Graduate Assistant Tuition Scholarship
FAQs—Departments

Revised February 2008

Q. If a student has a 25% appointment in one department and a 25% (or any % for that matter) in another department, will the cost of the tuition scholarship be pro-rated according to % of appointment between the two departments?
A. Yes, the cost of the scholarship will be pro-rated according to the % appointment between the two departments.

Q. Who monitors multiple appointments for students to determine how much each department should pay?
A. The Graduate College will be the monitor of the graduate assistant tuition scholarship program.

Q. How and to whom do we indicate what MFK is to be charged to pay the tuition scholarship (this frequently may not be the same MFK being used to fund the assistantship appointment)?
A. For appointments appointed on non-050 account the mandatory graduate tuition scholarship will be charged to the appointing account unless another account is provided to the Graduate College at (donna-welter@uiowa.edu). A 500/510 account cannot be used for the tuition scholarship unless it is the appointing source.

For appointments appointed on a 050 account and the department/program awarded the student a tuition scholarship from another source of funding, the following information needs to be sent to the Graduate College (donna-welter@uiowa.edu):

• student’s name
• University ID #
• amount of scholarship
• funding source

For tuition scholarships being paid from a University of Iowa Foundation source, send appropriate paperwork to the Foundation with a copy of the paperwork to Donna Welter, Graduate College, 205 Gilmore Hall.

Q. How will the tuition scholarship be paid? As part of the stipend or as a separate entry?
A. Payment will be made as a separate entry and will be credited to the student’s university bill.

Q. Will there be a web program to help compute the tuition based on a student’s current enrollment?
A. The contract contains the minimum scholarships at each enrollment level.

FY 2008-2009 Minimum Tuition Scholarship/Semester
0-2 hours $550.00
3 hours $826.00
4 hours $1,101.00
5 hours $1,376.00
6 hours $1,651.00
7 hours $1,927.00
8 hours $2,202.00
9+ hours $2,477.00

The new contract can be found at: http://www.uiowa.edu/hr/relations/Cogs/cogs.pdf

Q. I was not aware that because of tuition being part of the contract, we can start charging these costs to grants. I would like to know the mechanism for doing this.
A. One of the benefits for the University of this New Tuition Scholarship Policy is the ability to charge the costs of tuition to external grants and contracts that permit such costs. Click here for information regarding the new policy.

Q. Will these costs be subject to F&A costs?
A. Facilities and Administrative (indirect) costs will not be assessed.

Q. How should these costs be budgeted for future projects: Scholarship, Fringe?
A. Beginning July 1, 2003, the University established a new institutional account (Iacct) 6350 with the description of "Tuition Cost." All tuition costs related to the COGS agreement will be charged to the Iacct and will be consistently applied across all funding sources.