What is a Graduate School Scholarship (GSS)?
A GSS is a competitive award to eligible graduate students by the academic department/college and covers up to 8 credit hours per semester. Students who have been awarded a GSS are not required to work in order to receive the award. The GSS cannot be for a larger number of credit hours than the number for which the student has registered. Students may hold only one GSS appointment at a time. Students with a GSS must be registered as full-time students. A GSS is not subject to either Federal or State Income Tax because it is not received in exchange for services and is therefore not considered income by the IRS; no FICA is withheld due to full-time student status. Students awarded GSSs that do not cover all the tuition costs for a specific term are required to cover the difference between the specified amount of tuition support awarded and applied to the student’s account and the total amount of tuition charged. GSSs should not be used to cover costs associated with Ph.D. Dissertation,
A GSS is a competitive award to eligible graduate students by the academic department/college and covers tuition up to 9 credit hours per semester. The GSS cannot be for a larger number of credit hours than the number for which the student has registered and students may hold only one GSS appointment at a time. Students awarded GSSs that do not cover all the tuition costs for a specific term are required to cover the difference. Students with a GSS must be registered as full-time students. There is no work component associated with this award; a GSS is not subject to either Federal or State Income Tax because it is not received in exchange for services and is therefore not considered income by the IRS. Further, no FICA is withheld due to full-time student status.
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