SLC Graduate Funding
All graduate students who are accepted to the SLC graduate programs receive financial support in the form of teaching assistantships or other types of funding.
Graduate teaching assistantships provide $24,000 for the academic year plus the remission of nearly all tuition and fees in return for half-time teaching or other staff duties in the department.
Graduate students have access to many other funding opportunities through the Fellowship Office, and the College of Liberal Arts, that we encourage you to explore.
OGSPS Graduate Funding
Grants for graduate students are small amounts of funding that are designated for specific uses, such as travel grants, small research grants, and childcare grants.
Fellowships are awards to graduate students that typically provide either a yearly stipend for living expenses and/or some amount of tuition coverage. Unlike scholarships, fellowships give graduate students more funding as well as a longer commitment for that funding.
Assistantships provide financial support, valuable experience, and skill development in exchange for part-time work with a department or unit that supports the university’s academic mission.
Travel Reimbursement Information
In order to receive funding for conferences and other academic travel, you must first contact the directore of the program for preapproval. All travel requests and reimbursements must now be submitted through the Concur Travel & Expense system.
Please see the Guidelines for Requests of Funds for more information, and see the links below for Concur and Purdue reimbursement information.
Concur Travel and Expense quick reference guides (QRGs)
- Booking Travel through Concur
- Creating an Expense Report
- Preparing a Travel Expense Report Cheat Sheet
Also, consider applying for a PROMISE grant from the College of Liberal Arts, as they are generous in their support of graduate student conference and research funding.