Eligibility Criteria

Tuition Benefit Program Eligibility Criteria

Employment Requirements

• Must be employed 20 hours a week as a TA,TF, RA or GSA. Eligible jobs:
  • Teaching Fellow (TF): Job Codes 0802, 0803
  • Teaching Assistant (TA): Job Codes 0812, 0813
  • Research Assistant (RA): Job Codes 0822, 0823, 0842, 0843
  • Graduate Services Assistant (GSA): Job Codes 0832, 0833, 0852, 0853
• Recipients must be employed on or before the 12th class day (census date) of the semester.

Enrollment Requirements:

• Students must complete a minimum of 9 graduate credit hours (GCH) at the 5000 or 6000 level during each fall and spring semester in which TBP is received.
• Students not enrolled in 9 GCH must have an approved Reduced Course Load Request via one of the following:
  • Course Load Exception (CLE) form
  • Graduate Part-Time Enrollment Request form
  • All-But-Dissertation (ABD) status with approved Qualifying Examination Results (QER)
  • Enrolled in at least 3 hours of Dissertation (6950/6954) or Thesis (5950)

Admission & GPA Requirements:

Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA to be eligible for TBP.

Exclusions

Recipients of the following programs are subject to reduction or cancellation of TBP:

• National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellows
• Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fellows
• Tuition and fee waivers including Hazlewood Exemption and Good Neighbor Scholarship
• Students receiving the Employee Tuition Benefit are eligible to receive partial funding