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Nationally Competitive Fellowships Administered by the Financial Aid Office
The FAO takes responsibility for administering multi-year, portable, Nationally Competitive Fellowships (NCF’s) that have recipients in multiple departments in cooperation with the student’s home department. The following fellowships have current recipients:
- DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship Program
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Ford Fellowship
- Fulbright-Hays
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
- Hertz Foundation
- NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF)
- NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships (NSTRF)
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) – allowance only
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)
GFS Entries/Tables
The following aid entry tables provide amounts paid by NCFs, departments, schools or central sources and who is responsible for those entries in the Graduate Financial Support (GFS) System. These are the most common entries used for students awarded fellowships. Exceptions may be made as needed with appropriate department and FAO approval.
The tables list rates for students in receipt of a Nationally Competitive Fellowship. University Funds provide 40% of the cost of non-TGR tuition, as needed, except in formula schools. In the School of Medicine and Graduate School of Business, tuition costs not paid by NCF are covered by school funds.
A table is not included for Fulbright-Hays as there are no department entry responsibilities. Contact the Bechtel International Center with any questions.
- Section A: Nationally Competitive Fellowships
- Section B: NCF combined with VPGE Awards
Budgets for current VPGE Graduate Fellows awarded a 3-year nationally competitive fellowship are arranged as a 5-year award, with the years of full SGF and SGF-NCF support reordered. For years 1, 2 and 3 of a 3-year NCF, specifically NDSEG, NSF or Hertz, fellowship is supplemented by SGF or CCSRE funds to VPGE levels of support. Full SGF or CCSRE support is provided in years 4 and 5.
Students with a dual award in the Graduate School of Education or School of Engineering with the alternate modification have SGF or CCSRE support for the first 5 years of graduate studies, less summer quarter of the fifth year, or 19 quarters.
Supplemental Funding
Students receiving full fellowships can receive and combine additional fellowships and supplemental funding if the rules of the fellowship permit. The chart below determines the order of funds used to support tuition for fellows with Vice Provost of Graduate Education (VPGE) and NCF fellowships and those with only NCF fellowships.
For AWS, University Policy allows students supported by a full fellowship to hold a supplemental teaching appointment (TA, CA) or research appointment (RA) up to 25%. In summer, fellows may hold appointments of up to 50%. Appointments must also comply with applicable school or local policies.
Examples
2015-2016 GFS Entry Examples for Nationally Competitive Fellowships
| Who Enters |
Source | Autumn | Winter | Spring | 3 Quarter Subtotal |
Summer | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUITION | Standard Tuition | |||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | EPA Tuition | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 9,000 | 3,000 | $12,000 | |
| Financial Aid Office(FAO) | University Support | 3,964 | 3,964 | 3,964 | 11,892 | 3,964 | $15,856 | |
| Department | Department Tuition | 2,946 | 2,946 | 2,946 | 8,838 | 2,946 | $11,784 | |
| Standard Tuition Total | 9,910 | 9,910 | 9,910 | 29,730 | 9,910 | $39,640 | ||
| Engineering Tuition | ||||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | EPA Tuition | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 9,000 | 3,000 | $12,000 | |
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support | 4,224 | 4,224 | 4,224 | 12,672 | 4,224 | $16,896 | |
| Department | Department Tuition | 3,336 | 3,336 | 3,336 | 10,008 | 3,336 | $13,344 | |
| Engineering Tuition Total | 10,560 | 10,560 | 10,560 | 31,680 | 10,560 | $42,240 | ||
| STIPEND | Financial Aid Office (FAO) | EPA Stipend - Info Only | 6,250 | 6,250 | 6,250 | 18,750 | 6,250 | $25,000 |
| ALLOWANCE | Financial Aid Office (FAO) | EPA - Allowance | $5,000 | |||||
| Who Enters |
Source | Autumn | Winter | Spring | 3 Quarter Subtotal |
Summer | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fellows Awarded Prior to 2015 | ||||||||
| TUITION | Standard Tuition | |||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | Ford Tuition | 668 | 666 | 666 | 2,000 | $2,000 | ||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support | 3,964 | 3,964 | 3,964 | 11,892 | $11,892 | ||
| Department | Department Tuition | 5,278 | 5,280 | 5,280 | 15,838 | $15,838 | ||
| Standard Tuition Total | 9,910 | 9,910 | 9,910 | 29,730 | $29,730 | |||
| Engineering Tuition | ||||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | Ford Tuition | 668 | 666 | 666 | 2,000 | $2,000 | ||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support | 4,224 | 4,224 | 4,224 | 12,672 | $12,672 | ||
| Department | Department Tuition | 6,336 | 6,336 | 6,336 | 19,008 | $19,008 | ||
| Engineering Tuition Total | 10,560 | 10,560 | 10,560 | 31,680 | $31,680 | |||
| STIPEND | Financial Aid Office (FAO) | Ford Stipend | 6,667 | 6,667 | 6,666 | 20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Fellows Awarded in 2015 and Forward | ||||||||
| TUITION | Standard Tuition | |||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support | 3,964 | 3,964 | 3,964 | 11,892 | $11,892 | ||
| Department | Department Tuition | 5,946 | 5,946 | 5,946 | 17,838 | $17,838 | ||
| Standard Tuition Total | 9,910 | 9,910 | 9,910 | 29,730 | $29,730 | |||
| Engineering Tuition | ||||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support | 4,224 | 4,224 | 4,224 | 12,672 | $12,672 | ||
| Department | Department Tuition | 6,336 | 6,336 | 6,336 | 19,008 | $19,008 | ||
| Engineering Tuition Total | 10,560 | 10,560 | 10,560 | 31,680 | $31,680 | |||
| STIPEND | Financial Aid Office (FAO) | Ford Stipend | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 24,000 | $24,000 | |
| Who Enters |
Source | Autumn | Winter | Spring | 3 Quarter Subtotal |
Summer | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUITION | Standard Tuition | |||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | Hertz Tuition - TPC | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 12,000 | $12,000 | ||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support | 3,964 | 3,964 | 3,964 | 11,892 | $11,892 | ||
| Department | Department Tuition | 1,946 | 1,946 | 1,946 | 5,838 | $5,838 | ||
| Standard Tuition Total | 9,910 | 9,910 | 9,910 | 29,730 | $29,730 | |||
| Engineering Tuition | ||||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | Hertz Tuition - TPC | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 12,000 | $12,000 | ||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support | 4,224 | 4,224 | 4,224 | 12,672 | $12,672 | ||
| Department | Department Tuition | 2,336 | 2,336 | 2,336 | 7,008 | $7,008 | ||
| Engineering Tuition Total | 10,560 | 10,560 | 10,560 | 31,680 | $31,680 | |||
| STIPEND | Financial Aid Office (FAO) | 5 yr Hertz Stipend | 10,667 | 10,667 | 10,666 | 32,000 | $32,000 | |
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | 2 yr Hertz Stipend | 12,667 | 12,667 | 12,666 | 38,000 | $38,000 | ||
| Note: Hertz tuition is handled through TPC and departments are responsible for entering Info Only aid lines in GFS. TPC student information can be found in the BI report: Third Party Contracts Report (PS_GFS034). | ||||||||
| Who Enters |
Source | Autumn | Winter | Spring | 3 Quarter Subtotal |
Summer | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUITION | Standard Tuition | |||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | HHMI Tuition | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 7,500 | 2,500 | $10,000 | |
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support | 3,964 | 3,964 | 3,964 | 11,892 | 3,964 | $15,856 | |
| Department | Department Tuition | 3,446 | 3,446 | 3,446 | 10,338 | 3,446 | $13,784 | |
| Standard Tuition Total | 9,910 | 9,910 | 9,910 | 29,730 | 9,910 | $39,640 | ||
| School of Med Tuition | ||||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | HHMI Tuition | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 7,500 | 2,500 | $10,000 | |
| School Support | School Tutiion | 7,410 | 7,410 | 7,410 | 22,230 | 7,410 | $29,640 | |
| School of Med Tuition Total | 9,910 | 9,910 | 9,910 | 29,730 | 9,910 | $39,640 | ||
| STIPEND | Financial Aid Office (FAO) | HHMI Stipend | 7,500 | 7,500 | 7,500 | 22,500 | 7,500 | $30,000 |
| ALLOWANCE | Financial Aid Office (FAO) | HHMI - Allowance (reimbursement) | $3,000 | |||||
| Who Enters |
Source | Autumn | Winter | Spring | 3 Quarter Subtotal |
Summer | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUITION | Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NASA NESSF Tuition | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 6,000 | $6,000 | |
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NASA NSTRF Tuition | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 9,000 | 3,000 | $12,000 | |
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support - Standard | 3,694 | 3,694 | 3,694 | 11,892 | 3,694 | $15,856 | |
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support - Engineering | 4,224 | 4,224 | 4,224 | 12,672 | 4,224 | $16,896 | |
| STIPEND | Financial Aid Office(FAO) | NASA NESSF Stipend | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 18,000 | 6,000 | $24,000 |
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NASA NSTRF Stipend | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 27,000 | 9,000 | $36,000 | |
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NASA NSTRF Health | 333 | 333 | 334 | 1,000 | $1,000 | ||
| Note: Tuition shortfall has historically been met with TAL. University Support will be used to decrease the amount of local funds. NSTRF fellows may use faculty advisor allocation to supplement tuition. | ||||||||
| Who Enters |
Source | Autumn | Winter | Spring | 3 Quarter Subtotal |
Summer | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUITION | Department | NDSEG - TPC | Maximum | |||||
| STIPEND | Department | NDSEG | 8,500 | 8,500 | 8,500 | 25,500 | 8,500 | $34,000 | Department | NDSEG Health Insurance | 500 | 500 | $1,000 |
| ALLOWANCE | Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NDSEG - Allowance (reimbursement) | $3,000 | |||||
| Note: NDSEG is handled through TPC and departments are responsible for entering Info Only aid lines in GFS. TPC student information can be found in the BI report: Third Party Contracts Report (PS_GFS034). | ||||||||
| Who Enters |
Source | Autumn | Winter | Spring | 3 Quarter Subtotal |
Summer | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUITION | Standard Tuition - 3 units in summer | |||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NSF Tuition | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 12,000 | $12,000 | ||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support | 3,964 | 3,964 | 3,964 | 11,892 | 1,189 | $13,081 | |
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | Provost Discretionary Supplement | 1,742 | 1,742 | 1,742 | 5,226 | 274 | $5,500 | |
| Department | Department Tuition | 204 | 204 | 204 | 612 | 1,510 | $2,122 | |
| Standard 3-Unit Summer Tuition Total | 9,910 | 9,910 | 9,910 | 29,730 | 2,973 | $32,703 | ||
| Standard Tuition - 8 units in summer | ||||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NSF Tuition | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 12,000 | $12,000 | ||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support | 3,964 | 3,964 | 3,964 | 11,892 | 3,964 | $15,856 | |
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | Provost Discretionary Supplement | 1,742 | 1,742 | 1,742 | 5,226 | 274 | $5,500 | |
| Department | Department Tuition | 204 | 204 | 204 | 612 | 5,672 | $6,284 | |
| Standard 8-Unit Summer Tuition Total | 9,910 | 9,910 | 9,910 | 29,730 | 9,910 | $39,640 | ||
| Engineering Tuition - 3 units in Summer | ||||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NSF Tuition | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 12,000 | $12,000 | ||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support | 4,224 | 4,224 | 4,224 | 12,672 | 1,189 | $13,861 | |
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | Provost Discretionary Supplement | 1,833 | 1,833 | 1,834 | 5,500 | $5,500 | ||
| Department | Engineering Tuition | 503 | 503 | 502 | 1,508 | 1,784 | $3,292 | |
| Engineering 3-Unit Summer Tuition Total | 10,560 | 10,560 | 10,560 | 31,680 | 2,973 | $34,653 | ||
| Engineering Tuition - 8 units in Summer | ||||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NSF Tuition | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 12,000 | $12,000 | ||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support | 4,224 | 4,224 | 4,224 | 12,672 | 4,224 | $16,896 | |
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | Provost Discretionary Supplement | 1,833 | 1,833 | 1,834 | 5,500 | $5,500 | ||
| Department | Engineering Tuition | 503 | 503 | 502 | 1,508 | 6,336 | $7,844 | |
| Engineering 8-Unit Summer Tuition Total | 10,560 | 10,560 | 10,560 | 31,680 | 10,560 | $42,240 | ||
| School of Med Tuition | ||||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NSF Tuition | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 9,000 | 3,000 | $12,000 | |
| School Support | School Tuition | 6,910 | 6,910 | 6,910 | 19,710 | 6,910 | $27,640 | |
| School of Med Tuition Total | 9,910 | 9,910 | 9,910 | 28,710 | 9,910 | $39,640 | ||
| STIPEND | Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NSF Stipend | 8,500 | 8,500 | 8,500 | 25,500 | 8,500 | $34,000 |
| Department | Department - Health Services Fee | 197 | 197 | 197 | 591 | 197 | $788 | |
| Department | Department - Insurance after subsidy | 780 | 780 | 780 | 2,340 | $2,340 | ||
| Stipend Total | 9,477 | 9,477 | 9,477 | 28,431 | 8,697 | $37,128 | ||
| Note: Departments are expected to provide support for the document fee, health service fee and health insurance. | ||||||||
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| Who Enters |
Source | Autumn | Winter | Spring | 3 Quarter Subtotal |
Summer | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUITION | Department | SCGF - TPC | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 10,500 | $10,500 | |
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | University Support | 3,964 | 3,964 | 3,964 | 11,892 | $11,892 | ||
| STIPEND | Department | SCGF | 8,750 | 8,750 | 8,750 | 26,250 | 8,750 | $35,000 |
| Department | SCGF Health TPC | 333 | 333 | 334 | 1,000 | $1,000 | ||
| Note: SCGF is handled through TPC and departments are responsible for entering Info Only aid lines in GFS. TPC student information can be found in the BI report: Third Party Contracts Report (PS_GFS034). | ||||||||
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2015-2016 GFS Entry Examples for Nationally Competitive and VPGE Fellowships
| Who Enters |
Source | Autumn | Winter | Spring | 3 Quarter Subtotal |
Summer | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUITION | Standard Tuition | |||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NSF Tuition | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 12,000 | $12,000 | ||
| Department | Standard SGF Tuition | 5,910 | 5,910 | 5,910 | 17,730 | 9,910 | $27,640 | |
| Standard Tuition Total | 9,910 | 9,910 | 9,910 | 29,730 | 9,910 | $39,640 | ||
| Engineering Tuition | ||||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NSF Tuition | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 12,000 | $12,000 | ||
| Department | Engineering Tuition | 6,560 | 6,560 | 6,560 | 19,680 | 10,560 | $30,240 | |
| Engineering Tuition Total | 10,560 | 10,560 | 10,560 | 31,680 | 10,560 | $42,240 | ||
| STIPEND | Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NSF Stipend | 8,500 | 8,500 | 8,500 | 25,500 | 8,500 | $34,000 |
| Department | SGF Stipend | 1,230 | 1,230 | 1,230 | 3,690 | 1,230 | $4,920 | |
| Stipend Total | 9,730 | 9,730 | 9,730 | 29,190 | 9,730 | $38,920 | ||
| ENGINEERING Option | ||||||||
| Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NSF Stipend | 8,500 | 8,500 | 8,500 | 25,500 | 8,500 | $34,000 | |
| Department | SGF Stipend | 253 | 253 | 253 | 759 | 1,033 | $1,792 | |
| Department | SGF Stipend - Health Services Fee |
197 | 197 | 197 | 591 | 197 | $788 | |
| Department | SGF Stipend - Insurance after subsidy | 780 | 780 | 780 | 2,340 | $2,340 | ||
| Stipend Total | 9,730 | 9,730 | 9,730 | 29,190 | 9,730 | $38,920 | ||
| Who Enters |
Source | Autumn | Winter | Spring | 3 Quarter Subtotal |
Summer | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUITION | Department | NDSEG - TPC | MAXIMUM | |||||
| STIPEND | Department | NDSEG Stipend | 8,500 | 8,500 | 8,500 | 25,500 | 8,500 | $34,000 |
| Department | SGF Stipend | 1,230 | 1,230 | 1,230 | 3,690 | 1,230 | $4,920 | |
| Stipend Total | 9,730 | 9,730 | 9,730 | 29,190 | 9,730 | $38,920 | ||
| Department | NDSEG Health Insurance | 500 | 500 | $1,000 | ||||
| ALLOWANCE | Financial Aid Office (FAO) | NDSEG - Allowance (reimbursement) | $3,000 | |||||
| Note: NDSEG is handled through TPC and departments are responsible for entering Info Only aid lines in GFS. TPC student information can be found in the BI report: Third Party Contracts Report (PS_GFS034). | ||||||||
Updated on December 8, 2015 4:55 PM
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