Graduate Studies Faculty Resources

The additional funding allocated by the university for graduate tuition waivers is offered to graduate programs within units making a request with a demonstrated need for more tuition waivers. This could be due to a new program, growth in a current program, recruitment growth, or other unit needs that center around graduate research or instruction.

Supplemental graduate tuition waiver support must be requested by the program and approved by the unit head. Such requests can be for in-state or out-of-state tuition waivers.

Priority will be given to supplemental graduate tuition waiver requests that are matched with appropriate assistantship support by the unit. The funding stream and amount for assistantship support for each additional student requested must be specified. Requests that do not provide assistantship support may not be considered.

• Full time students taking a 9-9 load (Fall-Spring) should be matched to an assistantship equivalent to 20 hours/week. This may be teaching or research. For teaching, this is equivalent to two 3 cr. hr. courses as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, or teaching one 3 cr. hr. course as a Graduate Teaching Associate (the instructor of record) for each semester that support is requested.
• Part time students taking a 6-6 load (Fall-Spring) should have support in the amount of 10 hours/week for each semester that support is requested. This may be teaching or research.
• Less than part time students may be eligible however an assistantship should be offered.

All programs requesting supplemental graduate tuition waivers must submit the application below and upload the detailed spreadsheet outlining the name of the student supported, the level of tuition waiver (IS or OS), the amount of the matching assistantship and its funding stream. Assistantship Descriptions placed on the spreadsheet should mirror the Job Titles for Graduate Assistants outlined in the Graduate Assistantships document.

Application Instructions

Part I. Please complete this part for any tuition waivers that were allocated to your program by your college/school indicating how you will allocate these waivers to in-state and out-of-state students that are both Full Time and Part Time.

Part II. Please specify the amount requested for in-state and out-of-state tuition waivers and provide as much information as possible on the detailed spreadsheet.

Should the names of the students not be available at the time of submission, please provide the names as “GStudent 1”, “GStudent 2” etc. You must provide additional justification for unnamed students confirming that the students will indeed attend FGCU and require assistance.

All requests for 2022-2023 will be made on a rolling basis. Based on availability, a second cycle of requests may be available for Spring 2023.