Graduate Student Funding
Graduate Teaching Fellowships
Students admitted to the doctoral program are normally given a Graduate Teaching Fellowship, which carries with it a full tuition waiver, health insurance, and a monetary stipend. Graduate Teaching Fellowships are awarded on a year-long basis, and it is expected that a doctoral student will receive at least four years of support, assuming that he or she continues to make satisfactory progress toward the doctoral degree. Graduate Teaching Fellows are represented in collective bargaining with the University by the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation.
Graduate Teaching Fellowships are considered to be an integral part of our doctoral program and not merely a means of financial support. Faculty members devote a considerable amount of time and effort to training teaching assistants and evaluating their performance. In addition to weekly meetings with teaching assistants, the Department offers a year-long seminar on teaching that treats issues such as syllabus preparation, discussion strategies, advising, examinations, and the philosophy of education. Graduate Teaching Fellowships are thus an important part of our students' preparation for the job market and their later professional experience as teachers.
Many students in both our master's and our doctoral program secure Graduate Teaching Fellowship support by teaching in other departments and programs, such as Religious Studies, Women's & Gender Studies Program, Humanities, English, and Ethnic Studies. Information on these and other current Graduate Teaching Fellowship positions may be found on the University of Oregon Graduate School's website: http://gradschool.uoregon.edu/gtf-openings. Information on Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships may be found on the FLAS funding page of the CAPS web site at http://cascourses.uoregon.edu/caps/?p=45 or contact Lori O'Hollaren at (541) 346-1521 or loholl@uoregon.edu.
General Duties and Responsibilities Statement for GTFs in Philosophy (pdf)
Travel Award Policy and Procedures:
The department offers graduate students travel awards for professional conferences and job interviews at the APA (American Philosophical Association Conference). During 2011-2012, the department will offer a total of 12 Travel Awards (awards are reimbursements).
Policy:
Each PhD student is eligible for two reimbursements for expenses up to $400 each for conference travel, and one reimbursement of up to $400 for travel to the APA for an interview. Each MA student is eligible for one reimbursement for expenses up to $400 for conference travel.
Eligible students will be reimbursed for their travel as applications are submitted until May 15.
Students who have already received funding for two conferences and one job interview should nonetheless apply for funds, as their applications will be considered if there are funds remaining. Please submit any additional applications by May15. If you apply for an additional award before May 15, your application will be held until the deadline.
Students that are not invited to interview at the APA, but still decide to go to the APA, will be reimbursed for their travel, but it will use up their job interview award. If they cancel their tickets and don’t go to the APA, they must let the Director of Travel Awards know so that the funds are available for others.
Procedures:
1. To apply for a travel award, please submit the following to the Director of Travel Awards as soon as you recieve notice of acceptance or invitation to interview:
~ Travel Award Application Form
~ Confirmation of conference acceptance or invitation to interview at the APA.
The Director of Travel Awards will confirm your eligibility and availability of funds via email.
2. Reimbursements will be paid upon submission of receipts up to $400. Please submit receipts as soon as you return from your travel. Note the following receipt requirements:
~ Conference schedule or email confirming interview scheduling.
The conference schedule listing dates and places, hotel amounts, registration fees, and meals is required.
If you don't have one, check the web.
~ Travel Itinerary
Travel reimbursement information must contain:
• Date and time of departure and place
• Date and time of return and place
A copy of the airline itinerary will suffice.
Note that the airline itinerary must be purchased by the person requesting reimbursement and show payment received.
Also note that the airfares must be from Eugene, not Portland. If you use ground transportation to go to Portland, you must include a copy of a comparison fair to show that your flight from Portland with ground transport cost less than a flight from Eugene.
Separate quotes are required for any ticket that includes personal travel.
When combining personal travel with travel to be reimbursed, payment will be based on the least expensive and reasonable means of transportation to the business location.
Meal and lodging per diem is limited to the business portion of the trip. Generally, the dates of the conference or meeting and one travel day before and after are allowable for reimbursement. Any additional days paid by the UO must be documented with a business purpose.
~ Per Diem and Lodging
Meals are paid at a flat per diem rate, you do not need receipts for meals. Lodging receipts must be in the traveler’s name, and show payment received.
Note that you cannot be reimbursed for meals listed on the conference schedule, or conference t-shirt, included on registration forms.
Other Funding
Other funding resources may be found at Alternative Sources of Travel Funding and on the University of Oregon Graduate School's website: http://gradschool.uoregon.edu/other-uo-graduate-awards