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Student Funding

Funding and Support Overview

The STUDENT SUPPORT CHART explains the various forms of funding opportunities we have available to our doctoral students and outlines what is covered under each type.

​Dissertation Research Fellowship, Grant, & Intern Opportunities 

Review this list of internal and external dissertation fellowships, grants, and scholarships. Additional fellowship options can be found on the Graduate Division website.

Graduate students are encouraged to explore the search engines included on the Graduate Division Resources Page to identify appropriate funding opportunities.

For more information about funding opportunities and on-campus resources, please contact grad@uci.edu

​School of Education Graduate Emergency Fund

The SOE Graduate Emergency Fund provides grants to assist currently enrolled Ph.D. graduate students with urgent financial needs and sudden financial hardship due to unanticipated one-time expenses.  The fund is intended to support the continued academic progress and well-being of students experiencing short term financial hardship who cannot reasonably resolve their immediate financial needs through external aid programs, or personal resources.​

Please review all of the information before submitting a request to the SOE Graduate Emergency Fund.

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Graduate Student Researcher

When available, the School of Education offers graduate student researcher positions to
outstanding graduate students who are registered as full-time students.
Benefits for GSR positions include full remission of tuition, student services
fees, campus-based fees, and payment of Graduate Student Health Insurance Program (UC GSHIP) fees; participation in the UC Defined Contribution Plan (DCP) for Retirement; and a monthly paycheck
commensurate with the percentage of employment and the levels of employment.

Academic Student Employees

Teaching Assistants and Readers

Teaching Assistantships and Readerships are offered by the School of Education for 25% or 50% employment. Benefits for TAs and Readers include full remission of tuition, student services fees, and payment of Graduate Student Health Insurance Program fees, participation in the UC Defined Contribution Plan (DCP) for Retirement, and a monthly paycheck commensurate with the percentage of employment. Student is responsible for paying campus-based fees.

All graduate students, except those who have earned an undergraduate degree from an institution at which English was the sole language of instruction according to the World Higher Education Database, are required to demonstrate oral English proficiency before they are appointed to Teaching Assistant or Teaching Associate titles. Please review the ​English Proficiency for Teaching Assistantships on the Graduate Division website for more information. 

Summer Session Teaching Assistants information can be found HERE

Teaching Associates

The School of Education has limited funding for Teaching Associate positions.  Therefore, opportunities to apply for these positions are only offered when necessary as determined by the Director of the Undergraduate Programs.  Teaching Associate positions will go to qualified doctoral students who have content knowledge and teaching experience in the required subject area.  The academic qualifications and criteria for appointment as a Teaching Associate is set by the University and include a master’s degree or equivalent training and at least one year of teaching experience (such as Teaching Assistant) within or outside of the university. ​When an opportunity to hire a Teaching Associate arises, a call will be emailed to all SoE doctoral students. Interested students will reply to the call by completing an application and submitting a CV and TA evaluations to the Director of Undergraduate Programs by a specified deadline. 

School of Education's TA Policy and Resources

• SoE TA & Reader Assignments Internal Procedures and Protocol​
• TA Duties and Expectations
• Office space for Adjunct Lecturers and TAs​
• Teaching Assistant/ Associate Appointment Information
• Reader Appointment Information

For information about UCI Tuition and Fees, please refer to the UCI Registrar's website

For Conference and Professional Development Funding Stipend, please click HERE.
For information regarding Childbirth Accommodation and Childcare Reimbursements, please click HERE