University, College, and Department Awards and Assistantships

The University of Georgia, the College of Education, and the Language & Literacy Education Department sponsor awards, assistantships, and fellowships for students.

Other campus organizations (e.g., The Women’s Studies Institute) and local, regional, and national organizations and professional associations also sponsor awards (e.g., NCTE, IRA, AERA, TESOL, ACTFL, AAAL). Refer to those organizations’ websites for information about awards and other funding opportunities.

Information about funding opportunities for undergraduate students are available on the College of Education website.

Graduate student awards, fellowships, and assistantships that are available on a regular basis at UGA are listed here. These awards are announced by the Graduate School and then the Department during Spring Semester, and they require comprehensive nomination packages, which include supporting letters from faculty, a vita, and other documentation of exemplary accomplishments.  Therefore, students who wish to be nominated should give their faculty sponsors several weeks to write letters of support and themselves adequate time to prepare their dossiers well in advance of the deadline.  

Click here for a list of former LLED award winners for awards listed below.

For a more comprehensive list of LLED Student Award Winners, click on the following links: Research, Teaching, and Service

Language & Literacy Education Department (LLED) Procedures For Nominating Students for Awards

• Faculty in the Language and Literacy Education Department recommend students for all awards using criteria established by the Graduate School, the Center for Teaching and Learning, and the Language & Literacy Education Department. Students do not nominate themselves for awards.
• In the event that the number of eligible candidates recommended by the faculty exceeds the number the department can nominate, the department’s Leadership Team (department head, program heads, and graduate coordinator) selects the student(s) with the strongest nomination package to go forward.
• Nominated students prepare their nomination packages with the help of their faculty sponsors. Deadlines are firm. Students who do not submit materials to their sponsor and/or the graduate coordinator on time will not be considered.
• The LLED Graduate Coordinator submits students’ nomination packages to the Graduate School.

UGA Graduate School-Based Financial Assistance Awards

UGA’s Graduate School provides financial assistance through the awards listed below.  See the following website for more information about the first 5 awards. http://www.grad.uga.edu/financial/gsfa.html

1. Graduate School Assistantships (GSA)
2. Graduate Recruitment Opportunities Assistantships (GRO)
3. Presidential Graduate Fellows Program
4. Dissertation Completion Awards
5. Out of State Tuition Waivers for Candidacy
6. Regent’s Out of State Tuition Waiver (ROOST).  Click here for a description of the award, eligibility requirements, and an LLED ROOST Application Form. Each Spring Semester, the LLED Graduate Coordinator sends an email to all graduate students’ UGA email addresses inviting them to apply if they are eligible.

UGA Graduate School Recognition Awards

UGA’s Graduate School offers the awards listed below recognizing students’ accomplishments.  See the following website for more information about these awards:  http://gradschool.uga.edu/financial/awards.html

1. Excellence in Research by Graduate Students
2. Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students
3. Graduate Student Diversity Engagement Award
4. Graduate School Diversity Research Scholarship 

UGA Center for Teaching and Learning Awards

The University recognizes the significant contribution graduate students make to the instructional mission of the University with the two awards listed below.  See the following website for more information about these awards:  http://www.ctl.uga.edu/teachingassistant/awards

1. Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, sponsored by the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
2. Excellence in Teaching Award, sponsored by the Graduate School.

Language and Literacy Education Department Awards

• Carol J. Fisher Award for Excellence in Research
• Genelle Morain Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
• Elmer Jackson Carson Memorial Scholarship
• Hugh Agee Award for Excellence in Research Focused on the Teaching of Literature