Financial Support

Payment Procedure

Teaching fellow pay rates for 2012-2013 are based on an annual full-time senior rate of $49,700 base (2/5 for the year, $19,880) for those who have completed their academic residence requirements, and an annual full-time junior rate of $44,000 base (2/5 for the year, $17,600 ) for those in their ﬁrst two years of graduate study. A teaching fellow will receive the senior rate of pay if:

l) The student has two years of Harvard resident academic credit or has credit for work done elsewhere which, when combined with Harvard academic credit, totals 16 half courses. This credit must be recorded with the Graduate School registrar and appear on the transcript or;

2) The student has passed generals by October of the fall term or by February of the spring term of the year she or he will be a teaching fellow.

Some departments offer teaching as part of students’ ﬁnancial aid packages.

Appointments are for the fall term, spring term, or academic year. If your appointment is for one term, you receive ﬁve paychecks (e.g., an appointment beginning August 1 will be paid on August 15 for the ﬁrst month). Summer School appointments are not included in an academic year commitment.

Payday is the 15th of each month. If the 15th falls on a weekend, the Friday before is payday. You may arrange to have your paycheck deposited in your bank by ﬁlling out a Direct Deposit Authorization Agreement. This form is available from your department administrator or the Faculty Payroll Ofﬁce (located at 1033 Massachusetts Avenue). You can also set up the necessary instructions for direct deposit online by using the University’s PeopleSoft employee self-service website at harvie.harvard.edu.

INCOME TAXES

Income paid to students for their services as TFs is considered taxable income by both federal and state tax codes. Students are encouraged to consult a professional tax advisor for answers to questions concerning the interpretation and clariﬁcation of the tax law.

FINANCIAL AID

Continuing students apply for ﬁnancial aid annually for support in the following academic year. The ﬁnancial aid ofﬁcer assigned to your degree program is available to assist you with ﬁnancial planning. Click here for an explanation of the ﬁnancial aid program and description of Harvard General Scholarships and sources for outside support of graduate work.

OUTSIDE FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

The Graduate Guide to Grants is an online publication listing outside fellowship possibilities, and is compiled and reviewed annually by the GSAS director of fellowships.

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF SUPPORT

Dudley House Fellows: Dudley House fellows are graduate student paid staff who organize and implement intellectual, cultural, athletic, and social activities at Dudley House, the graduate student center. Fellows work closely with the House master, House administrator, GSAS administrators, and each other to enrich graduate student life at Harvard by engendering a sense of community at the House.

Dudley fellows receive up to ten meals per week in the Dudley House dining hall and a $3,000 stipend. Assistant fellows may receive a small stipend as compensation. Fellows are guaranteed housing in a GSAS residence hall if they wish to live in one. Applications for Dudley fellow positions are available in January for the following academic year. For additional information, contact Susan Zawalich, Dudley House administrator (617-495-2255, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).

Research Assistants: Some departments, especially those engaged in government-funded research projects, employ students as research assistants. Graduate students interested in such employment should contact their departments.

Graders: A few courses that do not qualify for TFs use graders to help with the evaluation of undergraduate student work. Ordinarily, graders are hired to evaluate two signiﬁcant written assignments (for example, one midterm and one ﬁnal exam). Graders are sometimes hired for courses with weekly problem sets or an unusually large amount of written work. If the estimated workload for the term is less than 50 hours, the grader is paid hourly. If the estimated workload for the term is more than 50 hours, the grader is paid at an appropriate fraction of a TF salary. Graders may not be hired without the approval of the Ofﬁce of Academic Programs in Harvard College.

Part-Time Teaching Outside Harvard: Your department chair, advisor, and staff at the Ofﬁce of Career Services and the Student Employment Ofﬁce may be able to help you locate part-time teaching outside Harvard.

Proctoring for Exams and at Fall Term Registration: If you are interested in proctoring, you should apply at the Registrar’s Examinations Ofﬁce. There are also proctoring opportunities available at the Law School. To ﬁnd out more about these, contact Mark Slawson at the Harvard Law School Registrar’s Ofﬁce (617-495-1707).

Part-Time Work: Since most part-time University employment is handled through individual ofﬁces, students are advised to consult these ofﬁces directly. For example, library jobs are often available through the University library, undergraduate House libraries, or departmental libraries. Each does its own hiring. The Student Employment Ofﬁce posts part-time jobs. Graduate students may consult these listings. Spouses of graduate students at Harvard who may be interested in non-teaching positions in the University on either a part-time or full-time basis should consult HIRES, Harvard’s online database of open administrative positions, at employment.harvard.edu.

College Work-Study Program: Eligibility is based on ﬁnancial need. Students must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. On-and off-campus jobs are available; some teaching fellowships also are funded through this program. Students interested in college work-study should contact their ﬁnancial aid ofﬁcer in Holyoke Center 350.

The Harvard Extension School hires a small number of graduate students as support teaching staff. Consult their catalog, available at 51 Brattle Street and online for the courses offered. Individual faculty members are responsible for recruiting and supervising support staff. For additional information regarding eligible courses, contact Mark Lax (617-495-4867, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).

Harvard-Divinity School Summer Language Program: Occasionally, positions for teaching assistants in Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Latin or Spanish translation are available through the Divinity School’s Summer Language Program. For information, contact Karin Grundler-Whitacre, Director of the HDS Summer Language Program, in the Office for Faculty and Academic Affairs at 617-384-6598.

Resident Positions: Resident advisors (RAs) are graduate student members of the GSAS Ofﬁce of Student Affairs team. There are 16 RAs, one for each ﬂoor of the four GSAS residence halls. RAs help students adjust to the Harvard community, aid in emergency situations, and serve as liaisons with the GSAS administration. Applicants must be degree candidates in good academic standing and must have resided for at least one term in a GSAS residence hall. Compensation includes a free room and a weekday lunch and dinner meal contract at Dudley House.

Applications for RA positions are available in January for the upcoming academic year. For information, contact Ellen Fox, director of GSAS Student Services and supervisor of GSAS resident advisors (617-495-5005, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).

GSAS students may ﬁll two main categories of resident positions in the College: Proctors are members of the Freshman Dean’s staff. They work under the direction of a resident dean to create a comfortable academic and social community among 20-40 freshmen and serve as academic counselors to a group of about six to ten freshmen, usually members of their residence unit. Applications and further information are available in the Freshman Dean’s Ofﬁce, the GSAS Administrative Dean’s Ofﬁce in Holyoke Center 350, and GSAS Student Services in Dudley House, Room B2. The application deadline is usually at the beginning of January.

Resident tutors are members of the 13 undergraduate Houses and are appointed by the masters, ordinarily in consultation with the relevant departments and usually in the late winter for the following year. More information, including a brief description of the expectations and application procedures for each of the Houses, is available in the publication Resident Tutors and Freshman Proctors. This is published in the December issue of the GSAS Bulletin, which is mailed to all graduate students. Copies are also available in Holyoke Center 350. Houses also appoint several nonresident tutors, who usually receive some meals and an opportunity to participate in House life in exchange for various duties. More information may be obtained from the various House ofﬁces.

The Ofﬁce of Admissions and Financial Aid assumes earnings of $9,975 in-kind compensation for ten-month resident tutorships and an additional $850 for the summer.