Overview

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

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