Want to get paid to do something you love? Our Ph.D. students are financially supported with competitive Graduate Assitantships. Our M.S. students are supported with Graduate Assistantships when funding is available. Graduate Assistantships include a living stipend, subsidized health insurance, a full tuition waiver, and a partial fee waiver. Most labs also provide additional funding for summer research. To qualify for an assistantship, students must maintain full time registration (six or more credits) and a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average. For more information on fees that are not paid by our department, please visit the Bursar office.

Graduate Assistantships may either take the form of a Research Assistantship (RA) or a Teaching Assistantship (TA).  RA positions are provided from grant funding, generally from grants obtained by the research advisor. TAs are awarded to students that teach lab sections or discussion sections of our undergraduate classes.  TAs are trained in teaching techniques and work under the supervision of faculty and our teaching laboratory coordinators.

The graduate assistant labor contract guarantees competitive wages, affordable healthcare, and safe working conditions free of harassment. You can learn more about the benefits of the graduate student union here.

Please visit the graduate school website for more information on internal funding and external funding. Many students apply for and receive conference travel awards from the University of Connecticut Graduate School.