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Understanding Funding and Budgeting Finances
Dr. Luis A. Vazquez, Ph.D.Regents Professor
MATC Scholars ProgramOctober 28 – 31, 2015
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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OUTLINE
• Introduction
• Learning Objectives
• Learning Outcomes
• Session Presentation
• Conclusion
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Present Funding Sources
• Present Budgeting Basics
• Present strategies for maintaining andincreasing funding opportunities
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Students will know what funding sources are available
• Students will have a strategy for managing their funds
• Students will know how to work with faculty to support research
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WHY FUNDING IS IMPORTANT?
• Reduces student loan debt
• Limited ability to get loans
• Funding is prestigious and looks good on aresume
• Connection to faculty mentors and advisors• Critical faculty advising project
engagement
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Policy Brief: New America Education Policy Program: The Graduate Student Debt ReviewMarch, 2014
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Student Loan Disbursements
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Overall Debt by billions for Graduate Education
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GRADUATE STUDENT DEBT
http://www.cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/CGSFederalRelationsBriefing_1_27_10.pdf
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GRADUATE DEBT BURDEN
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Graduate Debt Burden
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WHAT ARE SOME TYPES OF FUNDING?
• Research and Training Grants
• Scholarships
• Fellowships– Recruitment– Special Needs– Faculty Associated
• Teaching Assistantships
• Research Assistantships
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• Research and Training Grants are gifts that you donot need to repay.
• Students may receive grants from the governmentor through private sources of funding.
• Grants may require students to maintain a specificGPA throughout their academic career.
• In graduate school, grants can be used towards,travel, research, experiments, or projects.
GRANTS
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• Scholarships are awards given to students based onacademic excellence and/or talent.
• Students may also receive scholarships based onfactors like ethnic background, field of study, orfinancial need.
• Scholarships vary in their amounts and the number ofyears given aid.
• Like a grant, students do not need to pay back themoney awarded in a scholarship.
• Scholarships can be awarded through your school orthrough private sources.
SCHOLARSHIPS
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There are generally three types of fellowships:
• Recruitment• 1st year funding to recruit students• Caution, this is only for one semester to a year
• Special Needs• This can be associated with a college/
department/state and is also has a limited timeperiod
• Faculty Associated – may be required that youwork with the faculty member
FELLOWSHIPS
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• Granted to graduate and post-graduate students and donot require repayment.
• Awarded by private organizations, institutions, orthrough the government.
• Given a 1- to 4-year stipend with or without a tuitionwaiver.
• Based on merit, need, and the institution's or faculty'sgrant.
• Awarded by schools to students who have beenrecommended by a faculty member.
FELLOWSHIPS
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TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
• TA/GA offers students opportunities to learn how toteach and develop an excellent understanding ofthe course material
• You can expect to receive an annual stipendbetween $7,500 and $20,000, as well as freetuition.
• You gain experience in and out of the classroomand have the opportunity to interact closely withfaculty members.
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• Duties of a TA vary, and you can expect to beresponsible for one or more of the following:
• Teaching or assisting with one or more sections of acourse
• Running laboratory sessions
• Grading undergraduate student papers and exams
• Holding regular office hours and meeting withstudents
• Conducting study and review sessions
TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
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GRADUATE ASSISTANTS
• Why Become a Research Assistant?
• What Does a Research Assistant Do?
• How Do You Get Involved as a ResearchAssistant?
• Benefits for Faculty
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RISKS OF LOSING FUNDING?
• Not meeting funding renewal guidelines• Performance (GPA, publication record,
teaching reviews)
• Agency program ending
• Changing faculty researchers• Voluntarily and involuntarily
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BUDGETING, SAVING AND INVESTING AS A HEDGEAGAINST FUNDING RISKS
• Budget Basics
• Saving for a bad semester
• Investment
• Common mistakes
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BUDGET BASICS 101
• How much can you count on?
• What are your monthly expenses?
• What are your 1 time non-monthly expenses?
• Go over relevant percentages for expense categories
• Discuss zero-based budgeting
• Discuss the need for a real budget versus theoreticalbudget
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Budget Calculator• http://gradsense.org/gradsense/budget-calculator
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Step One - Identify available funds
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Private School Public School
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Step Two - List your monthly expenses
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Step Three - Identify One-time/Non-monthly Expenses
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Step Four - Determine if the available funds will cover your expenses
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SAVING FOR A BAD SEMESTER
• A common budgeting mistake for graduatestudents
–Not planning on losing funding• Loss of stipend• 1 year stipend or fellowship ends• Loss of parental support• Unplanned expenses – car accidents• Life happens
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YOU MUST SAVE!!!• Rule of thumb- one semester of funding
– Example: Stipend amount =$1500/mo. x 5months =$7500
WAIT! That’s a lot of $$$$
• Generally you can live off ½ of what you bringhome in an emergency, but that’s still $3250
SAVING FOR A BAD SEMESTER
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Some strategies for saving include
– Budget with your assistantships and saveyour 1 year fellowships, scholarships, andother short-term funds
– Put 10% of your funding into a savingsaccount
– Understand your tax situation and estimateyour tax refund, adjust withholdingaccordingly
SAVING FOR A BAD SEMESTER
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INVESTMENT
• Pay off all debt before investing– Best investment is reducing credit card interest
• Investments (stock market, gold, etc.) can be lost. Youcan lose your money.
• Best strategy is to put $$ into savings
• Investment strategies– 25% into savings– Generally long-term investment strategies won’t
work (day-trading and short-term strategies workbest for semester-by- semester investments
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COMMON MISTAKES
• No savings for emergencies
• Invest and lose all your money
• Incurring a lot of school debt
• Not knowing the difference between fundingsources
• Changing or not changing advisors withoutconsidering funding
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CONCLUSION
• Weigh the benefits of different types offunding
• For PhD students you will need a link toResearch faculty
• Stack your funding–Applying to multiple sources
•Be aware of conflicts
• Graduate with minimal debt
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• Minority Graduate Fellowship Foundations
• Dr. Erick C. Jones, PE, CSSBB, Professor,University of Texas-Arlington, Department ofIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Arlington, Texas
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