The Graduate School and the Department of English offer a variety of forms of financial aid for graduate students:

Grisham Fellowships: Through the generosity of John and Renée Grisham, the Department of English offers a limited number of Grisham Fellowships in creative writing. Grisham Fellows receive a $14,000 annual stipend plus tuition remission, renewable up to three years. All applicants to the MFA program in creative writing are eligible for the award, and no separate application is necessary.

Graduate Instructorships: annual stipends for these renewable awards are currently $9,000. Responsibilities consist of serving as a teaching assistant in our sophomore literature surveys or teaching freshman composition.

Graduate School Honors Fellowships: these supplementary awards, given for high academic achievement, may be held in conjunction with a teaching assistantship or departmental fellowship.

Tuition Scholarships: all full-time graduate students receiving assistantships or scholarships amounting to at least $1,125 a year are eligible to receive full tuition scholarships. This includes all teaching assistants in the department.