French Support
French Graduate Student Financial Support
Though funding packages may vary from student to student, a typical Walther Fellowship package is disbursed as following. Please note that academic assignments are determined each year and assignments plus funding packages are up to the final approval of the French faculty and the Department Chair.
For Fall 2024 Admitted Graduate Students in French and Continuing Graudate Students in French, the Department approved an increase in the annual stipend or total funding. For Fall 2023-Summer 2024, graduate students are eligible to receive funds for up to $32,000. Starting in Fall 2024, the overall full fellowship will be increasing for for eligible graduate students to receive up to $36,000. [Examples starting in Fall 2024: Full Walther Fellowship Years consisting of $36,000; or Assistant Instructor/Teaching Assistant position years plus Walther top-off scholarships would be $28,000 in the fall/spring semester and eligible for summer research support of $8,000 in qualifying years.]
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1st Year |
Julia Emerson Walther Fellowship consisting of $36,000* annual stipend, a full tuition award, and an additional scholarship that may be used to offset the cost of student health insurance. The additional scholarship* is usually comparable to the cost of the student health insurance plan. |
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4th Year |
Assistant Instructorship in which the student teaches one class per term for a maximum annual total of $36,000: top-off scholarships* and the AI stipend totaling $28,000, eligibility for summer research support scholarship of $8,000*, full tuition awards, and UT insurance benefits.** |
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5th Year |
Julia Emerson Walther Fellowship consisting of $36,000* annual stipend, a full tuition award, and an additional scholarship* that may be used to offset the cost of student health insurance. The additional scholarship is usually comparable to the cost of the student health insurance plan. |
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6th Year |
Assistant Instructorship in which the student teaches one class per term for a maximum annual total of $28,000: top-off scholarships* and the AI stipend totaling $28,000, full tuition awards, and UT insurance benefits.** |
* University Fellowship stipends are subject to federal income tax, but there is no state income tax in Texas. Since the University of Texas will not withhold federal income tax from fellowship stipends, Fellows must make estimated tax payments. If the student is an international student and his/her country does not have a tax treaty with the United States, 14% for Federal income tax will be withheld from the fellowship stipend checks.
**International graduate students may also be responsible for paying a few fees on their tuition bill that originate from Texas Global such as a Health Insurance Admin fee plus Evac and Repatriation fee.
More information about Teaching Assistant and Assistant Instructor positions can be found here.
All students are eligible to receive up to $9,000 over 6 years* to attend and present work at academic conferences. In addition, each student is eligible for $4,000 in Enrichment Activity Funding.
To be eligible for Summer Research Support Scholarships, students work with their mentors to develop study or research proposals. These proposals are submitted in early spring for approval by the Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid Committee (GAFA). The completed projects are reviewed in the fall.
Graduate students in French are supported by scholarships funded by a generous bequest from Mrs. Julia Emerson Walther. To learn more about Mrs. Walther, please visit our Endowment page.
*Conference travel funds are increasing starting in Fall 2024. See more details and the full updates on the Financial Aid Policies webpage.
[Updated most recently the increase in overall funding for 2024-2025 funding packages for admitted and current French graduate students.]
