Both Research Assistantships (RA's) and Teaching Assistantships (TA's) are available for graduate students.  Contact individual faculty members to inquire about the availability of research assistantships.  For more information on applying for Teaching Assistantships, contact the Graduate Program Secretary.  

TA applications are available online.

The department is the recipient of a National Institute of Health Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS).

RA's are awarded by faculty members to students to work on their research programs. TA's are appointed for instruction of undergraduate labs (requires 20 hours per week).  Both TA's and RA's receive a matriculation fee waiver and a non-resident fee waiver if necessary, Master's student's receive a stipend of $15,000 annually. PhD's receive a stipend of $18,000 annually.  Fully enrolled TA's and RA's can expect to pay $469.15 for the Fall semester, $459.15 for the Spring semester, and $286.06 for the Summer semester.