Assistantships and Fellowships

• Assistantships
• Fellowships

Assistantships

Only students who have been admitted to a graduate degree program or to teacher license program are eligible for an assistantship.  Students holding an assistantship must be registered for at least three credits in each academic session during which they receive a stipend.

There are two classifications of employment for students who are eligible for a graduate appointment:

1. graduate assistants performing teaching, research, academic counseling, or other activities directly supporting teaching and research under close faculty supervision
2. graduate administrative/professionals performing administrative or other duties not directly related to teaching or research.

It is University policy that all graduate teaching assistants/instructors whose native language is not English must demonstrate adequate oral English proficiency before being assigned duties involving direct instruction of students.

Assistantship applications may be located at:

Department of Curriculum and Instruction Assistantship Application
Department of Educational Studies Assistantship Application

  

Fellowships

The Graduate School's Guide for Administering Fellowships may be accessed at: http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/downloads/fund/fellowships/Fellows_Manual.pdf

Fellowship recipients must be registered as full-time students for each session in which they receive a stipend, including summer sessions.

Fellowships will not cover any late registration fees charged to the student

A fellow is not obligated to provide services to the University unless required to do so by the agency granting the fellowship. However, many granting agencies permit holders of their fellowships to accept limited University employment to supplement their fellowship stipends. Usually, the maximum is a one-quarter-time graduate staff appointment. Any additional employment does not entitle the holder of a fellowship to the staff fee reduction offered to Purdue University employees.