Information for Graduate Student Employees

Graduate Student Employees

UCAN-eligible Teaching & 研究 Assistants

A UCAN-eligible Graduate Student Employee must meet the following criteria in order to be governed by the UCAN Agreement. He or she must be an employee who:

1. is a full-time, enrolled PhD student according to NJIT doctoral program requirements (students registered for less than 9 credits must be certified full-time to be eligible);

2. 是在 good academic st和ing as defined by the Graduate Student Catalog;

3. is enrolled for an entire 学年 in an approved NJIT PhD program (students admitted 和 enrolled in PhD programs beginning in the Spring semester of an 学年 are deemed to meet this requirement);

4. has also received a full time scholarship for tuition 和 applicable fees based upon his/her academic credentials, 和

5. is receiving an employment stipend for TA (Teaching Assistant) 和/or RA (研究 Assistant) services performed as an employee as set forth in a University approved job description as set in the Appendices of the (UCAN) Agreement.

Other Conditions for Support:

• Nominated students registered for less than 9 credits must be certified full time (FT) by applying for FT certification in Highl和er Pipeline.

• Nominated students must accept their award as per the instructions in the offer letter/email.

Financial Support:

Stipend Support Levels for Teaching 和 研究 Assistants
(PhD Students)

Minimum stipends are shown below (18 hours of service per week).

Teaching or 研究 Assistant Stipend

• UCAN Contract (Human Resources website): http://hr.vaftizo.com/sites/hr/files/Complete_with_DocuSign_UCAN_GSRE_MOA_1-20-20.pdf

UCAN 健康 Insurance Details

Professional Development Funds for UCAN Graduate Employees