OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING
GRADUATE APPOINTMENTS
Graduate students who hold an appointment as a teaching, research, or project assistant at UW-Madison will be entitled to remission of tuition in any semester in which their appointment equals at least 33% of a full-time appointment for the semester. The student must pay segregated fees and any special fees adopted by the legislature. Other types of University employment do not qualify an individual for remission of tuition.

FINANCIAL AID
For the promotion of scholarship and research the UW-Madison administers several different forms of financial aid for graduate students: fellowships, teaching assistantships, scholarships, research or project assistantships, and loans.

Most Communication Arts departmental awards are made in the form of teaching assistantships. These awards are made on the basis of grades, GRE scores, and the applicant's background and preparation.

The Department of Communication Arts, unless otherwise indicated, does not require a separate application for financial aid--only the complete application form for admission with supporting documents listed previously. The complete application must be received by us no later than December 15 in order to be considered for financial aid. Students can indicate on the application form specific awards in which they are interested and for which they may be eligible. Many financial aid awards will reduce to the resident rate the amount a student must pay for tuition.

FELLOWSHIPS
University-wide Competition. Fellows are selected in a campus-wide fellowship competition which is open to students in all fields at any stage of graduate study. Stipends in 2006 range from $7,560 per semester to $15,120 per academic year. Fellowship awards are announced by offer letters in early March.

National Awards. There are special application forms and deadlines, often in the fall, for the fellowship programs (such as National Science Foundation, Foreign Language and Area Studies Program, Fulbright-Hays, Churchill) administered by different federal and non-federal agencies. Obtain information from the Graduate School Fellowship Office or your current undergraduate institution.