Teaching Assistantships
Almost all departments offer teaching assistantships to assist with the college or departmental teaching effort. Duties can range from serving as a grader to teaching a course. Such appointments depend on experience and training, and range in time commitment from ten to twenty hours per week. Stipends vary from discipline to discipline, but each discipline attempts to be competitive in its area. Assistants receive nine hours of tuition waivers each term in addition to the stipend.
Contact the chair or director of graduate studies in your college or department for more information and application forms.
Research Assistantships
Departments that have been successful in gaining outside support through contracts and grants may employ graduate students as research assistants on research projects. Duties and stipends vary from program to program but each program attempts to offer stipends which are competitive. Research Assistants also receive tuition waivers. These opportunities should be discussed with the chair or director of graduate studies in your department and with grant holders.
Assistantships Outside Academic Areas
Other areas of the University, such as Student Affairs or Finance and Administration, sometimes have available assistantships for graduate students enrolled at the University. Duties and stipends vary, and waivers may be available. Check with your academic program for eligibility.
Graduate Assistantship Appointment Descriptions
In-State Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Residents of 15 southern and mid-atlantic states and many foreign countries may qualify for in-state tuition when studying for graduate degrees at Florida State.
Teaching Associate Program
Instructional Development Services, a unit in Academic & Professional Program Services (APPS), appoints senior, experienced, teaching assistants (TA) as Program for Instructional Excellence (PIE) Teaching Associates to assist with academic departmental TA training and to serve as small group leaders and mentors during university-wide programs held by PIE. Associates are experienced teaching assistants nominated by their academic departments and selected and trained by the Program for Instructional Excellence. Teaching Associates receive a stipend of $1500 per academic year. This stipend is in addition to the Teaching Assistant stipend (and waiver) that will be provided by the department.
For information regarding the Associate Program please contact: Connie Eudy, UCC 4505, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2550, (850) 644-8004 or (850) 644-2951, or ceudy@campus.fsu.edu.
Dissertation Research Grant
The Dissertation Research Grants are $750 awards to assist doctoral students with expenses associated with research necessary to prepare dissertations. Dissertation Research Grants are awarded each fall and spring semester. The fall and spring 2008-09 Dissertation Research Grant competitions have ended. Please check back in fall 2008 for information on next year's competition.
Applicants wishing to be considered must submit four complete application packets. A complete application packet consists of:
- The complete, typewritten application form, including all signatures
- Major professor statement
- A current Curriculum Vitae
Incomplete application packets will not be considered. For more information please contact: Office of Graduate Studies, 408 Westcott, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1410, (850) 644-3500, or gradstds@www.fsu.edu.
Edward H. and Marie C. Kingsbury Award
Competition for the Kingsbury Awards is open to currently enrolled students at Florida State University IN ANY DISCIPLINE, including former Award winners. Applicants must submit a vita and a portfolio of original written work totaling 50 pages. The manuscript(s) in the portfolio may be one long work or several shorter pieces in any genre, or any combination of genres, from informal essay through imaginative writing (poetry, fiction or drama) to the fully researched scholarly article or report. Writing portfolios will be judged anonymously by the Kingsbury Selection Committee. Criteria include excellence of thought and expression, creativity, and originality. The student's department or program may be asked to review the portfolio submitted though the Selection Committee makes final decisions.
The number and amount of awards will be determined on the basis of the projected cost of students' tuition, room and board and the amount available in the Kingsbury Fund. (Students graduating in December may receive a one-semester award.) Graduate students must enroll in a full load as determined by the department or programs of their degree. Awardees may not hold another fellowship simultaneously. Papers submitted are to be anonymous and without grades; the student's name should not appear on anything except the application cover page and vita.
For more information contact Prof. Ralph M. Berry, Chair, Kingsbury Selection Committee, Department of English, 405 Williams Building, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1580.
