Financial Support of Graduate Students

Office of Graduate & Professional Education 1

Financial Support of Graduate StudentsJuly 1, 2009

Part Two of Two

The SAFF

• 4 sections:– Contract tuition– Stipend– Residency Differential (DGS)– “Other” payments

• “Smart” form – it only shows relevant sections


The SAFF

• Smart form – recognizes if you’ve already prepared a contract (GSCRF) for this student

• Shows the terms associated with this contract• Just select the terms you want to fund (by checking the

checkboxes)

• Same for a stipend – if you’ve prepared a contract (GSCRF) for this student that includes a stipend, this section will appear

• If ready distribute the funding for the stipend, click the radio button

Non-Resident--No contract

• No GSCRF• No SAFF needed unless paying “other amount”• The DGS section will not appear on the form


Non-Resident—100% tuition contract with stipend and not on a grant

• GSCRF • SAFF—pay tuition from as many departmental purpose codes as you like• The DGS section will not appear on the form• “Other” does appear but may leave it unanswered


Non-Resident—100% Block Tuition Semester or 50% Block Tuition

Semester• GSCRF• SAFF—Use GRAD 112117 as purpose code• The DGS section will not appear on the form• “Other” does appear but may leave it unanswered


Non-Resident—50% tuition contract with 50% stipend and not on grant

• GSCRF • SAFF—pay tuition from as many departmental purpose

codes as you like• The DGS section will not appear on the form• “Other” does appear but may leave it unanswered


Non-Resident—100% tuition contract with stipend and tuition paid by grant

• GSCRF • SAFF—pay tuition from grant purpose code(s)• The DGS section will not appear on the form• “Other” does appear but may leave it unanswered


Non-resident—50% tuition contract with 50% stipend and tuition paid by

grant• GSCRF • SAFF—pay tuition from grant purpose code(s)• The DGS section will not appear on the form• “Other” does appear but may leave it unanswered

DE Resident—100% tuition contract with stipend and not on grant


codes as you like• The DGS section will not appear on the form• Tuition percentage must equal 100%• “Other” does appear but may leave it unanswered


DE Resident—100% block tuition semester

• GSCRF • SAFF—pay tuition from multiple purpose codes• The DGS section will appear on the form• Use GRAD 112117 for 38.4%• Use other purpose code(s) for 61.6%• “Other” does appear but may leave it unanswered

DE Resident—50% contract with 50% stipend and not on grant


codes as you like• The DGS section will not appear on the form• Tuition percentage must equal 100%• “Other” does appear but may leave it unanswered

DE Resident—100% tuition with stipend and tuition paid by grant

• GSCRF • SAFF—pay tuition from multiple purpose codes• The DGS section will appear on the form• Use GRANT Purpose code(s) for 38.4%• Use other purpose code(s) for 61.6%• “Other” does appear but may leave it unanswered

DE Resident—50% tuition contract with 50% stipend and tuition paid by grant

• GSCRF • SAFF—pay tuition from multiple purpose codes• The DGS section will appear on the form• Use GRANT Purpose code(s) for 23.76%• Use other purpose code(s) for 76.24%• “Other” does appear but may leave it unanswered

DE Resident—No contract

• NO GSCRF• Contract Tuition Section does not appear for DE residents

not on contract• The DGS section will appear on the form• Select “YES”• Pay DGS from as many purpose codes as you like• Percent must total 100%• “Other” does appear but may leave it unanswered


A Handy Chart!

• Don’t worry – we have print outs of this!


Form sections -> Provide contract tuition payment Provide payment to student account for residency differential

Residency Tuition Status Tuition Purpose% to allocate to the noted purpose

DGS/ Residency Differential DGS Purpose

% to allocate to the noted purpose

Non-resident No Contract No SAFF needed unless paying 'other amount'n/a

Delaware Graduate Scholarship Section does not appear on form for Non-Resident Students.

Non-resident 100% tuition contract, with full stipend, no grant tuition

Pay tuition from as many departmental purpose codes as you like Must total 100%

Non-resident Contract: 100% block tuition semester

GRAD112117 100%

Non-resident Contract: 50% tuition, 50% stipend; no grant tuition


Non-resident Contract: 100% tuition, full stipend; tuition paid by grant

Grant purpose code(s) Must total 100%

Non-resident Contract: 50% tuition, 50% stipend; tuition paid by grant

Grant purpose code(s) Must total 100%

DE Resident100% tuition contract, with full stipend, no grant tuition


Delaware Graduate Scholarship Section does not appear for DE residents on contract. Note: If Contract is 50% the resident

student will automatically be given the % of DGS necessary to ensure student is charged only the expected 'residency rate.'

DE ResidentContract: 100% block tuition semester

At least 2 purpose codes as below:

GRAD112117--------------------------------------> 38.4%

As many other purpose codes as you like -> Must total 61.6%

DE ResidentContract: 50% tuition, 50% stipend; no grant tuition


DE ResidentContract: 100% tuition, full stipend; tuition paid by grant


Grant purpose code(s)---------------------------> Must total 38.4%

As many other purpose codes as you like -> Must total 61.6%

DE ResidentContract: 50% tuition, 50% stipend; tuition paid by grant


Grant purpose code(s)---------------------------> Must total 23.76%

As many other purpose codes as you like -> Must total 76.24%DE Resident No Contract Contract Tuition Section does not appeal for DE residents who are

not on contract. YesPay DGS from as many purpose codes as you like Must total 100%

Deadlines

• Need SAFF by July 8th—if at all possible—THANKS!!• Only the SAFF forms approved by July 11th will pay the

student’s tuition on their billing statement• Bills are only generated on July 11th if the student has

registered• ADMN 560 or 561 is a registration—this comes from the

GSCRF• If no SAFF and if ADMN 560 or 561 has been registered by

the GSCRF, the student’s bill will show the total amount due

Financial Support of Graduate Students

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