• NOTE: This page contains information for USM departments seeking funding for Graduate Assistantship positions.

Students seeking Graduate Assistantship positions should visit the Graduate Assistantships Opportunities page. Positions for the 2024-2025 academic year will be posted on that page as they become available.

The Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) will be providing funding for a limited number of graduate assistantships for the 2024-2025 academic year to University departments.

To apply for OGS funding, departments should submit the GA Funding Request form by December 15, 2023.

*If your department is interested in requesting funding for more than one graduate assistantship, please note the following:

  • If the positions you are requesting funding for have the same job description, only one application is required.
  • If the positions you are requesting funding for are different, you will need to submit multiple applications.

*Due to high demand and limited funds, we are only accepting requests for 10-hour per week GA positions. However, you may combine other funding (department or grant) to create a 20-hour position if you wish. 

**We encourage the design of online and low residency GA positions where possible, as this will expand opportunities to more of our graduate students.

The application deadline is December 15, 2023.

Questions?

  • See below for our list of Frequently Asked Questions. Contact the Office of Graduate Studies at usmgradstudies@maine.edu with any additional questions.

Frequently Asked Questions

A: No. If you received a Graduate Assistantship allocation for the upcoming academic year, based on your program’s enrollment, you do not need to submit a request for funding. You may proceed with the hiring process for your Graduate Assistantship, beginning with the submission of your Job Description.

If you are within an academic department, student services, student affairs, or other non-academic department that has in previous years been allocated Graduate Assistantship funds based on anything other than program enrollment, you must submit a request for Graduate Assistantship funding. Funding is not guaranteed.

A: Yes. The only departments that do not need to submit a request for funding are academic departments that have been allocated Graduate Assistantship funding based on their program’s enrollment.

A: We would recommend that you submit a Graduate Assistantship Funding Request for the scholarship amount (or vice versa). If funding is available, and you are able to present the need for the Assistantship and value to the student, the Office of Graduate Studies may be able to offer scholarship funding (or vice versa).

A: Absolutely not! You may hire a graduate student to support your department, project, etc… you simply may not hire them with the title “Graduate/Teaching/Research Assistant.” There are other options for hiring graduate students, for instance–temporary employment or graduate student employees. In doing so, you can create your own job title; recommendations include: Graduate Fellows, Associates, Scholars, etc.

A: Absolutely not! We are here to support you and your graduate students – always. We are prepared and happy to assist you with hiring graduate students in any capacity. Simply reach out to us at usmgradstudies@maine.edu for assistance.

A: Faculty are free to submit funding requests individually.

A: The best place to start is our Resources for Supervisors page. As always, reach out to the Office of Graduate Studies if you have additional questions.

Ready to apply for GA funding? Complete this form by December 15, 2023.