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Student Affairs Financial Aid Information
Graduate student support is divided into four categories:
1) Fellowship Information for Prospective Students
2) Fellowship Information for Continuing Students
3) Graduate Student Financial Aid
4) Graduate Academic Appointments (and other employment)
In order to be considered for financial support, all U.S. citizens and permanent resident graduate students at UCSB are required to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The FAFSA is used by the UCSB Financial Aid Office to compile a "need analysis" which is then used to determine financial support packages.
Fellowships for Prospective Students
• Centrally Administered Awards by Departmental Nomination
Central fellowship awards are based on nomination by departments. Nominations are sent to the Graduate Division and a central faculty fellowship committee makes the selection. No fellowship application necessary. For details about these awards, please visit the graduate Division’s fellowship webpage http://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/financial/awards.htm
• Departmental Awards
Funds used to support incoming students are decided in a similar fashion to the central awards. Department and/or emphasis faculty make award decisions – there is currently no application process for newly admitted students. Notification of awards is communicated to newly admitted students by the student’s assigned faculty advisor and in writing by the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Associate Dean of Student Affairs.
• In both of the above instances, nominations and/or award decisions are based on information supplied in the application materials (e.g., Statement of Purpose, transcripts, GRE scores).
• Internal and Privately Funded Scholarships
Fellowships for Continuing Students
• Centrally Administered Awards
Central fellowships for continuing students are by student application (applying for a fellowship directly to the Graduate Division) and others are by faculty/department nomination. Students are informed about the fellowship opportunities via email, or by checking Graduate Division’s website on a regular basis.
• Departmental Awards
There are various fellowships and application/award processes for departmental support (e.g., Block Grants, Fee Fellowships, privately funded support). Announcements are sent to students from the office administering the award (e.g., student’s department/program office or GGSE Student Affairs Office). For more information, please see Internal and Privately Funded Scholarships
Financial Aid Support http://www.finaid.ucsb.edu/GradFAQ.asp
Domestic and Permanent Resident Students
• Support from the UCSB Financial Aid Office is available in the form of federal Work-Study, federal subsidized and unsubsidized Direct Loans. These types of aid are awarded by the UCSB Financial Aid Office on the basis of a student's financial need.
• UCSB students can apply for need-based and non-need based federal financial aid via the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
• Graduate students who demonstrate financial need may qualify for a subsidized Direct Loan that has an annual limit of $8,500. Graduate students who do not demonstrate financial need may qualify for an unsubsidized Direct Loan that has an annual limit of $10,000. The actual amount will be determined by financial need, based on the need-analysis compiled by the Financial Aid Office.
• Eligibility for need-based financial support is affected by awards students receive from the Graduate Division, academic departments, or outside agencies. A reduction in the student's original need-based aid eligibility will occur if the student receives additional awards during the year.
• Federal Work Study - a student with an award of federal Work Study has the opportunity to have a job and receive a monthly paycheck. Work Study salaries are paid partly by the federal government and partly by the hiring department.
International Students
• Financial matters http://www.oiss.ucsb.edu/new_students/financial_matters.htm#Scholarships
• International student scholarship and loan information http://www.finaid.ucsb.edu/Scholarships/InternationalScholarships.asp
Graduate Academic Appointments (and other employment)
Academic positions provide an important aspect of graduate training under the guidance of UCSB faculty. All students who receive academic appointment positions must maintain continuous enrollment and remain within normative time to degree. Appointments include Graduate Student Researchers (GSR), Teaching Assistants (TA), Associates in __, Remedial Tutors, and Readers.
The departments listed below have hired GGSE graduate students as TAs in the past. In addition, if you have special expertise in an area not on this list, do not hesitate to contact that department to see if they have positions available. The UCSB campus directory for department listings is: http://www.ucsb.edu.
• Asian American Studies Contact: Arlene Phillips, 893-2371, phillips@asamst.ucsb.edu
• Black Studies Contact: Gwenner Miller, gmiller@blackstudies.ucsb.edu
• Chicano/a Studies Contact: Yasmine Dominguez-Whitehead, ydominguez@chicst.ucsb.edu
• Communication Contact: Nancy Siris-Rawls, nsiris@comm.ucsb.edu
• Law and Society Contact: Kathy Murray, kmurray@lawso.ucsb.edu
• Writing Program Contact: Jessica Parra, jparra@writing.ucsb.edu
• Disabled Students Program hires graduate students as test proctors, note takers, and possibly readers.
Contact: Wanda Thomas, thomas-w@sa.ucsb.edu
• Graduate Division hires graduate students for peer advisor positions.
Contact: Jodi Anderson, jodi.anderson@graddiv.ucsb.edu
Extramural Funding
http://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/academic/handbook/financial.htm
There is a wide range of extramural fellowships available. Graduate students are encouraged to apply for extramural fellowships (competitions that are not run by Graduate Division).
• The Source, created specifically for UCSB graduate students, provides links to financial support information and links to various funding sources and databases.
• Additional Resources
Illinois Researcher and Information Service (IRIS) http://www.library.uiuc.edu/iris/
UC Funding Opportunities http://www.ucop.edu/research/grad/welcome.html