30 /GENERAL INFORMATION leases, deposits, rates, and insurances; a city bus route map and schedule; and utility application and hook-up forms. The Housing Office also maintains updated vacancy infor- mation on share (roommate wanted), mobile homes, rental houses, and other rental listings for reference during hous- ing business hours, Monday-Friday, 8-12 and 12:30-4:30. At other times, lighted listing boards are available in the breezeway between the Housing Office and the Housing Office Annex. FINANCIAL AID Qualified graduate students in every department are eligible for a number of fellowships, assistantships, and other awards. In general, such awards are available to students pursuing either a master's or a doctoral degree. Unless otherwise specified, applications for these awards should be made to the appropriate department chair, University of Florida, on or before February 15 of each year. Fellows and graduate assistants must pay appropriate in- state and out-of-state tuition. Fellows and trainees are expected to devote full time to their studies. Graduate assistants who have part-time teaching or research duties may register for reduced study loads. Stipends received for their services are subject to withholding taxes. MINIMUM REGISTRATION Full-Time Graduate Students Not on Appointments Assistants on .01-.24 and/or Fellows and Trainees Assistants on .25-.49 and/or 1/4 & 1/3-Time Assistants Assistants on .50-.74 and/or 1/2-Time Assistants Assistants on .75-.99 and/or 3/4-Time Assistants Full-Time Assistants: 1.00 Fall & Spring 1.00 Summer A 1.00 Summer B 1.00 Summer C Part-Time Graduate Students Not on Appointment Graduate Students Not on Appointment During Final Term Summer Fall and Spring A & B or C 12 4 4 8 12 4 4 8 9 3 3 6 8 3 3 6 6 2 2 4 2 or 2 2 or 2 1 & 1 or 2 3 1 &1 or 2 3 1 &1 or 2 wish to apply for work or loan programs administered by Student Financial Affairs must fill out the forms in the Gator Aid application packet. Students who receive assistance through Student Financial Affairs must be registered for 9 hours to receive aid for all programs administered by that office except the Robert T. Stafford Loan (GSL) program and the College Work-Study Program.Students receivingStafford Student Loans or College Work Study during the summer are required by the Student Financial Affairs Office to register for 3 hours in both A and B terms or 6 hours in C. UNIVERSITY-WIDE AWARDS A small number of Presidential Graduate Research Fellowships are available for exceptional graduate students beginning doctoral work at the University of Florida. Appli- cants must be entering the University of Florida for the first time. Selection criteria forthe three-yearfellowship include a minimum grade point averageof 3.5 (four pointscale) and a GRE verbal-quantitative score of 1400 or a minimum GMAT of 650 for business students. Stipend forthe first year is $15,000. Application deadline is February of each year. Apply to the major department. In-State Matriculation Fee Waivers are available to graduate assistants and fellows who meet the eligibility requirements. Non-Florida Tuition Waivers are available, to out-of- state students who hold graduate assistantships or fellow- ships and who meet the eligibility requirements. Graduate Assistantships up to one-half time are avail- ablethrough individual departments. Stipend rates paid are determined by the employing department or unit. Interested students should inquire at their department offices concerning the availability of assistantships and the procedure for making application. 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. Appoint- ments are made on the recommendation of the department chairperson, subject to admission to the Graduate School and to the approval of the Dean of the Graduate School. Clear evidence of superior ability and promise is required. Reappointment to assistantships requires evidence of con- tinuation of good scholarship. MINORITY FELLOWSHIPS NOTE: Registration requirements listed here do not apply to eligibility for financial aid programs administered by the Office for Student Financial Affairs. Students who do not register properly (according to the above table) in each semester in which they hold graduate assistantships will not be permitted to remain on assistantships. For students on appointment for the full summer, minimum regis- tration must total that specified for C term. Registration may be in any combination of A, B, or C terms. However, courses must be distributed so that the student is registered during each term that he/ she ison appointment. Students on appointment registering for any summer term must register at the beginning of A term. Financial assistance is also availableto graduate students through the Office for Student Financial Affairs in Criser Hall (see Part-Time Employmentand Loans). Students who The Board of Regents (BOR) Summer Program for African-American Graduate Students is state funded. It is a six-week program designed to prepare African-American students for graduate education at the University of Florida. The 1992 stipend is $1,500. Black students admitted to any master's, doctoral, or professional program for the first time will be invited to participate. Students who participate in the Summer Program must enroll as full-time students for the following academic year. Graduate Minority Fellowships are available to U.S. minority students enrolled in all graduate programs. The stipend is $8,000 for nine months. Application deadline is February 15 of each year. These awards require no service; recipients must be full-time students. An additional assis- tantship of no more than one-fourth time may be held with the approval of the Graduate School.