The University of Delaware provides tuition scholarships to full-time graduate students who are awarded stipends for an entire semester/academic year as a research, teaching or graduate assistant or fellow. Graduate departments and programs select the recipients of these awards based on the student's high academic standing. The stipulations of the tuition scholarship policy are:

• The stipend must be at least $14,600 per academic year or equivalent to $1,622 per month in 2008-2009; In 2007-2008, $14,000 per academic year or equivalent to $1,555 per month.
• Overhead must be charged on stipends from external contracts and grants;
• When graduate tuition is available from external sources, it must be charged to the external source (reverse tuition grants to departments will not be processed);
• When summer stipends are paid from external sources and when graduate tuition is available from external sources, the tuition charge for summer must be charged to the external source;
• Students on sustaining status qualify for a waiver of the sustaining fee but will not qualify for a tuition scholarship;
• Tuition scholarships are not awarded for winter session under this policy;
• Should a student leave the University after the free drop/add period of the semester of an appointment, the stipend will be immediately terminated. The tuition scholarship originally accompanying the stipend will become the responsibility of the student unless an appeal is presented in writing and approved by the Office of Graduate Studies. If the appeal is approved, the tuition scholarship will continue to be applied to the student's account and will not be available to be awarded to another student in that semester;
• According to UD regualtions, students are limited to 20 working hours per week within the University and may not be employed outside the University. Any exception to this policy must be represented in writing by the appropriate departmental/college office to the Office of Graduate Studies for consideration and action.

The recipients of these awards are eligible for coverage by the University's Accident and Sickness Insurance Blue Plan at a reduced cost which saves the recipient 80% of the cost of the insurance.