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Resources for Faculty    

Recruitment and Admission

The Graduate Studies Office has many resources to help faculty with the recruitment and admission processes for students:

  • We complement Prospective Student visits
  • We offer  Campus Tours  every first and third Friday of the month starting at 10 a.m.
  • We offer  Prospective Student Travel Grants  of up to $600 per student to assist faculty with the cost of bringing prospective students for a campus visit
  • We can advise faculty on the status of an application and supply documents from the application
  • We provide recruitment packets for faculty attending conferences
  • We coordinate fellowship and assistantship award applications

Prospective Student Travel Grants
Graduate Student Fellowships
1-Year Ph.D. Development Award

Graduate Faculty Membership

The Graduate Studies Office coordinates graduate faculty membership requests for the Galveston campus. Faculty interested in advising graduate students should consult the resources below or contact us at  gradstudies@tamug.edu  for additional information.

Guidelines for Graduate Faculty Membership
Graduate Faculty Search

Graduate Courses

The Graduate Studies Office coordinates new graduate level course requests for the Galveston campus. Faculty interested in teaching a graduate course should review the resources below or contact us at  gradstudies@tamug.edu for additional information.

New Course Request
Minimum Syllabus Requirements

Prospective Graduate Student Travel Grants

Graduate faculty researchers are invited to request a grant from the Graduate Studies Office to assist with outstanding prospective graduate students’ campus visits. The purpose of this grant is to help departments to recruit prospective graduate students by funding a portion of the students’ travel expenses to visit the Galveston campus. Grants are available for Galveston faculty recruiting students into a Galveston or College Station master's or doctoral program. Maximum grant funding is $600 per student dependent on funding availability each fiscal year.

For questions on this grant program or the application process, contact 409-740-4957.

Graduate Student Researcher Lecture Series

The Research and Graduate Studies Office will host various speaker and panel sessions for our graduate student researchers to help them through the research process and beyond.  We need faculty experts in the following areas to volunteer and share their wisdom with our student researchers.  Topics of interest:

Job Seeking: Seeking NGO Positions
Job Seeking: Seeking Environmental Positions
Job Seeking: Seeking Industry Positions
Job Seeking: Seeking a Job in Higher Education
Job Seeking: Preparing CVs and Cover Letters
Grant Writing: Writing the Grant


To volunteer, please email gradstudies@tamug.edu.

Advising Research Students

Texas A&M University provides faculty resources to complement the research student and faculty mentor relationship.  Check out these resources:

Compact between Graduate Students and Their Supervising Faculty developed by the TAMU Faculty-Student Agreement Task Force

TAMU Center for Teaching Excellence offers Faculty Mentoring Resources which includes the Faculty Mentoring Academy, Workshops, Mentoring Resources (within TAMU and beyond), and Consultations. 

Research and Graduate Studies Awards

The Research and Graduate Studies Office provides awards for graduate students.  Most of these awards are faculty nominated and mainly help the research students who are starting or ending their journey with us.  To learn more about these awards, please visit:

Prospective Student Travel Grant
1-Year Ph.D. Development Award
Graduate Student Fellowships

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By Phone: (409) 740-4941

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  • MAIN, Suite 409
  • Office Hours: 8am-Noon; 1pm-5pm

Faculty Resource Handbook    

Graduate Studies helps facilitate processes and procedures for graduate students, graduate faculty and the many offices that graduate faculty and students interact with on a regular basis. We hope this resource guide will assist you build your graduate student research team from recruitment to current student support. Please contact us if you have questions or concerns. Our student-centric office supports graduate student success.
Faculty Resource Handbook
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