2013–2014 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

JoAnn Morgan Women in Engineering Scholarship Endowment
Bill Morris Advanced Flight Scholarship*
National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA)/Space
Coast Chapter Scholarship*
Christopher Sherman Neese Memorial Scholarship*
Northrop Grumman Scholarship in Engineering Studies*
Northrop Grumman/George M. Skurla Engineering Scholarship*
NorthStar Capital Management Scholarship*
Numerical Control Society Scholarship*
Dr. Walter M. Nunn Jr. Scholarship for Electrical Engineering
Students (solely in the field of electromagnetics)*
Dr. James M. and Sara M. Ortega Scholarship in Astronomy*
Ravindran Palaniyandi, M.D. and Ambika Ravindran Scholarship
(senior undergraduate or graduate award)*
Capt. Joseph Brayton Perkins Scholarship*
Steven Petrosky Memorial Scholarship*
Phebus Family Scholarship*
Dr. James G. Potter Scholarship in Physics/Space Sciences*
Kelly Potter Memorial Aviation Scholarship
William and Wendy Potter Nathan M. Bisk College of Business
Scholarship*
Marion and Eric Preece Scholarship*
President’s Scholars Fund*
Thomas C. Pridmore College of Engineering Scholarship
Kenneth P. Revay Class of 1982 Scholarship in Mechanical
Engineering*
Chadley M. Rhodes Memorial Scholarship*
Dr. Anne P. Rowe Scholarship*
Michael Scafati Scholarship*
Robert A. Schilling/Paravant Computer Systems Scholarship*
Karl and Ingeborg Sendler Scholarship*
Software Engineering Scholarship*
Squamish Scholarship
SunTrust/Reliance Bank/Huntington National Bank Scholarship*
SunTrust Scholarship*
Wachovia Corporation/First Union National Bank Scholarship*
Dr. Frank M. Webbe Psychology Scholarship*
Dr. Gary N. Wells Biology Scholarship*
Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship
Walter D. and Paula LeCler Wood Scholarship*
Marvin Yarosh and Jack Wiles Scholarship*
Jonathan B. Zung Family Scholarship Endowment
* indicates endowed scholarship
Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF) Scholarships
Awarded in conjunction with sponsoring companies.
ICUF 1. Ethics in Business Scholarship
ICUF 2. Presidential Access Scholarship
ICUF 3. United Parcel Service (UPS) Scholarship
18 Florida Tech 2013–2014
Graduate Students
Assistantships and Scholarships
Graduate assistantships involve a stipend, tuition waiver or both, and
are awarded to well-qualified master’s and doctoral students on the
Melbourne campus. Awards are normally made on a year-to-year basis.
However, not all students receive assistantships, and partial assistantships
(such as tuition waiver only) may also be offered. International
students are eligible for graduate assistantships in some academic
units. In addition to specific academic unit requirements, any student
whose home language is not English, whether or not the student
has graduated from an English speaking, post-secondary institution,
must abide by all Florida Tech policies regarding English language
proficiency found in “Languages and Linguistics” under the College
of Psychology and Liberal Arts in the Degree Programs section.
Award of a teaching assistantship requires satisfactory completion of
the Teaching Assistant Seminar, generally offered twice each year at
the start of the fall and spring semesters. There is no fee for enrollment
in this three-day seminar, which is open to graduate students
recommended by their academic unit heads, as well as new teaching
assistants, who are required to attend.
Teaching assistants must be formally evaluated in writing by their
supervisors. These evaluations are required for reappointment. The
assistantship application deadline is January 15 for the fall semester.
The application should be directed to the Office of Graduate
Admissions.
Federal Assistance
A graduate student must be enrolled half-time as a regular student in
a degree program and must be a U.S. citizen or an eligible noncitizen
to qualify for federal financial aid.
The graduate student must also complete the FAFSA, available online
at www.fafsa.ed.gov and from the financial aid office.
Although applications are accepted throughout the year, graduate
students are encouraged to file before March 20 to ensure timely
processing.
Students must reapply each year and maintain satisfactory academic
progress as defined by the financial aid office to continue receiving
federal assistance.
Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Student Loan: Students are
responsible for all interest that accrues on the unsubsidized Stafford
loan while in school, but payment is not required during this time.
Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan: A federal loan program for
credit-worthy graduate students, intended to supplement the Federal
Stafford Loan. A credit-worthy graduate student may borrow the
complete cost of attendance minus other financial aid. The interest
rate is fixed at 7.9 percent. Payments can be deferred till after graduation,
but interest accrues while the student is in school. Graduate
students must be U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens to be eligible.
Students must enroll for a minimum of five credit hours per semester
to be eligible (at least half-time).