Templates

Recruitment financial offer templates should be used when offering funding to a new, incoming student.  Appointment letters (located in Workday HCM) should be used as a follow-up to accepted recruitment offers and for continuing students.

Any changes to either recruitment or appointment letters or requirements that deviate from the provided templates (including requirements specific to the appointing unit) must receive prior approval from the graduate program director, department or school director and college-level financial administrator. Once those approvals have been obtained, you should submit your request (using track changes) to [email protected] for Graduate College and OGC review.

Please note:

For the 2024-25 academic year, the minimum stipend for a 50% academic year RA/TA appointment is $12,293 for the Fall 2024 semester and $13,272 for the Spring 2025 semester.

For the 2025-26 academic year, the estimated minimum stipend for a 50% academic year RA/TA appointment is $26,544.

Templates should be updated to include the most up-to-date rates for tuition, health insurance and fees.*

2025-26 Appointment

For all students with PREVIOUS GRADUATE APPOINTMENTS, departments will need to create appointment letters outside of Workday using the 2025-26 appointment letter templates in this section:

RA/TA 

• Download 25% - RA/TA Appointment Letter template - 2025-26 (Updated: 7/01/25)
  Download 50% - RA/TA Appointment Letter template - 2025-26 (Updated: 6/20/25)

Coverdell

• Download 25% - Coverdell RA/TA Appointment Letter template - 2025-26 (Updated: 7/01/25)
  Download 50% - Coverdell RA/TA Appointment Letter template - 2025-26 (Updated: 6/20/25)

GSA

• Download 25 - 50% GSA Appointment Letter template - 2025-26 (Updated: 6/20/25) 

Online

• Download 25% - Online RA/TA Appointment Letter template - 2025-26 (Updated: 7/01/25)
  Download 50% - Online RA/TA Appointment Letter template - 2025-26 (Updated: 6/20/25)

Partial semester

• Download 25% - Partial Semester RA/TA Appointment Letter template - 2025-26 (Updated: 6/20/25)
  Download 50% - Partial Semester RA/TA Appointment Letter template - 2025-26 (Updated: 7/01/25)

University Graduate Fellowship (UGF)

• Download University Graduate Fellowship (UGF) Award template 2025-26 (Updated: 6/18/25)

2025-26 appointment letters for NEW APPOINTMENTS ONLY will be generated in Workday HCM through the hiring process. Information about Workday HCM can be found at: https://cfo.asu.edu/Workday-HCM. 

Summer Appointment

For all students with PREVIOUS GRADUATE APPOINTMENTS, departments will need to create appointment letters outside of Workday using the Summer 2025 appointment letter templates in this section:

TA

• Download 25% TA Appointment Letter template - Summer 2025 (Updated: 4/28/25)
• Download 50% TA Appointment Letter template - Summer 2025 (Updated: 4/28/25)
• Download Online 25% TA Appointment Letter template - Summer 2025 (Updated: 4/28/25)
• Download Online 50% TA Appointment Letter template - Summer 2025 (Updated: 4/28/25)

RA

• Download 25% RA Appointment Letter template - Summer 2025 (Updated: 4/28/25)
  Download 50% RA Appointment Letter template - Summer 2025 (Updated: 4/28/25)
• Download Online 25% RA Appointment Letter template - Summer 2025 (Updated: 4/28/25)
• Download Online 50% RA Appointment Letter template - Summer 2025 (Updated: 4/28/25)

GSA

• Download 25 - 50% GSA Appointment Letter template - Summer 2025 (Updated: 4/28/25)
• Download 25 - 50% GSA Teaching - Appointment Letter template - Summer 2025 (Updated: 4/28/25)

UGF

• Download UGF Award template - Summer 2025 (Updated: 6/18/25)

Summer 2025 semester appointment letters for NEW HIRES ONLY will be generated in Workday HCM through the hiring process. Information about Workday HCM can be found at: https://cfo.asu.edu/Workday-HCM. 

Recruitment

• Download 25% Graduate Recruitment Financial Support Offer Letter (Updated: 1-28-2025)
• Download 50% Graduate Recruitment Financial Support Offer Letter (Updated: 1-28-2025)
• Download 25% Graduate Recruitment Financial Support Offer Letter - Digital Immersion (Updated: 1-28-2025)
• Download 50% Graduate Recruitment Financial Support Offer Letter - Digital Immersion (Updated: 1-28-2025)

Recruitment for Special Initiatives

• Coverdell

  • Download 25% Coverdell Graduate Recruitment Financial Support Offer Letter (Updated: 1-28-2025)
  • Download 50% Coverdell Graduate Recruitment Financial Support Offer Letter (Updated: 1-28-2025

• Fulbright

  • Download Fulbright Recruitment Financial Support Offer Letter (Updated: 1-9-2025)

• Presidential Graduate Assistantships 

  • Download 50% PGA Recruitment Financial Support Offer Template (Updated: 2-25-2025)

*Resources for determining current rates

• https://catalog.asu.edu/tuitionandfees - choose the applicable semester(s)
• https://students.asu.edu/tuition - ASU tuition estimator, select the applicable criteria
• https://asuonline.asu.edu/what-it-costs - ASU Online tuition estimator
• https://eoss.asu.edu/health/billing-insurance/coverage-options - click on Student Health Insurance Plan Description for premium rates