The Financial Support unit of the Graduate Division processes all fellowship funds to graduate students (payment of tuition, fees, non-resident supplemental tuition, health insurance, and stipends).
Departments allocate student aid fellowship support through the use of the Graduate Student Financial Portal, GradPoint Financial.
Please note that all fellowship payments to students must be handled in this way. The University may not use the University Check Request Form 5 for any type of fellowship or financial award payment to students.
The Graduate Division ensures that through the use of the GradPoint Financial portal, the funds are disbursed to students, charged to the correct accounts, and reported to all necessary offices.
Students who receive a fellowship (paying tuition, fees, health insurance, professional fees, and/or non-resident supplemental tuition) have that fellowship credit applied to their BARC account. Students who receive a stipend as part of a fellowship package will receive that payment through the Billing Office. Students can arrange to receive their stipend via direct deposit and the eRefund System. International students may be required to provide tax and visa related information to the Accounting Office via GLACIER, a secured web-based tax compliance system, in order to receive their stipend. For complete information, please see GLACIER.
Students may refer to the Fellowships section of MyBARC, for details about their stipend disbursements.
For Internal Revenue Service and California Tax Board resources, please see tax resources.