When budgeting for graduate students, note the following:

• Graduate student appointments are AY appointments.
• The UNH Graduate School’s published rates for AY Assistantship stipends are minimum rates. (See OSR’s Website for Rate Schedule, including stipend rates.) The UNH academic department or the PD can opt to use a higher stipend rate. If the appointment or the project effort is less than 100%, prorate the stipend.
• Graduate student full time summer rates are based on 2/3 of the prior AY Assistantship stipend rate. If the student will work for less than the full summer, the amount to budget for the proposal should be pro-rated accordingly for the number of weeks to be worked. The summer period is normally 13 weeks long; 14 every 6th or 7th year.
• The “partial” fringe rate is used for graduate student summer salary. (See Employee Fringe Benefits.)
• For graduate students, the budget must include non-personnel costs for tuition and health insurance. (See Tuition.) Prorate these costs to coincide with project % effort as necessary.