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Assistantships

CU-Boulder awards more than 2,000 teaching and research assistantships to graduate students through the major departments. Assistantships provide a stipend, tuition waiver, and partial health insurance waiver, as well as offering experience in university teaching or research. Students interested in teaching or research assistantships should contact the department in which they plan to enroll.

All full-time graduate students in good standing are eligible for these awards, regardless of financial need. The amount of the stipend for an assistantship depends on the number of hours worked, which varies up to one-half time

Graduate School Student Travel Grant

We are out of funding for travel occurring 1/1/12-6/30/12. We will begin accepting applications for travel occurring between 7/1/12-12/31/12 in late May.

The Graduate School offers partial funding for graduate students to present research findings at meetings or conferences outside Colorado. The Graduate School provides a travel grant of $300 for domestic conferences and $500 for international conferences. Funds will be applied directly to the student's tuition account. If the account balance is zero, a refund via direct deposit will be disbursed by the Bursar's Office. Please note that if applicable your student loans may be affected.

Eligibility Requirements:

    • The applicant must be a full-time graduate student in good standing.
    • The student must be traveling to a meeting or conference to present his/her own work or work on which he/she is the primary author.
    • The student must be the sole presenter of the work.
    • The student may receive funds from the Graduate School for travel only once per fiscal year (July 1 through June 30).
    • A student receiving funding from an outside source (fellowship, stipend, scholarship, grant, departmental travel grant) is not eligible.

Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant

You will need all three of these forms in order to complete the application correctly:

John W. Marr Ecology Fund

Purpose: To provide grants of $300 to $1,000 for Ph.D. candidates doing field research in plant ecology in the Rocky Mountains or the Arctic and attending one of the specific universities listed below.

Biography of John W. Marr

Applications must include:

    • Curriculum Vitae
    • Research proposal of no more than 5 pages which includes: scientific goals, methods to be used, timetable and selected current literature citations
    • Itemized budget including the use of Marr fund and other potential sources of funding
    • Support letters from your major advisor and another committee member

Application deadline: Applications must be postmarked no later than March 7, 2009

Submit applications electronically to David Buckner (escassoc@mindspring.com)
or mail to:

John W. Marr Memorial Ecology Fund Committee
5360 Manhattan Circle, Suite 200
Boulder, CO 80303

For more information contact:

Award winners will be announced by March 20, 2009

Eligible Universities:

    • University of Colorado, EBIO, Dept. of Geography, Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research
    • Colorado State University, Dept. of Biology, Dept. of Forest, Rangeland, and watershed Stewardship
    • University of Denver
    • University of Idaho, Dept. of Biological Sciences
    • Montana State University at Bozeman
    • University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences
    • University of New Mexico, Dept. of Biology
    • University of Utah
    • Utah State University at Logan
    • Washington State University, Dept. of Botany
    • University of Wyoming, Dept. of Botany

Office of Contracts and Grants

The Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) also offers awards for graduate students. Visit the OCG website for more information.


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