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The Department of Geology offers qualified students high levels of support in the form of teaching or research assistantships.
Assistantships provide stipends ranging up to $11,794 per year plus a waiver of tuition and non-resident fees. Summer assistantships
are also available. Graduate students admitted with an assistantship are eligible to receive a tuition waiver and other scholarships
for the summer field course (GEOL 693). A Masters student may receive up to four semesters of assistantship support. See our Admissions page for more information about applying for an assistantship.
Students on Teaching Assistantships (TAs) will typically teach lab sections of undergraduate Geology courses and receive training
on teaching techniques and classroom leadership. Students on Research Assistantships (RAs) will work with a faculty member
on a funded research project.
Students without assistantships may still qualify for a waiver of tuition and non-resident fees (if applicable). In addition,
support via various loans, scholarships, and student employment are available through the university's Office of Financial Aid and Graduate College.
The department also offers thesis research support from several external funds. The Mancuso Family Scholarship fund supports
students attending field camp and performing field-based research. The Hoare fund supports graduate student research projects.
The Practical Geophysics fund assists students with field-oriented expenses. The Mineral Science/Economic Geology Research
fund stimulates and supports research in those disciplines. The department also provides funding of graduate student research and presentation of research results at professional meetings through our general Geology Foundation fund. Students complete a short proposal to apply for any
of these funds.
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