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Overview

AY 2024-2025 updated FSRT data entry guidelines to request fee remission payments for students in graduate academic titles.

Please review these instructions, along with the FAQs provided at the bottom.

Definitions

Combo: "Combo" appointment refers to a scenario where a student is appointed in both GSR and IA appointments at the same time (i.e. more than 1 GSR appointment is not a Combo; more than 1 IA appointment (eg. 25% TA + 25% Reader) is not a Combo; GSR + IA appointment (eg. 25% GSR + 25% TA) is a Combo.)
DO: Department Offer; refers to the support agreement for students not covered by the Graduate Funding Reform (GFR)
Fee payment: payment of one or more tuition/fee charges assessed to student accounts; not earned as a benefit of academic employment
Fee remission: fee payment earned as a benefit of academic employment
FSRT: Financial Support Request Tool
GFR: Graduate Funding Reform
GSR: Graduate Student Researcher
GSRTF: GSR Tuition and Fee Remission
IA: Instructional Assistant; refers to the group of instructional titles covered by the UAW Academic Student Employees Unit contract; titles include Associate-In, Associate-in-lieu-(of TA), Teaching Assistant (TA), Reader, Tutor (see also Types of Academic Student Employment)
NRST: Nonresident Supplemental Tuition

Deadlines

Campus Fees include Grad Student Association Fee, University Center Fee, RIMAC Recreation Facility Fee, Canyonview Recreation Facility Fee, CAPS/Student Mental Health Fee, and Student Transportation Fee. Campus Fees do not include Document Fee (one-time fee for newly admitted students) or International Student Visa Administration Fee. See Graduate Registration Fees for full descriptions.
Departments may request to pay NRST for domestic students who are beyond their first year of enrollment and who have not established CA residency without an exception request; NRST will be automatically covered for international students; NRST will be automatically covered for domestic students in their first year of enrollment
Entry on GSR/IA Remission tab recommended to avoid overpayment and unnecessary costs. See "Why is it required that NRST (for GFR Covered Students) be entered on the GSR/IA Remission tab?" in FAQ below.
Prior to Fall 2023, BoF: "Balance of campus fees" or "balance of fees" or "BoF" referred to the balance remaining of the campus fees not covered by the ASE Partial Fee Remission.