Supplemental Retention Scholarship
A little extra boost to help get you through the final stretch and over the finish line
Next Application Cycle
Planning for the Spring 2027 Supplemental Retention Scholarship is the works.
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The Supplemental Retention Scholarship (SRS) is a lifeline to get Grad Gators in Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Fine Arts degree programs over the finish line.
It provides tuition relief in your final stage of dissertation or final project during your graduating semester if you have exhausted your funding contract — by funding three credit hours (in fall and spring) and two credit hours (in summer) of in-state tuition.
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- You must be in your final semester and due to graduate.
- You must have exhausted your funding (such as department or college fellowships, assistantships or other funding).
- You must have been on a graduate assistant appointment or fellowship for at least three years prior.
- You cannot be employed as a UF TEAM employee or in a UF adjunct position.
- You can be employed as a student assistant or in an OPS position, but for no more than $15 an hour.
- You must have a degree application on file with the Registrar’s Office.
- You must include with your application a personal statement explaining why you could not complete your dissertation with the time frame of your funding.
- Your academic unit must supply a letter of support that explains why it can no longer fund you and why you did not complete your dissertation in the time frame of funding.
- You must include with your application a research plan with milestones, advising check-ins, and courses for which you will register to wrap up the semester with graduation. See: Dissertation Research Action Plan.
- You can only receive this scholarship once.
