WHERE CAN I GET INFORMATION ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS?
Funding decisisions are made largely in part by the graduate program and corresponding school. The procedures and stipends change from time to time, as do the rules of eligibility. It is highly reccommended to seek external funding sources. Through the Graduate School’s Resource Center, the School of Graduate Studies offers competitive fellowships and awards, as well as a comprehensive database of external grants and fellowships that can provide critical resources to ensure your success.
WHAT IS THE EXCELLENCE FELLOWSHIP?
These major fellowships are now administered through the professional unit deans with the Graduate School directly responsible only for SAS programs. Fellowships are typically awarded forone or two years, ideally as part of multi-year packages with assistantships. Programs are expected to routinely fund doctoral students, from varied sources, for five or six years if possible; fellowships are intended to contribute to that funding.
WHAT IS THE TORREY FELLOWSHIP?
Henry C. Torrey Fellowships are awarded to exceptional applicants to programs in biological, social and physical and mathematical sciences andengineering. They are created by supplementing existing excellence fellowships with funds from both the Graduate School and the degree program.
WHAT IS THE DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP?
The Graduate School has access to a number of different sources of fellowship funding intended to enhance diversity. The Associate Dean will determine whether a fellowship can be provided and also from what source and with what name.
WHAT IS THE UNIVERSITY AND BEVIER FELLOWSHIP?
Post-qualifying students may apply for Louis Bevier Fellowships and University Fellowships. The fellowship year should ideally be the student’s final year. Funds provided by the state and by the Louis Bevier Memorial Fund (established through the generosity of Dr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Wright in honor of the late Dean Louis Bevier) support 12 fellowships which now carry stipends of $18,000 plus 6 credits tuition. In addition, one fellowship is awarded each year to a new student who attended Rutgers as an undergraduate; this fellowship carries full tuition remission. Applications should be made before March 1 to the Graduate School Office
TEACHING AND GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS
All teaching and graduate assistants holding standard (.33) 10 or 12 month appointments and many fellows, receive full remission of tuition during the Fall and Spring terms. However, assistants who replace a prior appointee after the beginning of a semester receive no remission for that semester. Students who hold full-time appointments for the academic year are entitled to tuition remission for up to 6 credits during the summer following their appointment. Teaching Assistants on fractional appointments receive remission on a prorated basis.
HOW DO I REGISTER MY TA/GA APPOINTMENT?
All students awarded Teaching or Graduate Assistantships must register their assistantship appointments each semester for the appropriate number of credits. The GA registration is 16:xxx:866. The TA registration is 16:xxx:877. Students who are awarded a full assistantship should register for 6 "E"credits while those who receive one-half of a GA or TA should register for 3 "E" credits.
HOW DO I REGISTER MY FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENT?
All students awarded Fellowships must register their appointment by enrolling in 16:790:811 for zero (0) credits. Fellows are not normally eligible for summer tuition remission. But this is the only way to record your fellowship.
HOW CAN I DEDUCT FEES, HOUSING AND DINING FROM MY SALARY/STIPEND?
Teaching Assistants, Graduate Assistants, and Fellows with salaries or stipends of $10,000 or more may elect to have any of the following student fees deducted from their university paychecks: Housing, Dining, College, Computer and/or Health fees. Those with salaries of $7,000 or less may deduct their full time student fees only (not housing or dining).Once Students are on University payroll with a valid social security number, they can fill out a payroll deduction form, which must be completed within the first two weeks of each team.There is a significant tax advantage to the students in this arrangement; however, the student's first biweekly paychecks will be significantly decreased to pay the fees. A copy of the payroll deduction form is included in the appendix to this section.
HOW CAN I OBTAIN A TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP WITH ENGLISH AS MY SECOND LANGUAGE?
All International students who are offered Teaching Assistantships, regardless of their results on the TOEFL examination, are required by Rutgers University to take the SPEAK test or an oral interview given by the English as a Second Language (ESL) Program. The ESL program uses the SPEAK Test, which is sponsored by Educational Testing Service (ETS) as an initial placement test for all ITAs. The SPEAK Test is a standardized test, which is administered via audiotape. Students are assigned booths in the Language Lab and provided with a blank cassette and test booklet. The test is then administered by a proctor. The SPEAK Test questions range from giving directions to presenting information to a group. The allotted time for each response is 30 to 90 seconds. The entire SPEAK Test takes twenty minutes. Once the test is begun, it cannot be interrupted or stopped.