Hey guys, I've also accepted an offer to UCLA for fall! Very excited.
I'm also lost on the whole funding thing. I emailed someone in the department and they responded as follows:
Unfortunately, the deadlines for 2017-18 funding have pretty much all passed (they were mostly in Fall 2016). But I’ve attached documents that list books and databases that you can utilize to help you find sources of funding.
As a professional master’s student, you’ll have to do a bit more work for funding than students who are going for the academic doctorate (i.e., PhD). However, there is money out there for you. You just may have to get $1,000 here, $5,000 there, etc.
The “Fellowships Directories” lists books that might be found at your campus or local library.
Slide 6 of the attached “UCLA Fellowships Workshop” PDF lists a URL (
www.research.ucla.edu/labs/index.htm ) of all the research centers/institutes here at UCLA. You can look through the list to see which center(s) are conducting research that matches your interests and then contact the principal investigator about possible research positions.
Check out possible teaching or research assistant positions here at UCLA. You should be able to seek positions outside your department. If you have expertise in a department on the campus, e.g., speak a language that is taught there, you can approach that department about possible teaching assistant positions. True, many departments prefer to hire their own students, but some departments/programs hire master’s students and students who are not in their department/program.
Slide 6 also gives the URL for the TA Marketplace. You can search there for teaching assistant and other Academic Student Employee positions (e.g., Reader, Special Reader).
Another possibility would be to approach the Undergraduate Writing Center/Writing Programs (
www.wp.ucla.edu/index.php), the Scholarship Resource Center (
www.scholarshipcenter.ucla.edu/), or the Graduate Writing Center (
UCLA Graduate Writing Center > Menu > TopNavBar > Home ) if you have excellent writing skills in English. They hire graduate students to help other students with all types of academic writing.
The Graduate Division offers some fellowships that are funded by private donors (see the list at
https://grad.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/contspprt.pdf ) that are open to master’s students.
Other info:
Academic Apprentice (i.e., reader, teaching assistant, grad student researcher positions):
https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/working-at-ucla/academic-student-employees-appointments-union-contract
Academic Apprentice Personnel Manual:
https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/working-at-ucla/academic-apprentice-personnel-manual
Graduate work study:
https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/financial-aid/graduate-work-study-program –be sure to file your FAFSA by the March 2 priority deadline in order to be eligible
Teaching assistant jobs:
https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/worki...tudent-employees-appointments-union-contract/
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Well, there you have it... lots of reading. If you'd like any of the slides or files mentioned in this email just message me and I'll forward them.
That's too bad. I was also hoping for the YOU'RE IN! packet and lots of good information
You already know I vote for you going to UCLA!
