There are several forms of financial assistance available to graduate students in the Department of Speech Communication:

• Graduate assistantships are available which require up to twenty hours per week of service in teaching or research.
  Students who are awarded graduate assistantships to provide assistance in the instruction of the department are required to take SPCM 539.
• Graduate fellowships awarded on the basis of superior scholarship, which do not require any departmental service (eligibility summary) .
  Doctoral Fellowship Application Materials
  Master's Fellowship Application Materials
  Morris Fellowship Application Materials
• Special fellowships offered annually to students who show promise of success in graduate studies even though their academic records have been only average because of economic or social disadvantages. These special fellowships have no service requirements.
• Dissertation research awards for students in their final year of work toward the Ph.D. degree.
  Application Materials

The stipends for the above awards are competitive. All the appointments, fellowships, and assistantships, also include a waiver of tuition (both in-state and out-of-state) for the student, although the student is responsible for student fees. Students who hold assistantship appointments for 2 consecutive semesters also receive a tuition waiver for the following summer session.

Completed applications for fellowships should be received by January 15 for appointment during the subsequent fall semester. Applications for fall semester assistantships should be received by February 1.

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