assistantships
Graduate student stipends
Assistantships are positions that provide financial support to graduate students in exchange for work, typically teaching or research.
A teaching assistantship involves leading discussion sections, grading papers, or tutoring undergraduates.
A research assistantship has the student working on a professor's project.
Assistantships usually include tuition remission and a stipend: She applied to programs that offered full assistantships.
One who earned degree
- doctoralOf advanced academic study
- mastersThose with dominion
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
fellowship · postdoc · thesis · dissertation · supervisor · department · faculty · university
Bestow or award money
- stipendFixed regular payment
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- awardHonor given for merit
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
fellowship · bursary · merit-based · need-based · benefactor · support · compensation · package
Giving informed guidance
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- coachingGuiding others to improve
development · protégé · collaboration · networking · recommendation · sponsorship · apprenticeship
Location or stance
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- hoursSixty-minute spans
- dutiesRequired tasks or charges
responsibilities · salary · benefits · payroll · hire · supervisor · evaluation · workload
graduate
One who earned degree
- doctoralOf advanced academic study
- mastersThose with dominion
- teachingProfession of instructing others
research · fellowship · postdoc · thesis · dissertation · supervisor · department · faculty · university · stipend
grant
Bestow or award money
- stipendFixed regular payment
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- awardHonor given for merit
endowment · fellowship · bursary · merit-based · need-based · benefactor · support · compensation · package · allocation
advising
Giving informed guidance
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
coaching · development · protégé · collaboration · networking · recommendation · sponsorship · apprenticeship
position
Location or stance
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- hoursSixty-minute spans
duties · responsibilities · salary · benefits · payroll · hire · supervisor · evaluation · workload · part-time
- student self-supportpart-time jobs, work-study, scholarships, grants, budgeting
- Academic Opportunitiesscholarships, grants, fellowships, internships, postdocs
assistantshipsfellowships
Scholarly funding awards
scholarships · loans · student loans · debt financing · merit scholarships
assistantshipsfellowships
Scholarly funding awards
stipends · sinecures · passive income · entitlements · unemployment benefits
assistantshipsself-funding
Paying one's own way
family support · personal savings · private scholarships · crowdfunding