HEALTH INSURANCE FOR FELLOWS

The Graduate School will provide a reimbursement of one-half (1/2) of the annual United Health Care (UHC) insurance premium for individual coverage to full-time graduate students who are supported on full fellowships funded by the Graduate School through the Block Grant program or through Graduate School funded fellowships. Subsidy of coverage for dependents will not be available. Funding for Health Insurance Reimbursement is limited.

Fellows who are employed at least half time on assistantships are not eligible for the subsidy because they are entitled to employee health insurance benefits. Part-time students are not eligible regardless of their source or amount of funding, and fellows supported by funds provided from state accounts in the colleges are not eligible. However, these students are eligible to purchase this insurance on their own through the Health Center.

Full-time graduate students who have fellowships from external sources are eligible to receive a reimbursement of one-half (1/2) of the annual UHC insurance premium for individuals.  

Ann G. Wylie Dissertation fellows are provided a total of $800.00 in addition to their stipend to cover the cost of the health insurance premium for one semester of coverage.

For information please visit the University Health Center website: http://www.health.umd.edu/geninfo/insurance.html . The UHC annual insurance plan must be purchased prior to sending your request for reimbursement to the Graduate School. Please include with your proof of purchase a Health Insurance Request Form: http://www.gradschool.umd.edu/gss/forms/insurance.pdf. United Health Care offers online enrollment in the University sponsored insurance program:  http://www.firststudent.com/