Apply for Summer 2026 Supplemental Retention Scholarships!

 

Apply Now for Supplemental Retention Scholarships! Summer 2026 SRS application deadline is Friday, March 20, 2026. Date distributed: February 17, 2026 The application cycle for Summer 2026 Supplemental Retention Scholarships (SRS) is now open! Applications are due by Friday, March 20, 2026. This scholarship has long been a lifeline to get PhD and MFA Grad Gators over the finish line — by providing much-needed tuition relief to those in that final stage of dissertation or final project during their graduating semester when they have exhausted their funding contract. The award is a scholarship that is equivalent to the cost of two credit hours (in summer) of in-state tuition. Note: Award will be paid out via a scholarship following the Degree Application deadline. The does not cover fees and is only the cost of two credits at the in-state rate for tuition. Eligibility and Requirements To be considered for this scholarship... You must be in your final semester and due to graduate. You must have exhausted your funding (such as department or college fellowships, assistantships or other funding). You must have been on a graduate assistant appointment or fellowship for at least three years prior. You cannot be employed as a UF TEAM employee or in a UF adjunct position. You can be employed as a student assistant or in an OPS position, but for no more than $15 an hour. You must have a degree application on file with the Registrar’s Office. Note: Award will be paid out via a scholarship following the Degree Application deadline. You must meet the dissertation first submission deadline for the semester in which you are due to graduate. You must include with your application a personal statement explaining why you could not complete their dissertation with the time frame of your funding. Your academic unit must supply a letter of support that explains why it can no longer fund you and why you did not complete your dissertation in the time frame of funding. You must include with your application a research plan with milestones, advising check-ins, and courses for which you will register to wrap up the semester with graduation. See: Dissertation Research Action Plan. You can only receive this scholarship once. Application and Instructions For the Summer 2026 SRS application and instructions, click here. Questions? Email gradwards@aa.ufl.edu.       106 Grinter Hall • 1532 Union Road • Gainesville FL 32611 352 392 6622 • gradschool@aa.ufl.edu • grad.ufl.edu   FOLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA!     This email was sent by the University of Florida Graduate School PO Box 115500, Gainesville, FL, 32611