Graduate Research Fellow Assistantships (GRFA)

Please submit this form to request Graduate School approval to create a Graduate Research Fellow Assistantship (GRFA).


Please note that if this GRFA request is approved, the department must provide a "mini assistantship" for a payment of $3,000 per semester.


Note: This form should be submitted by the department, not by the students themselves.

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This form will need to be submitted by a faculty or staff member in the department, as there are financial commitments to which departments will need to agree before we continue.


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If this GRFA request is approved, the unit or PI must provide "mini assistantship" for a payment of $3,000 per semester. Does the unit/PI plan to provide this assistantship?*

Unfortunately, if the unit/PI does not plan to provide this $3,000 "mini assistantship," the Graduate School is unable to proceed with the approval of the Graduate Fellow Research Assistantship (GRFA).


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Submitter Information

Your name

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Student Information

Award Information

Name of the external funding from which the student will receive a stipend

Dollar amount of the stipend / salary that the student will be paid each year

Graduate Research Fellow Assistantships (GRFA) Information

Only these three semesters are shown because GRFA assistantships should be renewed each fiscal year.

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