Financial support

Teaching assistantships and fellowships are available for students with undergraduate backgrounds in philosophy. The stipend is $10,000 per year. With optional summer teaching (one to two courses), the stipend can be as high as $15,000 (provided summer funding is available). It includes a waiver of out-of-state or nonresident tuition (i.e., the student pays at the instate or Texas resident rate instead) plus faculty/staff health insurance for the employed student at no cost and the option of buying insurance for dependents. Applications are due by February 1 each year. Two letters of recommendation are required. A sample of the student's writing is optional, but encouraged.

The Richardson Environmental Action League (R.E.A.L.) awards a $500 fellowship each fall and spring semester to a second-year student.

One to two graduate supports of $1,000 are awarded each year. These supports include a waiver of out-of-state or nonresident tuition for recipients who are international students or students from other states within the United States. They can be awarded to first or second year students. Supports awarded in the first year can be renewed for a second year.

Because the Concentration in Environmental Ethics is considered a unique program within the Academic Common Market, students in fourteen southern states are eligible to apply for waivers of out-of-state tuition.

Although there are no scholarships specifically for philosophy graduate students, they are eligible to apply for scholarships.