The Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Graduate College offer several kinds of financial support, including:

Graduate Assistantships / Associateships in Teaching provide part-time employment in teaching and include a waiver of nonresident tuition.  Assignments involve supervised teaching of undergraduate courses in Spanish and Portuguese, and the normal teaching load is three-four courses per year.  Detailed information regarding the eligibility requirements and duties of GATs can be found in the GAT Handbook available from the Graduate Studies Office in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Modern Languages 545 (see Isela Gonzales).  GAT applications and GAT salary information are also available.

Graduate Registration Scholarships provide a waiver registration fees and are available on a competitive basis.

Graduate Tuition Scholarships provide a waiver of nonresident tuition and are available on a competitive basis.

Graduate College Fellowships offer a maximum stipend of $10,000 for one academic year and a waiver of nonresident tuition and are available on a competitive basis.

For additional information regarding the above awards, as well as other types of financial support offered by the Graduate College, please consult the Graduate College web site: http://grad.arizona.edu/.

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese also offers the following types of support on a competitive basis.  Please see the Graduate Advisor for more information regarding these awards:

Ruth Lee Kennedy Fellowship: for students of Golden Age literature.

Research Assistantships: these awards allow a student to work with a professor on a particular research project or work as a member of the editorial board of the departmental journal, the Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies.

Calls for applications will be sent out when Research Assistantships to work with a professor become available.  Students interested in applying for a Research Assistantship must follow the following procedure:

1.  Consult with the professor in charge of the research to find out more about the project, as well as your anticipated role.

2.  Submit a letter of interest to the Graduate Studies Committee, which addresses:

- How your interests fit the description of the proposed project
- Why you would benefit from the research assistantship
- A summary of your role in the project

3.  The Graduate Studies Committee will review the applicants’ letters of proposal and forward a recommendation to the Department Head, who will make the final decision in consultation with the professor directing the project.

Once awarded a Research Assistantship, a student will not be eligible to reapply for another one for one year.

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Graduate Assistant in Alcalá de Henares, Spain: this award provides the opportunity to spend one or two semesters in Spain and serve as assistant to the resident director of our undergraduate study abroad program there.  A two-semester commitment to the Alcalá program is preferred. The assistantship is open to Ph. D. students who have passed their comprehensive exams and are making satisfactory progress toward completion of degree.  Students should be in the early stages of writing their dissertation.

Calls for applications will be sent out when the Graduate Assistant position in Alcalá is available.  Students interested in applying for the assistantship must submit the following to the Graduate Studies Committee:

1.  A letter of interest which addresses why you would benefit from the experience abroad

2.  A letter of support from your dissertation director

In addition, the student must show:

- Demonstrated competence in teaching
- Good ability to work with and advise undergraduate students
- Collegiality

While all students who have passed their doctoral exams are encouraged to apply, special consideration may be given to students who have a demonstrated need for access to archival resources in Spain or students who have not lived or studied abroad for an extended period of time.

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Latin American Studies offer additional financial aid opportunities, including:

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship: this award is offered through the United States Department of Education and is for “…the graduate training of students who intend to make their careers in college or university teaching, government service, or other employment where knowledge of foreign languages and areas is a prerequisite for success.”  Priority is given to students who are interested in Portuguese or Latin American indigenous languages, as well as to students in professional schools (e.g., Business, Medicine, Law) taking intermediate and advanced Spanish classes.

Summer FLAS Fellowship:  this award is for students who wish to study Portuguese or Latin American indigenous languages in a summer study abroad program or to carry out field research in Latin America.

Karen L. Smith Fellowship: for graduate students in Linguistics

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