FINANCIAL AID / 25 state or out-of-state tuition. Fellows and trainees are expected to devote full time to their studies and their stipends are excludablee from income for tax purposes." Graduate assistants who have part-time teaching or.research duties may register for reduced study loads. Stipends received from their services are subject to withholding taxes. A graduate student with an assistantship, fellow- ship, or traineeship must not accept other em- ployment without Graduate School permission and must be registered in accordance with the following schedule. Minimum Credit Registration Students not on appointments 12 Fellows and Trainees 12 1/4-time Assistants 9 1/3-time Assistants 9 1/2-time Assistants 8 3/4-time Assistants 6 Full-time Assistants 3 UNIVERSITY-WIDE AWARDS Only students entering graduate programs at the University of Florida for the first time may apply for the following fellowships: Graduate Council Fellowships are available an- nually to academically superior students. These awards provide stipends of $8000 for 11 months. Fel- lowships and scholarships are available for minorities and for women entering nontraditional careers. These awards require no service; recipients must be full- time students. All fellows must pay the appropriate Florida or non-Florida tuition unless a non-Florida student is awarded a tuition waiver. Non-Florida Tuition Waivers are available, at de- partmental discretion, for non-Florida students who hold fellowships or assistantships, or qualify through special programs. Graduate Assistantships up to one-half time are available through individual departments. Stipend rates paid are determined by the employing depart- ment or unit. All assistants pay resident registration fees and those classified as non-Florida students pay additional non-Florida tuition unless awarded a non- Florida tuition waiver. Interested students should inquire at their depart- ment offices concerning the availability of as- sistantships and the procedure for making applica- tion. Prospective students should write directly to their major departments as well as to the Admissions Office. Early inquiry is essential in order to be assured of meeting application deadlines. Appointments are made on the recommendation of the department chairperson, subject to admission to the Graduate School and to the approval of the Dean for Graduate Studies and Research. Clear evidence of superior abil- ity and promise is required. Reappointment to as- sistantships requires evidence of continuation of good scholarship. A small number of Presidential Graduate Research Fellowships are available for exceptional graduate students beginning doctoral.work at the University of Florida. Selection criteria for the three-year fellowship include a rMinimum grade point average of 9.5 (four point scale) and a GRE verbal-quantitative score of 1400 or a minimum GMAT of 650 for business stu- dents. Stipend for the first year is $14,000. Application deadline is February 15. Apply to the major depart- ment. TITLE VI-FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS Title VI fellowships are available to graduate stu- dents whose academic programs are either Latin America or Africa oriented. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and must be regis- tered for a full-time course load including a language relevant to the area of their choice, specifically, Spanish, Portuguese, Aymara, or Haitian Creole for re- cipients through the Center for Latin American Stud- ies, Shona, Swahili, or Yoruba for recipients through the. Center for African Studies. Applicants may choose to major in any discipline or department where a Latin American or African em- phasis is possible.- Remuneration will consist of a $5,000 stipend for the academic year and $1,000 for the summer plus payment of all tuition and fees. For further information, please contact the Director of either the Center for Latin American Studies (319 Grinter Hall), or the Center for African Studies (470 Grinter Hall), University of Florida. FULBRIGHT-HAYS GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS FOR STUDY ABROAD Through the Institute of International Education, graduate students who are American citizens can ap- ply for one of approximately 700 awards to 50 coun- tries. The awards, which are for a year of serious study at foreign universities, are provided by the United States, foreign governments, universities, corpo- rations, and private donors. There are special catego- ries for the creative and performing arts and in some cases for teaching assistantships in conversational English. A new program establishes collaborative re- search grants for teams of two or three U.S. graduate students or recent postdoctoral researchers for aca- demic year 1985-1986. Applications open for the fol- lowing academic year late each May and close late in September. Local interviews are held in October. Final selections are made by the host country, notification being given in Spring. Fluency in the lan- guage of the host country is required in most cases. Most grants cover transportation, tuition, and living expenses for the student but not for dependents. Travel grants are available for students holding other fellowships to universities in certain specified foreign countries. Information, applications, and advice are offered by the Fulbright Program Adviser, Dr. H. J. Doherty, 330 Little Hall. ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE H. Harold Hume Fellowship of the Florida Feder- ation of Garden Clubs.-This fellowship, established by the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, is avail- able to qualified graduate level students for research pertaining to ornamental horticulture. The work is under the direction of the Department of Ornamental Horticulture within the program of Horticultural Sci- ence. The fellowship carries a stipend of $3,700 an- nually. The stipend will be supplemented by other funds to make it equal to an assistantship. EDUCATION Many graduate students in education receive finan- cial aid through assistantships and traineeships made I