AGC students are not eligible for GAships or Achievement Scholarship tuition support (see UHM Graduate Division rules), owing to the fact that these are forms of financial support for degree-seeking students provided by the State of Hawai‘i. Similarly, AGC students are not eligible to apply for U.S. federal loans because loans are only available to degree-seeking students.
Occasionally, funding from outside sources can allow the department to support highly qualified AGC in SLS students. AGC in SLS students may apply for lectureship and casual-hire positions in the ELI and HELP, and they are also eligible to apply to the ‘Oihana Maika‘i Fund for Professional Development and the Elizabeth Carr-Holmes Scholarship to carry out research for the scholarly paper of the AGC in SLS.