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Financial Assistance at CSIS
Financial support may be provided by the Department in the form of a fellowship, teaching assistantship (GTA) or research
assistantship (GRA). The student should consider such support an honor and make every effort to meet the requirements specified
for such support. Financial aid may be terminated at any time if the Department or the Principal Investigator feels the student
is not performing to the professional standards expected of a graduate engineer.
A Fellowship student may be required to help a faculty member develop a new research area. The student should meet with the
faculty member and report progress on a regular basis.
Graduate Teaching Assistants are assigned to specific laboratory courses and are expected to prepare adequately before each
laboratory meeting. Some preliminary preparation may be required before the beginning of the semester. At the end of the semester,
the GTA should check with the faculty member in charge of the laboratory to make sure that all duties have been
completed. Complete instructions for GTA's will be issued by Dr. Marshall.
Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) support is for work on sponsored research contracts or grants. This work not only aids the
research project but also provides a topic for the student's thesis or dissertation. This financial aid is NOT a gift to the student.
The graduate student is expected to complete the work specified by the Principal Investigator (PI) in a professional engineering manner.
The Principal Investigator and the student should discuss what is to be expected from the student during the employment period and the
student should expect to make a progress report to the PI every week. Master's students receiving financial assistance will normally
be required to be enrolled in the M.S. (thesis) program. This is particularly true for students
receiving a GRA.
Financial Aid is not automatically renewable from one year to the next. It is the student's responsibility to make arrangements
with the Principal Investigator of his/her research regarding the possibility of continued employment for the next academic year.
Students interested in a GTA position should contact Dr. Paxton Marshall. Fellowship support, with the exception of the Dean's
Fellowships, is generally not available after the first year.
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