Graduate Financial Aid and Assistantships
Application deadlines for most forms of financial aid originating
in the departments, the University, or elsewhere are in January
and February. Teaching assistantships and fellowships are departmentally
initiated and require careful study of prospective students' files.
While the Department supports some continuing students, only a
few research assistantships or tuition waivers are available through
our department for first year students. Thus, although it is possible
to receive a fellowship for the first year, incoming graduate students
who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents are encouraged to apply
early for financial aid through the Graduate School and the University
Financial Aid Office. Entering students are encouraged to apply
for national fellowships as well. (See below .) Entering
students
are automatically considered for first year support.
International students, unless they are permanent residents, are
not eligible for federal or state financial aid. They are, however,
eligible for many of the teaching assistantships and scholarships
discussed in the following sections. International students should
not rely upon receiving financial assistance as a means of support
for their first year here. University policy demands that an international
student be fully funded (and able to show their source of support)
before being admitted to the university. This requirement is described
as part of the
Preliminary Evaluation Process (PEP) for International Applicants.
Also, once here, new students cannot apply for permission to work
during their first year of study except in cases of extreme emergency.
The Immigration Service limits the amount of part-time work foreign
students may do even when permission is granted. The International
Services Office conducts an orientation each year for newly enrolled
international students and is available to enrolled students for
consultation.
Financial aid may be available to minority students through the
University of Washington, Office of Minority Affairs, Box 355845,
Seattle, WA 98195-5845 or contact them by email at askoma@u.washington.edu.
For more information on financial aid, write the University of Washington,
Financial Aid Office, Box 355880, Seattle, WA 98195-5880 or contact
them by email at osfa@u.washington.edu.
Federal and State Aid
The University of Washington
Office of Student Financial Aid has information on a variety
of types of aid for United States citizens and permanent residents,
including tuition exemptions, graduate student work study, and loans.
To qualify for these funds, it is necessary to submit the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) before the annual priority date.
This should be mailed by February 15 and received and date-stamped
by the processor on or before February 28. For those who do not
qualify for need-based aid, the Federal Direct Loan Program offers
subsidized and unsubsidized direct loans. Contact the Financial
Aid Office for information.
Teaching Assistantships in Linguistics
A few teaching assistantships (TA ships) are available in the Department
to continuing students only.
TA Selection procedures for Linguistics Dept.
1. In mid-February the Chair announces that applications
for TAships
in Linguistics will be accepted until a date in early March. Graduate
students wishing to apply fill out an application
and
furnish materials
supporting their candidacy (e.g. student evals). Applicants may
append a recent paper or conference handout.
2. Applicants are selected on the basis of academic excellence
(including but not limited to GPA, courses taken, faculty recommendations),
quality of research papers, normal progress (as defined in deparmental
guidelines), teaching excellence (as determined by the evaluations
in the student's appointment file, or by promise of teaching ability
in the case of novices), and by equitable distribution of the limited
resources (taking into consideration previous support).
Due to the limited number of TA positions in Linguistics,
there
is no guarantee of reappointment even though the candidate may have
shown successful performance in previous TA assignments.
3. After examining the applications, in early March the faculty
meet as a committee of the whole to select TAs for the following
academic year.
4. The faculty empower the Chair to fill vacancies as they arise
based on the alternate list.
Teaching Assistantships in Other Departments
Assistantships are also sometimes available through other departments,
particularly in the English
Department and the foreign language departments. Although normally
awarded to advanced students, they may be given to incoming students
of exceptional experience or qualification. Native speakers of languages
taught at the University of Washington are strongly encouraged to
teach their language in the relevant department. The applicant should
inquire with the language department, and keep the Linguistics Department
informed. The deadline for application for a teaching assistantship
in many departments is in January. Applicants able to teach Spanish,
French, Italian, or Portuguese should send to the Linguistics Department
supplemental Romance language teaching assistant application materials,
described in the page on Teaching Assistantships
in Romance Languages.
Fellowships, Scholarships, Grants and Other Funding
A limited number of fellowships, traineeships and scholarships
are available through the Graduate School to outstanding students
in all fields of study leading to advanced degrees. Information
regarding application procedures may be obtained by writing to the
University of Washington, Graduate Fellowship and Assistantship
Division, Box 351240, Seattle, WA 98195-1240. The
Graduate Fellowship Calendar lists specific programs and eligibility
requirements. Nominations for most of these awards must come from
the chairs of departments.
The University is eligible for Foreign Language and Area Studies
Fellowships (formerly National Resource Fellowships and Defense
Education Act Title VI Fellowships) for graduate students who are
studying critical languages (these fellowships are limited to students
who are citizens of the United States or have permanent resident
status). In the past, students in the Department of Linguistics
have received such fellowships for study in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese,
Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Tibetan, Hindi,
and Vietnamese.
Application for FLAS Fellowships is made through the Jackson
School of International Studies Office of Student Services. Box
353650, Seattle, WA 98195-3650, (206) 543-6001, fax (206) 616-3170,
email: jsisinfo@u.washington.edu.
Click here to
download/view FLAS
information in pdf format.
Other sources of information on fellowships, grants, internships
and award opportunities can be found in the UW Graduate Fellowship
and Assistantship Division's web page which talks about
financial support, fellowships, and assistantships.
Further information about grants and other funding is available
from the UW's Grant
and Funding Information Service, Box 352900, Seattle, WA 98195-2900,
(206) 616-3083, email: gfis@u.washington.edu
The Department regularly recommends one or two first-year graduate
students for Graduate School research assistantships and tuition
waivers (sometimes included is a second and third year teaching
assistantship contingent on satisfactory progress), but this is
done without any special application being made by the students.
One or two of each type are usually awarded to the Linguistics Department
per year.
Another source of information is the National Science Foundation
Research Fellowships,
Graduate Fellowships, and Minority Graduate Fellowships web
page.
There are still more useful web sites
for linguistics graduate students.
Research Assistantships
Faculty members occasionally have short-term grants obtained outside
our department, which may provide for research assistantships. These
are rarely given to incoming students.
If you have any further questions or comments please contact us
at phoneme@u.washington.edu
Last modified 4/3/02 by Joyce Parvi
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