Dissertation Research Assistantship Award

Dissertation research assistantship awards are designed for superior students who are in the dissertation preparation stage of their graduate education. Selection is based on a competition primarily considering the student's academic research and quality of the dissertation prospectus. The recipient of a dissertation research assistantship must be officially admitted to candidacy by the beginning of the award. Failure to be admitted to candidacy by the beginning of the award will result in the award's revocation. The award is for a maximum of 11 months and provides a monthly stipend and a tuition scholarship.

There is a service requirement, with the specific duties to be assigned by the chairperson of the department. The student must be enrolled for nine graduate credit hours or nine dissertation hours. The student holding such an award is expected to resign the award at the time the dissertation is submitted to the Graduate School if this comes prior to three weeks before the end of the time period for the award. Contact academic department for application material.

Nominees must be fully admissible to a graduate doctoral degree program and must meet the following criteria:

• An overall graduate grade point average of at least 3.25 (No minimum undergraduate grade point average if required.)
• The student must have prepared a dissertation proposal with tentative or final approval by at least the chairperson of the dissertation committee.
• The student must not have more than four calendar years of financial support as a doctoral student, including this award for which the student is being nominated.
• The student cannot hold any other paid position either within or outside the university.

Questions regarding the Graduate Assistantship\Fellowship Office: Contact gaoffice@siu.edu