Financial Aid
The availability of graduate teaching and research assistantships varies from year to year. Faculty often have assistantship fund from grants for specific projects, or the department head may be able to arrange for a research or teaching assistantship. Consideration for assistantships is given only after the student's application has been approved by the Graduate Student Recruitment Committee.
Assistantships provide a salary and benefits. Benefits include in-state tuition and health insurance. Health insurance is provided as long as the student remains on an assistantship. However, students are required to pay fees each semester which are currently over $700. Providing that satisfactory progress is being made toward the degree, assistantships are guaranteed for:
- 2½ years (5 semesters) for the M.S. degree
- 3½ years (7 semesters) for the Ph.D. with M.S.
- 4½ years (9 semesters) for the Ph.D. without M.S.
Click HERE to view any available assistantships in the department.
There are also some specialized fellowships and scholarships are available to qualified students. These awards include:
- William M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology
- Urban Entomology Graduate fellowships
- Structural Pest Management Training Facility Assistantship - works at the training facility helping to prepare insect teaching collections and have the opportunity to participate in traing programs. Contact Dr. Michael Waldvogel to check on availability.
- Indoor Urban Entomology Scholarship - ($1500 scholarship from the NC Pest Management Association awarded annually to graduate students in the indoor urban entomology program)
Students who cannot secure an assistantship through the department can apply for College and University financial aid as described in the following links: