Funding The Psychology Department offers a number of opportunities for students to receive funding and financial assistance for graduate school. No special application is needed to be considered for financial aid. All applications will be considered and offers will be made to all who are eligible. Fellowships and Assistantships pay all tuition except for student fees, which are still required. While we cannot guarantee financial aid, in the last several years nearly all of our eligible students have had some form of aid. We have an excellent track record of providing financial aid to students and are committed to doing everything we can to provide the students we admit to our program with financial support for their graduate work.
Departmental Assistantships A set number of assistantships are given to the Department by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. These assistantships are divided among the six (6) doctoral programs. Students and prospective students are rank ordered by Programs and assistantships are awarded from this listing. Research Assistantships Research Assistantships may be available through research grants held by faculty members. These assistantships provide funding and a tuition waiver for students, in exchange for the student working on the faculty members' research project (which often leads to collection of data towards the student's thesis or dissertation). Presidential Graduate Fellows Program Eligibility: Only citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States are eligible to receive this Fellowship. The department is invited to nominate a certain number of candidates they wish to recruit. Applications must be complete. Nominations for this assistantship are submitted early in February. The Research Foundation and the Graduate School contribute to this stipend the first two years and the Fellow's department will be expected to guarantee the stipend for the remaining eligibility period. University-Wide Assistantships New Student Awards: The Department is invited to nominate a certain number of the full-time, Fall enrollment. Students who will enroll in a graduate degree program for the first time are eligible. Application must be complete. This competition is held in early February. Renewal: Current students who have been awarded a University-Wide Assistantship or Presidential Fellows Award can be renewed for a 2nd year. We are notified in early February for recommendation to continue awardees for a 2nd year of assistance. Coverdell Fellowships for Brain Imaging Research Final Year Doctoral Awards The Department is invited to nominate a small number of the full-time Fall enrollment. This competition is for Doctoral students who are expected to complete and defend their dissertations by end of academic year. Students who have already received three (3) years of Graduate School support are not eligible to be nominated. All nominees must have been supported by their departments at least one (1) year of their doctoral program. This competition is held in March. Regents' Out-of-state Tuition Waivers The Department is invited to nominate students who have been accepted into the Graduate School as prospective candidates for a degree (a certain percentage of full-time Fall enrollment). 3.50 Graduate GPA and/or a 3.30 Undergraduate GPA and a combined score of at least 1100 on the GRE is required. Regent's waiver awards are made initially for fall semester. The award is renewed through the following summer semester if the recipient achieves a 3.50 graduate grade point average each semester. We are notified in April of this competition. Students may also work directly with the University’s Office of Student Financial Aid (706-542-6147) for assistance in securing student loans. Graduate Schools have an agreement that students are not bound to accept an offer of aid until April 15. Students must, therefore, accept or decline an offer by 15 April or it will be withdrawn. After that date students cannot change to accept another offer. That means that if a student has not heard about financial aid by April, they might still get an offer when we have not heard from someone that we made an offer to.
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