Undergraduate students taking 200- and 300-level courses in the Department of Linguistics may be nominated by their professor to receive the “Budding Linguist” book award. Any undergraduate student who completes an independent study (LIN 395) and presents that research before a public audience may be nominated by their professor to receive a Research book award. Graduating undergraduates with a Linguistics major typically receive an honor as well. All awards are typically presented at our end of year Celebration of Undergraduate Linguistics.

For the Master's program, funding is awarded as part of the program application process.  Almost all graduate students are supported as teaching assistants in either the Department of Linguistics or the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies [maybe link these dept pages? yes, that sounds good]. Linguistics also has a small number of Research Assistantships. All of these assistantships include a full (in-state and out-of-state) tuition scholarship and provide a living stipend as well as health insurance. Assistantships are renewable for two years while in the MA program provided that the student has made satisfactory progress toward a degree, and is performing satisfactorily as a teacher.

Consideration for Teaching and Research Assistantships are contingent on admission to the MALTT program. Apply at https://gradschool.uky.edu/