Ask a Dean Category: Fellowships and Funding
What happens if a graduate student teaching assistant or instructor of record gets sick and is unable to perform their assigned responsibilities?
Category: Fellowships and Funding, Health and Wellness Date: August 2021
Dear Deans, The Provost has recently announced Cornell’s approach towards providing individualized accommodations to graduate students whose disabilities or weak immune systems preclude them from safely participating as the university…
How do I rectify an overpayment on my taxes as a result of an overpayment from Cornell?
Category: Fellowships and Funding, Tax Date: June 2021
Hi Deans, I was contacted last fall by my department to say that that one of my paychecks had been an overpayment. I was given no information about the paycheck…
What information can Cornell provide about unemployment insurance and other assistance for unfunded students?
Category: Fellowships and Funding Date: March 2021
Dear Ask a Dean, As discussed in GPSA last week, many departments across the university seem to be facing troubles providing funding for their graduate students next year, including both…
How and why does biweekly gross pay change?
Category: Fellowships and Funding Date: March 2021
Dear Deans, I am a Ph.D. student working as a GRA this school year. I noticed in my recent payslips in Workday that the biweekly gross pay decreased from $1,573.45…
Is Graduate School conference funding available for virtual conferences?
Category: Fellowships and Funding Date: February 2021
Hello Deans, Is the Graduate School conference funding available for virtual conferences (to cover registration fees)? Thank you, Presenting From My Kitchen Response Dear Presenting From My Kitchen, I’m pleased…
Does Cornell allow graduate students to accept contract or consulting work a few hours per week?
Category: Fellowships and Funding, Other/Miscellaneous Date: February 2021
Dear Deans, It’s my understanding that professors are able to contract out or do consulting work a certain number of hours a week. I know grad students at other schools…
What are the criteria for Spring 2021 TA assignments?
Category: Fellowships and Funding Date: January 2021
Hello, Recently my department released the list of grad TA course assignments. However, some TA assignment/course pairings did not seem to make sense based on instructor request or student expertise.…
What are the funding dates for assistantships and fellowships for the spring semester?
Category: Fellowships and Funding Date: January 2021
Hello Deans, Happy New Year! I’m hoping you might be able to provide details about funding dates for assistantships and fellowships for the upcoming semester? Especially given the substantial shift…
Could we be provided clarity on who was eligible for and received the emergency summer fellowships?
Category: Fellowships and Funding Date: July 2020
Dear Deans, I was wondering if we could be provided some clarity on who was eligible for and received the emergency summer fellowships that was announced by Dean Kahabka in April.…
Can we take a “leave of absence” without losing our scholarships/fellowships?
Category: Fellowships and Funding Date: July 2020
Hi, Can we take a “leave of absence” for Fall ’20 and Spring ’21 without losing our scholarships/fellowships? -Learning about my options Response Dear learning about my options, There are…