Qualified students may be awarded financial assistance (full tuition and a stipend, typically) through the Economics Department of the College of Business and Economics and The Graduate School.
The majority of doctoral students receive financial assistance in the form of Teaching or Research Assistantships. Assistantship continuations are contingent upon demonstration of satisfactory academic progress in the program and satisfactory performance of assistantship responsibilities.
The College of Business and Economics awards a number of teaching assistantships each year. New students are notified of their assistantship by an award letter issued at the time of admission. Continuing students receive notification of continuation of their assistantship for the following academic year by the end of the preceding academic year.
Research assistants work with a professor on a research project. Also offered through the College, research assistantships typically provide comparable stipends to the teaching assistantships. An award letter is issued at the time of the appointment to the research assistantship.
The Graduate School website maintains a list of fellowship opportunities, both through the University and more general: https://gradschool.uky.edu/fellowships
There are additional fellowships available through the Gatton College. The Director of Graduate Studies, together with the Graduate Studies Committee, nominates suitably qualified individuals for these fellowships.
The Economics department also regularly offers summer support to students making excellent progress in the program.
The Economics department also has several competitive awards for outstanding research, including the Gunther Prize and Adams Prize, among others.
For advanced doctoral students, the Graduate School also offers a range of funding for research expenses and presentations at professional conferences and meetings.
College funds for dissertation research support are also available once a student has successfully defended the dissertation proposal. Application for such support is made through the Office of the Associate Dean.
Kenneth Troske
ktroske@uky.edu
Ana Maria Herrera
amherrera@uky.edu
Steven Lugauer
steven.lugauer@uky.edu
Karen McCann
karen.mccann@uky.edu
Jeannie Graves
jeannie.graves@uky.edu
