If you have any questions while completing this form, please contact the Tuition Support Program coordinator via email or at 573-884-2326.
Determination Form Instructions
Items (1) through (7) must filled out by the student’s host department (the department providing the assistantship or fellowship).
Stipends for assistantships are disbursed through payroll, which is why the Personnel Action Form (PAF) is used. A PAF is not needed for a fellowships; they are processed through financial aid.
- Check the semesters in which the department will host the student in a graduate assistantship or fellowship.
The dates should match the Personnel Action Form (PAF) and the appointment dates listed under assistantship information on this form. If you do not know whether the student will be employed in the second semester, do not check the box. Send another form later when a new PAF has been completed. - Student name (last name first) should match the name on the PAF.
Some students may use a middle or nickname. If a student changes their last name in the middle of the semester, please notify the Graduate School as soon as possible. - Provide a Mizzou Student ID number.
This should match the student’s employee ID (EmplID) in Human Resources and the student’s PAF. - The academic degree home on the Determination of Eligibility form should match the academic degree home in the student information system.
Do not include the area of study. - Provide the name and phone number of the person in the host department who is completing the form for the student and who is knowledgeable about the assistantship and the waiver.
- For students with an assistantship or fellowship:
- If the student has an assistantship, please provide all of the following information:
- Title – In order to qualify for support, a student must have a qualifying title (title code in the brackets must match the PAF).
- Appointment Dates – Dates should match the semester(s) checked for part 1 and must match the PAF. If the appointment is for part of a semester, partial support may be given. Partial support will be pro-rated by the number of days worked compared to the number of total working days in the semester.
- Amount – Write the amount the student will be paid for the total appointment duration, no less than the required minimum stipend.
- FTE – Please provide the full-time equivalent under which the student will be employed. For example, 10 hours a week is 0.25 FTE, and 20 hours a week is 0.50 FTE. If the student has different FTEs for two semesters, please fill out two different lines. The minimum FTE is 0.25. Students with assistantships enrolled for the first time in Summer 2022 or later can be in a .25 assistantship ONLY if they have a second .25 assistantship or equivalent fellowship.
- Funding Source – Indicate whether the student is going to be funded from a grant/contract.
- If the student has a departmental fellowship or scholarship, please provide:
- Name of the fellowship/scholarship
- Beginning and ending dates of the fellowship/scholarship
- Amount of funding provided, with the minimum amount being no less than the equivalent salary value of a 0.25 FTE assistantship per semester.
- If the student has an assistantship, please provide all of the following information:
- The student’s academic program chair/director must sign the form.