UMaine to pause new graduate student job offers, citing funding uncertainty

UMaine will pause new financial offers to graduate students due to uncertain funding

UMaine officials announced Thursday that the flagship campus in Orono will pause all new offers of fellowships and teaching and research assistantships citing the uncertainty of state and federal funding.

UMaine pauses financial assistance to graduate students due to federal funding uncertainty • Maine Morning Star

Students walk on campus at the University of Maine Orono. (UMaine photo)As graduate student enrollment reaches record highs, the University of Maine is pausing financial offers to those seeking advanced degrees for the next academic year, including paid research and teaching assistantships. That decision was made because of federal funding cuts to research and universities, and no increases budgeted in the biennial budget to the state’s public u…

UMaine to pause new graduate student job offers, citing funding uncertainty

The flagship public university in Orono will temporarily pause funded offers like research assistantships, which about a quarter of the current graduate students receive.

UMaine pauses new financial offers to grad students amid funding uncertainty

PoliticsOur political journalists are based in the Maine State House and have deep source networks across the partisan spectrum in communities all over the state. Their coverage aims to cut through major debates and probe how officials make decisions. Read more Politics coverage here. The University of Maine said Thursday it is temporarily pausing all new teaching, research and fellowship offers to graduate students following funding uncertainty…

UMaine pauses new financial offers to graduate students amid funding uncertainty

Effective immediately, UMaine says it has paused all new offers of teaching and research assistantships and fellowships.

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