16       TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS AND RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS

16.1

The university departments may offer Teaching and Research Assistantships to outstanding PhD enrolled students at various stages of their enrollment.
16.2

Teaching assistantship provides an opportunity to PhD students to assist professors in preparing teaching and research materials for groups of students enrolled in their classes.
16.3
Research assistantships are paid fellowship stipends for outstanding research scholars for assisting a professor, who pays the research assistant out of the research grant s/he has received. The stipend varies based on the level of effort and budget available to the Principal Investigator.
16.4
Universities may have named scholarships to promote quality research by philanthropic donors based on priority themes and topics on the national research agenda.