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| <li> Financial independence is good- you will know exactly where your money is coming from, and won't have to wait each year to find out how your support will be given. | <li> Financial independence is good- you will know exactly where your money is coming from, and won't have to wait each year to find out how your support will be given. | ||
| <li> Practice for grant writing-- you will need how to know how to write a proposal at some point, may as well start now. | <li> Practice for grant writing-- you will need how to know how to write a proposal at some point, may as well start now. | ||
| - | <li> Looks good on your record. | + | <li> It looks good on your record. |
| </ul> | </ul> | ||
| - | <p><b>FAFSA</b> | + | <h4> FAFSA </h4> |
| + | <p> | ||
| In order to get funding support you must do FAFSA every year! This only applies to domestic students. It takes half an hour, and has these benefits: | In order to get funding support you must do FAFSA every year! This only applies to domestic students. It takes half an hour, and has these benefits: | ||
| <ul><li>makes you eligible for GAANN fellowship (based on finaid) | <ul><li>makes you eligible for GAANN fellowship (based on finaid) | ||
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| <p>Available Types of Funding: | <p>Available Types of Funding: | ||
| <ul><li><b>Teaching Assistant (TA)</b> : Includes some combination of: discussion section, grading, proctoring, office hours, calc room. | <ul><li><b>Teaching Assistant (TA)</b> : Includes some combination of: discussion section, grading, proctoring, office hours, calc room. | ||
| - | <li> <b>Associate Instructor (AI)</b>: Teaching your own class (less then 40 students)- you write homeworks and exams. Competitive and a good experience. Often must AI during summer prior to AIing during the year. | + | <li> <b>Associate Instructor (AI)</b>: Teaching your own class (less then 40 students)- you write homeworks and exams. Competitive and a good experience. Often must AI during summer prior to AIing during the year. |
| + | Note: This is pretty uncommon! But occasionally it does happen that a graduate student teaches their own course during the school year. | ||
| <li><b> Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) </b>: Do research with a professor. It's okay to have a GSR with someone who doesn't end up being your advisor. Sometimes prof will offer and sometimes they just forget but it is your right to ask them about the possibility if you're working with them. | <li><b> Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) </b>: Do research with a professor. It's okay to have a GSR with someone who doesn't end up being your advisor. Sometimes prof will offer and sometimes they just forget but it is your right to ask them about the possibility if you're working with them. | ||
| <li> <b>Fellowships</b> includes VIGRE, GAANN and other block grants. These are fellowships for students based on your research potential; if you show somehow that you have promise in research, you have a better chance of getting these. Note: VIGRE / GAANN are only available for domestic students (citizens/ permanent residents). DO YOUR FAFSA! <br> | <li> <b>Fellowships</b> includes VIGRE, GAANN and other block grants. These are fellowships for students based on your research potential; if you show somehow that you have promise in research, you have a better chance of getting these. Note: VIGRE / GAANN are only available for domestic students (citizens/ permanent residents). DO YOUR FAFSA! <br> | ||
| Note: Fellowships are a great opportunity to create your own independence, use them to make progress and don't abuse them. <br> | Note: Fellowships are a great opportunity to create your own independence, use them to make progress and don't abuse them. <br> | ||
| Note 2: If you receive a VIGRE fellowship it is expected that you spend that academic year involved in a VIGRE RFG. | Note 2: If you receive a VIGRE fellowship it is expected that you spend that academic year involved in a VIGRE RFG. | ||
| - | <li> <a href = "#external"> External Fellowships and Funding - click here for more details</a> | ||
| </ul></p> | </ul></p> | ||
| - | <p>Note: For the 2007-2008 academic year, graduate students also had <b>Readerships</b> as a funding support option. Readerships are required homework grading.</p> | + | |
| <p><a name="external"></a><h2> External Funding</h2> | <p><a name="external"></a><h2> External Funding</h2> | ||
| Outside of one's advisor and direct support from the Math Department, there are | Outside of one's advisor and direct support from the Math Department, there are | ||
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| Award: varies, up to full support | Award: varies, up to full support | ||
| Due: January | Due: January | ||
| - | <a href="http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/forms">http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/forms</a></p> | + | Link: |
| + | <a href="https://gradstudies.sf.ucdavis.edu/forms#fellowshipsfunding"> Grad Studies Fellowships and Forms Page</a></p> | ||
| <p><li>NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program | <p><li>NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program | ||
| Eligibility: United States citizens or nationals, or | Eligibility: United States citizens or nationals, or | ||
| permanent resident aliens of the United States; Prospective | permanent resident aliens of the United States; Prospective | ||
| or first-year grad student. | or first-year grad student. | ||
| - | Award: Up to 3 years of full support, including $30,000 stipend. | + | Award: Up to 3 years of full support, including $30,000 stipend. (This means you would not TA!) |
| Due: November | Due: November | ||
| - | <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05601/nsf05601.htm">http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05601/nsf05601.htm</a></p> | + | Link: |
| + | <a href="https://www.nsfgrfp.org">NSF Graduate Student Researcher Program webpage</a></p> | ||
| <p><li>DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship | <p><li>DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship | ||
| Eligibility: First or second-year students in PhD program; | Eligibility: First or second-year students in PhD program; | ||
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| really into teaching and envision yourself as a community college | really into teaching and envision yourself as a community college | ||
| professor or liberal arts prof, might be something to consider.</p> | professor or liberal arts prof, might be something to consider.</p> | ||
| + | <p><li><b> COSMOS</b>: Every summer a few graduate students help out with the COSMOS program hosted at UC Davis. </p> | ||
| <p><li><b>REU Mentor</b>: With the VIGRE program there is opportunities to monitor and assist with undergraduate summer research.</p> | <p><li><b>REU Mentor</b>: With the VIGRE program there is opportunities to monitor and assist with undergraduate summer research.</p> | ||
| <p><li><b>High School summer programs</b> - COSMOS, Mathcamp, PROMYS, Hampshire, etc. Great opportunity to teach and prepare lessons for highly motivated students. | <p><li><b>High School summer programs</b> - COSMOS, Mathcamp, PROMYS, Hampshire, etc. Great opportunity to teach and prepare lessons for highly motivated students. | ||
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