Four kinds of financial assistance are administered by the Mathematics Department: Teaching and Graduate Assistantships, assigned to the Department by the Graduate School, Research Assistantships, funded primarily from research grants held by members of the Department, and administered by the Chairman of the Department, Tuition Scholarships, and Summer Support.
Within the Department, little distinction is made among Teaching, Graduate, and Research Assistantships; they are all treated simply as Assistantships. Most full time students in the Masters and Doctoral programs are supported by Assistantships with Tuition Scholarships.