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No. The reform requires that any student whom the department has committed to support during a given quarter be supported at a minimum level of 50%. 

There is no requirement to retroactively change the length of time for which a given student will be supported. Our goal is to work toward a future where every new student will be admitted with a 5-year support package.

Added on 11/17/19, updated 8/23/21

The spirit of these reforms is that the university will work over time toward a model where all Doctoral students would be admitted with five years of guaranteed graduate financial support. As has always been the case, departments are encouraged to work with post-admissions support commitment students who remain eligible for funding to identify funding opportunities.

The university policy on graduate student support time limits has not changed.

Revised on 11/17/19

As most Joint Doctoral Program students’ (JDP) tuition and fees are not paid at, and based at UC San Diego, JDP students are not covered by UC San Diego’s minimum support guarantee component of the Graduate Funding Reform (GFR). 

However, JDP programs are obligated to meet any funding commitment the program or advisor has made to the individual student, and/or the program’s advertised standard support level.

The single exception to this is the JDP - Clinical Psychology, which is a UCSD-based JDP program and therefore subject to the GFR minimums.

Revised on 7/5/2023

FY 2021-22: Stipends will not be included; the first phase is employment only.

Future State:  The workgroup is still reviewing mechanics, including consideration of the new SIS system.

The proportional split applies to all graduate students, regardless of degree aim or whether they are within the guaranteed support period.

Yes. In this example, TA funding source would cover 66.7% and GSR funding source would cover 33.3%.

Other employment sources of income outside of GSR/IA remission eligible positions do not incur proportional T/F.

In this example, the student is not eligible for remission. The student's home department is responsible for requesting a direct fee payment via the "draft fellowship" module in FSRT.

Coming soon!

No. In 21-22 proportional distribution of tuition & fees only applies to employment. The GSR source would pay the full tuition & fees.

Rebudget, if possible.  

If not possible, you can supplement with additional funds from your department, or failing that you can request support from your department's Divisional Dean. Bridge funding from the EVC may be available on a limited basis, but must be pursued through your Divisional dean's office.

Moving forward, the budget must include tuition and fees (recommendation is to include tuition and fees proportional to a 50% TA appointment equivalent)

New awards, post the announcement of proportional funding (October 14, 2019) are not eligible for bridge funding for tuition and fees.  

If possible, student GSR-ships can be moved to summer.  Department or, by exception, divisional support can be used for the proportional award.  The goal is for new awards to pay their fair share of tuition and fees.

For assistance with specific awards, please submit a ticket at support.ucsd.edu/students (see also: Services & Support)

1) Check to make sure they truly do not allow for tuition and fees.  In many cases, they do, if by exception.  

2) If not eligible, you can use fungible department funds to cover the shortfall.

For assistance with specific awards, please submit a ticket at support.ucsd.edu/students (see also: Services & Support)

1) Check to make sure they truly do not allow for tuition and fees.  In many cases, they do, if by exception.  

2) If not eligible, you can use fungible department funds to cover the shortfall. However, the goal is for new awards to pay their fair share of tuition and fees.

For assistance with specific awards, please submit a ticket at support.ucsd.edu/students (see also: Services & Support)

The health insurance waiver will be credited to the fund sources that would have paid the tuition & fees (proportionally).

Tuition & fees will be charged by default to the same funding source as the gross payroll.

If Associate In is charged to a dedicated TempFTE project, the department can elect to journal resources from a TAFTE project (or not, and use TempFTE balance by default).

Proportional split applies to all tuition remission payments for ASE and GSR appointments that are paid from sources at UC San Diego. All tuition remission is proportionally split, regardless of the academic or hiring department.

Updated 7/5/2023

Tuition remission for GSR (GSRTF) will continue post to the same PTAF/COA as the gross pay, using the pool rate and adjusted by the proportional split.

Tuition remission for Instructional Assistance (IATF) will post as follows, using actual costs and adjusted by the proportional split :

• Resident tuition & campus fees will post to the same PTAF/COA as the gross pay
• Non-resident supplemental tuition (NRST), where applicable**, will post to a single project-task provided by the academic home department for the instructional student employee.

For more information on running ledger reports to review this activity, visit Ledger Posting for Tuition Remission

For more information on processing tuition remission payments to the student's billing account, visit /wiki/spaces/GRAD/pages/54297619

**(See "the fine print" under the section "Requesting the Balance of Fees or NRST" at the FAQ link above)

Yes, with two considerations:
1) graduate funding models must be used for direct graduate student support;
2) GSGEI includes a minimum amount of the funding that must be allocated to faculty who have paid fees from their grants.

You will not be required to reconcile across fund sources; of course, reconciliation in the aggregate will be necessary to quantify carry-forward/deficit (with appropriate remediation plans)

The decentralization of TAHI/TAFE will begin in 21-22. Money will be distributed to Divisions at the rate of 1 resident tuition & fee coverage (including "fee balance") per 50% TAship.

Per the terms of the ASE contract, all ASEs employed at 25% or greater time must receive 1 TAHI/TAFE. Units will be responsible for managing their TAHI/TAFE allocation in accordance with their teaching needs. In some cases, they may need to supplement their TAHI/TAFE allocation with additional department/program funds (for instance, if employing readers, or 25% ASE appointments of any kind).

On the other hand, students employed as ASEs in multiple units simultaneously will have a portion of their TAHI/TAFE proportionally paid by each unit.

TAHI/TAFE is not allocated on the basis of appointment type - it is allocated on the basis of the TAFTE allocation.  If a unit employs non-student tutors, the TAHI/TAFE money that is not expended on these individuals can be used to support other individuals (for instance, those hired as readers, or those hired at less than 50% time).

Anything we can share (formulas, templates, spreadsheets, diagrams) will be made public, so that we can help to streamline efforts as much as possible.

Process improvement is ongoing - for both the current state, and in the future state design considerations for SIS.

This question assumes there will be additional workload on staff. The changes will need to be in place for at least a couple of fiscal years before we can analyze the full impact - including both workload increase and efficiencies realized. If there are any material changes in the workload that merit a change in the divisional support model, they should be discussed with your Divisional Dean.

The TAHI/TAFE budget is based on the TAFTE budget. The total TAFTE budget will not be increased*. The TAHI/TAFE will be calculated based on the number of FTE budgeted in the TAFTE model.

The recalculation of TA load (replacing PRC) was meant to be budget neutral, which meant no change overall in FTE. Any increase to the TAFTE budget will include TA salaries and TAHI/TAFE will increase or decrease proportionally.

*When undergraduate enrollment increases, the EVC Resource Management team will work with the Chancellor to review budgets. Undergraduate course enrollment drives TA funding - including FTE, salary, and remission benefits.

No - the TAHI/TAFE will be calculated based on the number of FTE budgeted in the TAFTE model.

If necessary, you can supplement with department balances, or failing that you can request support from your department's Divisional Dean.  Bridge funding from the EVC may be available on a limited basis, but must be pursued through your Divisional dean's office. 

Fee payment and remission requests will be entered into the FSRT, with modifications. Please see /wiki/spaces/GRAD/pages/54297619 (more information coming soon!)

The TAHI/TAFE allocation will follow the TAFTE formula, since the unit that hires the TAs will be responsible for the payment of TAHI/TAFE.