Benefits Office or on The Graduate School website. The deadline dates of fellowships are subject to change. Please check with the Graduate Fellowships and Benefits Office for the most recent information.

University-sponsored Fellowships and Scholarships

Marriner S. Eccles Fellowships in Political Economy

Fellowships are open to US citizens who hold bachelor's degrees and are interested in pursuing advanced degrees in subjects of major public concern in political economy. The stipend for each fellowship is $15,000 plus tuition for students who are registered for the two regular semesters of the academic year, beginning with the fall semester. Application deadline is February 1, or the next business day.

Steffensen Cannon Scholarships

These scholarships consist of $10,000 per academic year for undergraduate students and $15,000 per academic year plus tuition for graduate students. Scholarship recipients are restricted to candidates from the colleges of Humanities and Education. Students in other disciplines (particularly mathematics and the sciences) who intend to go into teacher education and direct descendants of Ellen Christina Steffensen Cannon in any discipline offered at the University of Utah are also eligible. Application deadline is February 15, or the next business day.

Garr Cutler Energy Award

One or more awards of $1,500 are made annually by The Graduate School. The Cutler award is for a paper submitted by a graduate student of the University of Utah that, in the opinion of the awards committee, makes the most significant contribution in the area of energy. Application deadline is February 28.

Graduate Research Fellowships

Fellowships are awarded annually on the basis of substantially independent research proposals submitted by graduate students at the University of Utah. The fellowships are competitive and are designed to enhance independent research by graduate students. The fellowship provides $15,000 plus tuition (subject to the University of Utah Tuition Benefit Program criteria) to each recipient for the support of one year's full-time research toward the completion of the dissertation (or thesis in fields in which the master's is the field's terminal research degree). Recipients are designated as University of Utah Research Dissertation Fellows. Deadline for application is January 10, or the next business day.

University Teaching Assistantships

Teaching assistantships are available for full-time graduate teaching assistants (first-year graduate students are not eligible). Departments may use the University Teaching Assistants in a variety of ways to enhance undergraduate teaching and graduate student development. The assistantship provides $15,000 plus tuition (subject to the University of Utah Tuition Benefit Program criteria) to each recipient. Deadline for application is February 1, or the next business day.

Fulbright Grants

Grants for graduate study or research abroad in academic fields and for professional training in the creative and performing arts are offered by the Institute of International Education. Applicants must be US citizens at the time of application and must hold a bachelors degree or its equivalent before the beginning date of the grant and, in most cases, be proficient in the language of the host country. Except for certain specific awards, candidates may not hold a Ph.D. at the time of application. Application packets are available in June of each year. The deadline is September 20 for submission of applications to the Graduate School Fellowships and Benefits Office.

University Research Supplemental Travel Award

Matching funds for awards up to $400 are available for graduate students whose research or creative projects have been accepted for presentation at a professional meeting. Contact The Graduate School for forms and/or information.