Departmental Funding

Appointment and reappointment procedures for all graduate student employees within the Department of Sociology will be guided by the Graduate Employee Organization Contract.

Graduate Students are guaranteed five years of funding through the department. This funding must be used within seven years of admission.

Project Assistantships and Research Assistantships count toward these five years of funding. Other forms of employment will not count against a student's 5-year funding offer. This includes jobs such as: a non-research-oriented Project Assistantship (PA) for a faculty member in Sociology or another department, a TA or TO for another department, campus service jobs, non-research orientated administrative jobs, and teaching at another college or university. 

Student-initiated fellowships (e.g., NSF) will be exempt from the time limitation. They will extend funding eligibility by the number of years the student holds the fellowship.

For additional funding information, visit our Funding Opportunities page.