Payroll Quarter Dates
- Autumn: September 16–December 15
- Winter: December 16–March 15
- Spring: March 16–June 15
- **Summer: June 16–September 15
**Summer Quarter Only TA exception: TA positions are shortened during Summer quarter due to the dates of instruction (June 16 - August 15). The UW Graduate School offers a 20% increase in salary for Summer quarter TAs, in order to help compensate for the shortened position. Please note the dates on your appointment letter, before accepting a Summer quarter TAship.
**Summer Quarter Only RA options
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Research Assistant (RA) |
Graduate Research Student Assistant (GRSA) AVAILABLE SUMMER QUARTER ONLY |
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Appointment Type |
Salaried |
Hourly |
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Provides tuition waiver? |
Yes |
No |
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Requires weekly timesheets? |
No |
Yes |
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# of credits required for course registration |
2 credits |
Students DO NOT register for courses |
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Cost of appointment (Biology rates) *Expected to increase on July 1st |
Approx. total: $18,786.00 (Salary: $10,860.00 approx.; Benefits: $2030.00; Tuition: 5896.00) |
$44.88 per hour |
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Provides insurance? |
Yes |
No **Students who have held an ASE position (TA/RA/Fellowship) consecutively between Autumn-Spring will automatically be covered by GAIP for Summer Quarter - however your budgets are still charged benefits costs as all hourly positions incur this charge. |
| Graduate Student Funding Form | Summer 25- Summer 26 | https://forms.gle/sxXfd6yViEF3C5UL9 |
Academic Year costs:
Academic Year 2025-2026
Tuition: $5896.00/Quarter
Stipend: $10,860.00/Quarter
Benefits: 2030.82
IDC: ?
Total Estimated per quarter: $18,786.82
How to find costs/calculate costs:
Graduate Stipend:
Graduate student stipend rates are listed here: Variable rate RA Salary Schedule (also attached)
Tuition Costs (Operating Fee)
Tuition Dashboard will show you the costs for the quarter (You are paying the Operating Fee only)
For the dropdown menus, you will choose the following:
- Seattle Campus
- Resident (International and NR students receive a waiver for resident tuition price)
- Doctoral
- Biology (or other program, MCB, Neuro, etc)
- All
- Quarter
- A, W, SPR quarters = 10 CR / Summer = 2CR (but can go up to 10)
Benefits cost (&Calculation):
To calculate the amount of benefits that would be charged to your budget, apply the benefit rate in the table below to the total salaries for that particular object code. For example, in Fiscal Year 2020, if your budget was charged $1,000 of salaries in Object Code 01-60, and $2,000 of salaries in Object Code 01-70:
($1,000 X 41.2%) + ($2,000 X 32.1%) = $412 + $642 = $1,054 is the total benefits that should be charged to your budget.
For our graduate students, starting in fall, the stipend amount will be $10,860 X 18.7% for grads = $2030.82 for benefits
Resources
Biology Department Policies (Please check with GPM and Biology Administrator about shortfall policies, March 2025)
- Funding Shortfalls Policy
- To request to add supplemental compensation to your current student's salary, please complete the Supplemental Compensation Form and return to Biology Human Resources at biohr@uw.edu.
- Instructor of Record Policy