Educational Benefits Links

Grants-In-Aid

Administrative or Academic Faculty (A or B contract)

Employee (6 credits)

Dependents (unlimited credits) dependents are eligible to age 24

Spouse (unlimited credits)

Letter of Appointment

Who is Eligible?

Employee only, during the regular fall and spring semesters and courses must be taken at UNR.
Employees teaching for credit are eligible for the amount of credits being taught in the current semester or the previous semester but not accumulative from semester to semester. Example: If the employee taught 3 credits in Fall and 3 credits in Spring they are still only eligible for 3 credits for Spring. However if they taught 3 credits in Fall but are not teaching in Spring, and they did not use fee benefit in the Fall they are eligible for the 3 credits in the Spring.

The department must write a letter, signed by the dean, assigning credit equivalency to the work being done for employees who are not teaching for credit. There is a 6 credit maximum.

Credit courses through Extended Studies are not applicable.

No privileges usually associated with student registration (e.g. discounted tickets, intercollegiate athletic tickets, student health insurance).

Employees of Extended Studies on a Letter of Appointment are not eligible for grants-in-aid.

Emeritus Retired Faculty

Who is Eligible?

Employee (unlimited credits)

Dependents (unlimited credits) unmarried dependents are eligible to age 24

Spouse (unlimited credits)

Retired faculty are those individuals age 60 or over with a minimum of 10 years of University System service or age 55 or over with a minimum of 20 years of University System service.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Eligible?

Not eligible for the grants-in-aid benefits.
See Board of Regents Handbook, Title 4, Chapter 7, Section 7.

Resident Physicians/ Medical Residents/ Dental Residents

Eligible?

No, not eligible for the grants-in-aid benefits.

Graduate Fellows or Assistants

Eligible?

Yes, Graduates are eligible. The form is obtained from the Graduate School .

Adjunct Faculty

Who is Eligible?

Faculty Only (6 credit maximum)

Dependents/Spouse of Deceased Faculty

Dependents (8 Semesters total) are eligible to age 24
Spouse (unlimited credits)

Other Information

Correspondence courses for credit are covered as long as Extended Studies will accept fee waiver.

Health Fees will be waived for both faculty and classified staff but not for their dependents (even if covered on their health insurance).

Signature

All Grants-In-Aid for academic and administrative faculty and LOA's must have the dean's signature or the individual who has been designated as having signature authority. If the waiver is for a spouse or dependent then only the signature of the faculty member is necessary.