All Psychology Graduate Students are guaranteed full funding for five years through a combination of Teaching Assistantships (TA), Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) positions and Fellowships. All funding includes full tuition/fee remission, non-resident supplemental tuition and student health insurance (SHIP). Students must be in good academic standing and making satisfactory progress to receive funding.
Teaching Assistantships
The Psychology Department hires 50% Teaching Assistants. TAs are expected to work 20 hours per week for 12 weeks per quarter. The monthly 50% TA salaries for 2025-26 are below (these are pre-tax).
| TA Experience Step | Quarters of TA Experience | 2025-26 50% TA Monthly Salary |
| 1 | 0 – 2 | $3,928 |
| 2 | 3 – 5 | $4,046 |
| 3 | 6+ | $4,168 |
Graduate Student Researcher Assistantships
Graduate Student Research (GSR) positions are awarded by individual faculty members from faculty research grants. GSR positions are awarded by your major professor during the admission process, or prior to the beginning of each quarter. Psychology GSRs are paid at Step 4, 50% (20 hours per week) on the GSR salary scale. The monthly Psychology GSR salary for 2025-26 is $3,747 (pre-tax).
Fellowships: Entering Students
Click HERE for a full list of university fellowships for entering first year graduate students.
Psychology Admissions AND Fellowship deadline: December 1st
The Psychology Graduate Program awards a small number of fellowships to entering first year students. Fellowships are awarded based on merit, for one quarter up to one year. To be eligible for all university and department fellowships, complete and submit the fellowship application that is attached to the application for admission. No additional materials are needed.
Provost’s Fellowships in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - A limited number of first-year fellowships will be awarded to the top entering students. Make sure to apply by the priority deadline.
Fellowships: Continuing Students
University Fellowships awarded through the Office of Graduate Studies
Application deadline: January 15th
The university awards full year dissertation fellowships to advanced students who have passed the qualifying exam, as well as a few other specialized fellowships for continuing graduate students. A full list of fellowships and application details can be found HERE.
Provost’s Fellowships in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - A limited number of Dissertation-Year fellowships for students in the final stages of writing their dissertation are available as well. Students must use the "Internal Fellowships Application" to be considered for these fellowships.
Psychology Dissertation Quarter Fellowships
Application deadline: TBA
The Department of Psychology awards full one-quarter dissertation fellowships to advanced students who have passed the qualifying exam. These fellowships are typically awarded for the winter or spring quarters. Watch for the announcement early in the fall quarter.
Summer Support
Department of Psychology may be able to offer some summer support in the form of 6-week summer session TA’ships or GSR positions. Summer support is not guaranteed.