Ph.D. Graduate Assistantships
Graduate assistantships are available to provide income to eligible students. Below is a list of assistantships from the College of Journalism and Communications. Applicants apply for assistantships generally, not for specific assistantships. For more information, contact Dr. Tom Kelleher, associate dean for Graduate Studies and Research, 2012 Weimer Hall.
To apply: Application for Graduate Assistantship
Additional graduate assistantship information may be found at the UF Office of Graduate Minority Programs.
Endowed Assistantships
- Allbritton Assistantship
- Teaching or research assistantship. Hours vary
Eligibility: for graduate students pursuing a career in television and electronic media
Value: varies - Innovation News Center Doctoral Assistantship
- Up to two doctoral assistantships awarded to incoming Ph.D. students who will have have leadership roles in the UF Innovation News Center, home of north central Florida’s public-media platforms.
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- Joseph L. and Marion B. Brechner Assistantship
- Research assistantship
Eligibility: for graduate students specializing in media law for the purpose of providing information to the electronic media
Value: varies - Joseph L. Brechner Eminent Scholar Assistantship
- Research and teaching assistant for the eminent scholar
Eligibility: preference to doctoral and master’s students with legal research expertise and strong background in media law
Value: varies - Marion B. Brechner Citizen Access Project Assistantship
- Research initiative to analyze public records and open meetings laws of the 50 states
- Eligibility: preference to doctoral and master’s students with legal research expertise or specialized Web design skills
Value: varies - Joseph L. Brechner Assistantship
- For students interested in journalism and media law
Eligibility: preference to doctoral students who have strong background in legal research and journalism experience
Value: varies - James Lawrence Fly Assistantship
- Eligibility: for students specializing in telecommunication
Value: varies - John Mason Gardner Assistantship
- Eligibility: priority given to U.S. citizens; financial need required
Value: varies - Bill Hamilton Memorial Assistantship
- Eligibility: for graduate students engaged in political survey research
Value: varies - Nathaniel W. Pickard Assistantship
- Eligibility: for graduate students planning to pursue a career in political communication
Value: varies - Claudia Ross Memorial Assistantship for Investigative Reporting
- Eligibility: for students who show interest in and demonstrate promise for investigative reporting
Value: varies - Florence W. Ruebush Endowment
- Eligibility: for graduate students in the College
Value: varies - Lloyd Merritt Smigel Assistantship
- Eligibility: for graduate students who exemplify caring leadership with unlimited business potential
Value: varies - Wickstrom Family Fund for Excellence in Investigative Reporting Assistantship
- Eligibility: for graduate students studying investigative reporting
Value: varies - WRVJ NBC6 Assistantship Fund in Memory of Rob Pierce Assistantship
- Eligibility: for students who plan to pursue careers in television/electronic news videography
Value: varies