Graduate Student Instructor and Graduate Student Researcher appointments are common sources of funding. While these positions usually pay all of your fees and tuition, as well as a stipend, there is variability to watch out for.

For example, some GSI appointments for ES courses (courses in the Ecosystem Science Undergraduate major)  don't cover the campus activity fees, meaning that you can still owe ~200 dollars. Different departments on campus also have slightly different fee remissions. The table below shows the general remissions and percentage pay rates need to achieve each.

TYPES OF FEES REMISSIONS	FEES PAID BY REMISSION
Partial Fee Remission for Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs), Readers, and Tutors working 25% or more time, and Graduate Student Researchers (GSRs) working 25–44% time.	University Registration Fee Educational Fee Health Insurance Fee *
Full Fee Remission for GSRs working at least 45% time.	University Registration Fee Educational Fee Health Insurance Fee * Berkeley Campus Fee Class Pass (AC Transit) Fee
Full Fee and Nonresident Tuition Remissions for GSRs working at least 45% time. Note: Only for non-California residents who are: a) pursuing the Ph.D. or professional doctorate (as defined by the student’s department) as the terminal degree; b) within the departmentally-established normative time period; and c) not receiving any other support that funds nonresident tuition. U.S. citizens and permanent residents classified as non-California residents are eligible only for their first year of graduate study at Berkeley.	University Registration Fee Educational Fee Health Insurance Fee * Berkeley Campus Fee Class Pass (AC Transit) Fee Nonresident Tuition Fee

GSI and GSR appointments each have step (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, etc) that determine the actual pay rate of the stipend that you get.

You must actively apply for GSI and GSR positions to ensure that you receive funding.