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Graduate Tuition Support Pool

During the past few years, it has become increasingly common for sponsors of externally funded research to disallow or limit the amount of tuition that can be charged to the sponsor. To address this issue the Graduate School has requested and received funding for a pool from which tuition charges can be drawn in cases where the sponsor explicitly disallows or limits tuition charges.

In the near future, Michigan Tech’s Research and Sponsored Programs Office will be adding questions to the transmittal sheet that will be used to determine eligibility for receiving partial or full tuition support from the Graduate School’s Graduate Tuition Support Pool (GTSP).  These questions will be posed to researchers at the time of submission so that the sponsor’s rules regarding tuition payments are documented, while solicitations and requests for proposals are still widely available. The questions will be:

• Are tuition charges explicitly prohibited or limited by the sponsor? (yes, no)
• If yes, to what amount are the charges limited? ___________

Rules for use of GTSP funds

• Tuition support will only be made available to students who are being paid full stipends by an external sponsor that explicitly limits or disallows tuition charges.
• Tuition support from GTSP will only be made available for a maximum of 9 credits (plus required fees) per semester during the academic year and a maximum of 1 credit (plus required fees) during summer semesters.
• Students who receive full stipend support from externally sponsored programs that limit or disallow tuition (e.g., NSF Graduate Research Fellowships) will be eligible to receive GTSP funds in accordance with the sponsor’s guidelines.
• No commitments will be made in the form of cost-share from the GTSP at the proposal stage. Once an award is received, GTSP dollars will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, pending availability of funds.
• Researchers and departments must communicate clearly with students who may be partially supported with GTSP funds that their support will be made available pending the availability of funds.
• If tuition is allowed but limited by the sponsor, GTSP funds may only be used to cover the portion of full-time tuition that exceeds the sponsor’s limit.
• The GTSP is not to be used for proposals that require a mandatory match. Mandatory cost share will only be made available via the existing Graduate Student Cost Share (GACS) program. More information about GACS can be found at [http://www.gradschool.mtu.edu/policies/gacs.html ].

Administration

• The Research and Sponsored Programs Office will administer transmittal sheets, as is currently done, and will communicate applicable proposal and award activity to the Graduate School.
• The Graduate School will distribute funding and track expenditures (current and anticipated) through collaboration with Research Accounting.

Summary

This is a new program and the funding for it is limited. At this time, we are uncertain exactly how much demand there will be for these funds. Everyone in the Graduate School and Research and Sponsored Programs Offices asks that researchers bear with us and be patient as we work to improve support for research and graduate education at Michigan Tech. As we become aware of the true demand for these funds, we will make appropriate budget requests for future fiscal years.