UTA Funding Opportunities

Many graduate students at UT Arlington receive financial support through paid assistantships, fellowships, scholarships and grants. Explore the pages below to learn more about funding opportunities at UT Arlington. In addition to the opportunities listed below, we recommend searching for your discipline on ScholarShop, and speaking with faculty in your department.

Please note, this is a list of funding resources hosted through UT Arlington that may be of interest to master's and doctoral students in any discipline. Check with your department to learn more about funding sources available specifically to students in your program. Students who are interested in applying for a Graduate Teaching or Research Assistantship position should contact their department for more information.



Graduate Tuition Support

Support for tuition costs is provided to Graduate Teaching and Research Assistants (GTAs and GRAs) in PhD programs and our three terminal Master’s programs (Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Fine Arts). For students with a GTA or GRA appointment at 20 hours per week (50% effort), tuition support covers 100% of tuition costs and mandatory fees, up to the enrollment requirement for GTA and GRA positions published in the University Catalog.



Graduate Tuition Support FAQs

Teaching and Research Assistantships

Teaching and research assistantships are offered by most graduate programs to qualified students. Since the availability of assistantships depends on the specific needs of the program and available funding, those interested in obtaining an assistantship should contact their program for information about availability and application procedures. More information on eligibility requirements can be found in the Financial Aid section of the University Catalog.

Univeresity Catalog

Dissertation Fellowships

Departments may nominate eligible doctoral students for funding to support dissertation work.

Dissertation Fellowships

The Krishnan Rajeshwar and Rohini Krishnan Graduate Fellowship

This endowed fellowship is awarded to students in selected colleges who demonstrate excellence in the area of renewable energy or sustainability studies and/or policy and economics aspects of energy. 


Rajeshwar and Krishnan Graduate Fellowship

Graduate School Travel Grant

Intended to support presentations at academic conferences requiring travel.

Travel Grant

Writing Group Grant

Forming a writing group is a great way to help overcome writing challenges, and allows you to apply for a Writing Group Grant.

Writing Group Grant

I-Engage Mentoring Program

Provides funding for doctoral and doctoral-bound students to gain experience by serving as a research mentor to a UTA undergraduate.

I-Engage Mentoring Program

External Graduate Fellowship Incentive Award

The External Graduate Fellowship Incentive Award  offers a monetary award  to students who have applied for nationally competitive external graduate grants / fellowships.

External Graduate Fellowship Incentive Award

Maverick Bridge Doctoral Fellowship

Supports talented new applicants to doctoral programs who are interested in educating and mentoring disadvantaged or underrepresented undergraduate and graduate students.

Maverick Bridge Doctoral Fellowship

Mav ScholarShop

Database of UTA campus-wide opportunities (includes undergraduate and graduate opportunities).

Mav ScholarShop

Graduate Student Organization Grants

This award provides funding to graduate student organizations recognized by Division of Student Affairs. Graduate Student Organization Grants may be used for workshops, events, or other programs supporting purposes including but not limited to community building, student success and well-being, recruitment of new graduate students, and career development. Grants to student organizations must involve activities that take place on campus, will be available to all members of the organization, and are open to students who are not members.
graduate-student-organization-grant

GAANN Graduate Fellowship

The Department of Physics at The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has eight fellowships for qualified students pursuing a Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy.  

GAANN Graduate Fellowship

Scholarship for Externally Funded Student Awards

This is an award for students who will receive funding for some of costs of their studies and associated expenses. The amount will vary depending on the size of the award. Only awards greater than $20,000 per year will result in a scholarship that qualifies the recipient for a non-resident tuition waiver. The Scholarship may be renewed annually for up to three years when the award provides funds to the student across multiple years.


Scholarship for Externally Funded Student Awards

Scholarship for Externally Funded Student Fellowships

This is a fellowship for students who will receive external funding for all or most of the annual cost of their studies and associated expenses. The Fellowship provides $1, 000 and will qualify the student for a non-resident tuition waiver. The Fellowship may be renewed annually for up to three years when the award provides funds to the  student across multiple  across multiple years. 

Scholarship for Externally Funded Student Fellowships