Graduate Tuition Scholarship Eligibility
Graduate students must be full time, matriculated students to be eligible to receive Graduate Tuition Scholarship (GTS) funds. Enrollment in undergraduate level courses does not contribute to full time status and tuition charges relating to undergraduate courses are not covered by GTS funds. Failure to enroll full time by Day 15 of classes will result in loss of GTS.
Graduate tuition scholarships may be offered according to the following schedule only.
- Prior to advancement (G3 or G4 status), doctoral students with full stipend support will receive a full tuition scholarship at in-state or out-of-state rate, subject to the residency requirements described below. Doctoral students with partial stipend support will receive a partial tuition scholarship that is pro-rated to their level of support at in-state or out-of-state rate, subject to the residency requirements described below.
- Doctoral students advanced to candidacy (G5 status) will receive a full tuition scholarship at in-state or out-of-state rates, subject to the residency requirements described below, if they have maintained full-time support through all semesters prior to advancement. Support will be prorated for students who have received partial support. Students who were admitted with full stipend support, but who for extenuating circumstances did not receive support for one or more semesters before advancement, can petition the Graduate School Dean for a full or partial exception.
- Master’s students with full stipend support will receive full GTS at in-state rate only.
- Master’s students with partial stipend support will receive a partial tuition scholarship that is pro-rated to their level of support at in-state rate.
- Graduate students who do not receive stipend support are not eligible for tuition scholarships.
- Tuition scholarships may only be used to address tuition costs incurred during the regular academic year (i.e., the fall and spring semesters). Tuition scholarships may not be used to offset summer (or winter) session tuition costs or charges other than tuition.
- GTS recipients will receive an accompanying broad-based fee scholarship. Coverage will be in direct relation to the proportion of the student’s GTS.
- The GTS will cover up to 12 credits for first-year students who have completed less than twenty-four credits of graduate studies (G1 or G3 status) and 9 credits for all other students (G2, G4 andG5 status). Exceptions will be made for G2 or G4 students enrolled in advanced graduate certificate programs.
Offers of Financial Support
Offers of financial support may also be sent by graduate programs following the evaluation of applications. Such offers are always subject to approval by the Graduate School and are conditional on the existence of adequate funds to provide this support. Financial support to a graduate student may be provided in the form of a State appointment or a Research Foundation (RF) appointment. Teaching assistantships and Graduate assistantships are State appointments and are governed by the GSEU contract with the State of New York. Research assistantship appointments are made via the Research Foundation and are governed by the RA Union contract with the Research Foundation. Research Assistantships are funded by grants. The campus establishes a minimum academic year stipend for state appointments. All appointments (TA, GA, RA) are subject to a campus maximum stipend level. In order for a stipend appointment amount to exceed the prescribed maximum, the employing department must obtain written approval from the Dean of the Graduate School.
Students are entitled to know the conditions under which offers of financial support are made, and to expect that explicit commitments of support will be honored, subject to conditions that are stated explicitly at the time of offer. Consequently, both letters of admission with support and subsequent offers of renewed support should specify:
• Amount of financial support, including tuition scholarship if applicable.
• Nature of support - teaching assistant (TA), graduate assistant (GA), or research assistant (RA).
• Period for which support is given.
• Level of support - e.g., full, three-quarters, one-half.
• Time and/or effort involved at the level of offered support for graduate or teaching assistant, or certifiable percent of effort for research assistant.
• Academic and assistantship obligations corresponding to the level of support. A written description should be provided before the obligations begin.
• Conditions for renewal of support.
Residency Requirements
All eligible graduate students are required to obtain New York State residency in order to benefit from in-state tuition rates. Generally, NYS residency can be achieved by the start of your second year of study for domestic students who previously resided outside NYS. Thus, out-of-state tuition will only be provided for doctoral students in their first year of study. Failure to obtain NYS residency status in the timeframe outlined above may result in tuition liability for doctoral students since GTS awards will be limited to the NYS tuition rate after the first year of study. Beginning in the second year of study, GTS recipients who are eligible to receive New York State residency but who do not obtain NYS residency will be billed for the difference between the in-state and out-of-state rates. Doctoral students who are not eligible for NYS residency, including most international students, will not be billed for the tuition difference.
Supported G5 students who are unable to maintain New York State residency because of out-of-state work or research are eligible for an out-of-state GTS.
To be eligible for resident tuition in your second year, it is important that you take steps to make New York State your documented residence as soon as you arrive in New York. http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bursar/residency/index.php
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