Excellent financial aid – in the form of tuition waivers, teaching and research assistantships, fellowships and scholarships – is available for all qualified students in the Ph.D. Program. The objectives of the financial support package are to help fund the student’s educational program and to provide the students with supervised professional experience in both teaching and research.

The School’s goal is to provide financial support for at least four years for all doctoral students who continue to make satisfactory progress toward the completion of the degree and maintain a high standard of performance in their assignments as teaching and research assistants. The School provides a number of fellowships to support outstanding doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research during the final part of their programs. In addition, many students successfully compete for national fellowships and research grants.

A typical sequence of financial support for a doctoral student is:

TYPICAL SEQUENCE OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT
First Year	Autumn - Summer	Teaching Effectiveness Program Teaching Assistantship Research Assistantship
Second Year	Autumn - Summer	Teaching Assistantship Research Assistantship
Third Year	Autumn - Summer	Teaching Assistantship Research Assistantship, or Fellowship
Fourth Year	Autumn - Summer	Teaching Assistantship or Fellowship

FINANCIAL AID FORM

Since the requirements for several of the School’s fellowships and scholarships list financial need as one of the criteria for selection, applicants who are admitted to the program will be strongly encouraged to submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). University policy requires that this application be filled before a student can be considered for any fellowships or scholarship that specifies financial need as one of the criteria. Applications can be filled out and submitted at FAFSA on the Web (www. fafsa.ed.gov). Note that applicants with substantial income in the year before entering a doctoral program may still qualify for financial need, based on projected income for the first year in the program.