Academic Achievement Graduate Assistantships help graduate programs recruit and then retain graduate students whose enrollment will support our commitment to inclusive excellence and contribute to the academic strength of their program.
Because this is a recruitment assistantship, departments can decide to offer the AAGA recipient a teaching or research assistantship with a reduced time commitment during his/her first Graduate School-funded year in the program. The Graduate School recognizes the different opportunities and responsibilities of assistantships across graduate programs.
Units are encouraged to offer AAGAs to admitted applicants whom they expect to receive offers of financial assistance from other universities or who have externally funded fellowships.
Please Note: AAGA funding is for recruiting new students. It is not meant to be a funding mechanism for returning students.