Supplemental Retention Scholarship
The UF Graduate School’s Supplemental Retention Scholarship (SRS) has long been a lifeline to get PhD and MFA Grad Gators over the finish line — by providing much-needed tuition relief to those in that final stage of dissertation or final project during their graduating semester when they have exhausted their funding contract.
Details
- This scholarship funds three credit hours (in fall and spring) and two credit hours (in summer) of in-state tuition.
Eligibility & Requirements
- You must be in their final semester and due to graduate.
- You must have exhausted their 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 meet the dissertation first submission deadline for the semester in which you are due to graduate. Note: The scholarship award will be released after the first submission deadline.
- You must include with their application a personal statement explaining why you could not complete their dissertation with the time frame of their 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 their dissertation in the time frame of funding.
- You must include with their 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.
Deadlines & Critical Dates
- The application cycle for this scholarship is now closed.
Application & Instructions
- The application cycle for this scholarship is now closed.
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