Most students are employed as Graduate Teaching Assistants while earning their degrees. As a new Graduate Teaching Assistant, your transition into the role of educator will be facilitated by a lighter load in your first year, and by your participation in our graduate teaching seminar. Other Graduate Teaching Assistant duties include grading, working in the Mathematics Help Center, and assisting in multi-section courses.

During the 2007-08 academic year, stipends for Graduate Teaching Assistants who were fully English language qualified to teach ranged from $14,700 to $15,870. Stipends for Graduate Teaching Assistants who were not fully English language qualified to teach started at $13,750.

There are also assistantships available for the summer semester (June and July) with a stipend of approximately $2,500. The exact number of summer teaching assistantships varies from year to year.

All full time Graduate Teaching Assistants at the University of Oklahoma receive tuition waivers and medical insurance. The University provides waivers for seven credit-hours of resident tuition and up to nine credit-hours of non-resident tuition per semester. Note that the minimum full load for a graduate student is six credit-hours per semester.

Students are responsible for certain fees. A description of all fees and tuition can be found on the Office of the Bursar's page.

The department uses endowed funds in combination with funds from the College of Arts and Sciences and from the Graduate College to offer several Graduate Fellowships in Mathematics to top incoming students. Fellowship recipients receive a standard GTA offer together with a stipend add-on of $6,000 per annum. The department automatically nominates top candidates for fellowship support.

The Graduate College has several graduate recruitment fellowships available for students. The mathematics department automatically nominates top eligible candidates for these fellowships. In the past we have had success with the Wethington fellowships and with the Hoving fellowships.

Students can receive awards and scholarships based on their academic performance, teaching and citizenship. These include the Academic Achievement Award, the Harold Huneke Teaching Award, the Richard V. Andree Memorial Scholarship, the Harold Huneke Scholarship, and the John Clark Brixey Graduate Scholarship. Here is a list of recent awardees.

In addition to Mathematics Department awards, there are scholarships available from the College of Arts and Sciences, and from the Graduate College. Students are strongly encouraged to apply for scholarships from the College of Arts and Sciences. Letters of recommendation from faculty members will need to be included with these applications, so be sure to check the deadlines and to start the application process early.

The Graduate College has a good survey page on scholarships and travel grants.

Several faculty provide support for research assistants using funds from research grants. Research assistants usually participate in research-related projects under the supervision of the faculty member.