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Financial Aid for Graduate Students

The department has several sources of funding for graduate students. Students may be funded by:

• Graduate Teaching Assistantships (TAs)
• Graduate Research Assistantships (RAs)
• Graduate Industrial Traineeships (GITs)
• Graduate Fellowships (GFs)

Graduate Research Assistantships

Several faculty members appoint students to research assistantships, normally in the second or later years of study. The function of the research assistant is to assist designated faculty members with their research or consulting programs. In each case, the specific duties and responsibilities of the research assistant will be determined by the supervisor. Research assistant appointments normally carry a 20-hour per week obligation and run for twelve months. An RA is appointed in the Statistics department and

• (a) directly participates in the research mission of the department, or an on-campus or off-campus organization that is affiliated with the department, in the design of experiments, data collection, analysis, or reporting of research results in the student's field of study, where research may, but is not required to, contribute directly to the student's thesis or dissertation; or
• (b) provides general support to the research mission of the department or discipline.