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Financial Assistance
The University of Kansas offers assistantships
and fellowships to recognize and assist graduate students
in the timely
completion of their degrees. Indicate your interest in
being considered for an assistantship and/or a fellowship
on your application.
The Graduate School offers information about
other forms of financial
aid. Or, visit the Office
of Student Financial Aid.
Graduate Assistantships
Many departments offer Graduate Teaching Assistantships.
Appointments usually range from quarter time (10 hours per
week) to half time (20 hours per week). Apply directly to
the department.
Graduate Research Assistantships are
available through grants from state-appropriated research
funds and from
federal and
private funding agencies. Apply directly to the department.
Information
about graduate teaching and research appointments, wages,
and benefits is available on the Provost’s Web
site, www.provost.ku.edu.
Fellowships and Scholarships
KU departments nominate their incoming students
for numerous fellowships, scholarships, and assistantships.
Contact
your department if you are interested. Most fellowships
recruit new graduate students to KU. Prestigious organizations
such as the National Science Foundation,
the Ford Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the
Jack
Kent Cooke Foundation, and the Pew Charitable Trusts select
a number of KU graduate students for outside fellowships
every year.
For a complete listing of KU fellowships
and scholarships, see www.graduate.ku.edu.
Graduate Diversity Recruitment Program
The
Graduate Diversity Recruitment Program is the Graduate School’s
plan to identify, recruit, and enroll academically talented
diverse students considering graduate education at KU. For
more information,
visit the Graduate School’s Web site, www.graduate.ku.edu.
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“ Teaching during graduate school forced
me to maintain a keen eye for the fundamentals of my
topic and rewarded me with the experience of helping to stimulate analytical
thought processes in undergraduates,
which reinforced my desire to complete the doctorate and become a professor.”
– Christopher M. White (second from right),
Ph.D., 2005, history and Latin American studies |
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