Research Support
There are three major ways you can earn a student stipend:
Graduate/Teaching Assistants (GA/TA)
Assistantships allow you to devote your full attention to studying,
teaching, and/or laboratory work while earning a stipend that covers
your cost of living and some educational expenses.
Notre Dame has set a work-week limit of 17.5 hours for teaching
assistants. On average, Notre Dame students work about 15 hours
a week.
This stipend is taxable income (federal, state and county); there
is no Federal Income Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) witholding
for students.
Research Assistants
Research assistants are granted a stipend for doing research
with a faculty member.
Fellowships
Notre Dame Fellowships:
Recipients of fellowships are not normally required to
provide service to the University, however some departments
require all students to teach as part of their degree program.
Unlike fellowships awarded by foundations or the government,
there is usually no separate application at Notre Dame.
The department will nominate you based
on your application to graduate studies.
Presidential Fellowships:
The Graduate School awards 12-month, four-year Presidential
Fellowships to highly qualified incoming doctoral studentss
in the humanities and social sciences. Nominations for
these awards are made by departmental admissions committees.
Teaching assistance may be required in the second and third
years of
the fellowship.
Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship and Arthur J. Schmitt Presidential
Fellowship:
The Clare Boothe Luce Fellowships for women and the Arthur
J. Schmitt Presidential Fellowships are four-year fellowships
awarded to incoming doctoral students in
science or engineering. Luce and Schmitt Fellowships require
U.S. citizenship.
Graduate Teaching Fellowships
Graduate Teaching Fellowships support Ph.D. candidates in the College of Arts and Letters who teach a First Year Composition course and one lower level course in their department. For more information, see the University Writing Program's graduate fellowships page.
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
The Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program, co-sponsored by the Graduate School, the College of Art and Letters, and the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning, provides four advanced graduate students of the College of Arts and Letters with a mentored experience of research and teaching at a prominent liberal arts college or research university. For specific program details and requirements, see the Kaneb Center's Teaching Apprentice Program page.
Eward Sorin Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Graduate School and the College of Arts and Letters jointly sponsor the Edward Sorin Postdoctoral Fellowship program for Notre Dame Ph.D. graduates, previously known as the Notre Dame Teaching Postdoctoral Fellowship program. The fellowship provides support for two years, during which scholars demonstrate research productivity and develop teaching experience before they compete in the academic job market. For more information, see the A&L graduate resources page.
Extramural Fellowships:
Extramural fellowships are funding sources to which
you apply directly; they usually supply a stipend,
a partial- or full-tuition scholarship, and possibly an
educational allowance. Because you are supported by an agency
outside the University, service to the department is not
normally required unless academic requirements state otherwise.
Fellowship Consortia:
The University is an active institutional member of the following
fellowship programs:
The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities
in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM):
The National
Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering
and Science, Inc. (GEM), (new window) the central office
of which is located at the University of Notre Dame, offers
financial
support and paid summer internships to assist minority
students in obtaining a graduate degree in engineering
and science.
National Physical Science Consortium:
The National Physical Science Consortium provides multi-year
fellowships to graduate students in physics, chemistry, and
engineering.
Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities:
The Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities
(LASPAU) offers scholarships for U.S. graduate study to promising
Latin American and Caribbean students and faculty.
Non-University Fellowships:
Graduate students have been quite successful in earning National
Science Foundation, Mellon, Fulbright, and other highly competitive
extramural awards. An online, searchable
database is available
to access many graduate and postdoctoral fellowships and grants.
Campus Employment
If you are interested in campus employment:
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