Minimum stipends for graduate student teaching, research, and project assistantship appointments will increase by 5% for 2026-27, continuing UW–Madison’s commitment to investing in graduate assistantships. The new minimums for graduate assistants appointed at 50% will be $30,614 per academic year for teaching assistants and $37,417 annually for research and project assistants.
Announcements
Graduate School published 2024-2025 Annual Report
The Graduate School Annual Report 2024-2025 is now available, offering an overview of the Graduate School’s initiatives and accomplishments over the past year.
Postdoctoral Affairs moves to the Graduate School
As of July 1, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) has moved to the Graduate School. OPA promotes excellence in postdoctoral training for more than 800 postdocs on campus.
Beware of phone scam, calls appearing to come from the Graduate School
The UW–Madison Office of Cybersecurity and UW–Madison Graduate School are aware of a phone scam that is active on campus. The phone call “spoofs” the Graduate School phone number, which means that it appears to …
UW–Madison minimum graduate assistant stipends will increase, consistent with multi-year commitment to stipend growth
Minimum annualized stipends for 50% graduate student teaching, research, and project assistantship appointments will be $35,636 for 2025-26, up from the current minimum of $32,396. This is part of a four-year stipend forecasting plan announced …
Graduate School publishes 2023-2024 Annual Report
The Graduate School Annual Report 2023-2024 is now available, offering an overview of the Graduate School’s initiatives and accomplishments over the past year.
UW-Madison’s Graduate School moves to Office of the Provost
After a transition spanning several months, the Graduate School will move administrative homes on July 1, 2024, from a component of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to reporting to the Office of the Provost.
Beth Meyerand named Graduate School associate dean
The Graduate School will welcome Beth Meyerand, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the Departments of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, to the role of associate dean later this month.
Four years of graduate assistantship minimum stipend increases planned
UW–Madison has committed to increasing minimum graduate student teaching, research, and project assistantship stipends for the next four years in a stipend forecasting plan sent last week to schools, colleges, departments, and graduate programs. Rather than setting minimum rates year-to-year, the new approach gives students, principal investigators, departments, programs, schools, and colleges the ability to budget for minimum salary increases several years into the future.
UW–Madison increases minimum graduate assistant stipends by 14 percent for 2024-2025
Minimum stipend amounts for graduate student teaching, research, and project assistants will increase by 14% for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Over the past 10 years, campus investments in graduate assistant stipends have resulted in a 79% increase in the minimum stipend for teaching assistants (TAs), a 52% increase in the minimum stipend for annual research assistants (RAs), and a 76% increase in the minimum stipend for annual project assistants (PAs).