Acceptance Letters & Funding Question

[D-NixRT]

Hi all!

I was lucky enough to get my first acceptance letter (IUPUI), but the letter did not specify whether or not I was getting any funding. I could contact the graduate director asking about the funding opportunities decided/available to me, but I'm worried it might come off the wrong way. I want to wait until I have some other letters back before deciding for sure, and the same person that I'm supposed to contact regarding my acceptance is the same person that is supposed to answer funding questions.

tl;dr - acceptance letter not specific with funding/grants/assistantships; anyone know the best way to ask about this w/o sounding greedy or rubbing the wrong way?

Thank you!

[TakeruK]

Did you get the formal official acceptance letter (usually from the Graduate School/University, not the department) or an less formal message from a faculty member or the department chair? Usually the funding information is in the former, but not always in the latter (although in my experience, the latter says to expect funding details to come!)

If you are not expecting any further communication about your offer, then it's perfectly fine to ask about it. Everyone will understand that funding is an important part of the decision. You can write back to say something like you are excited for this opportunity and that you were wondering if any funding has been decided yet / is available and that if it will be available, when would you know about it etc.

[D-NixRT]

4 minutes ago, TakeruK said:

Did you get the formal official acceptance letter (usually from the Graduate School/University, not the department) or an less formal message from a faculty member or the department chair?

I got my letter from the department chair. That's very (oddly) reassuring to know that they don't always give explicit details in those kind of messages. 

I also received my acceptance letter today. Would it seem overly desperate to ask right away? Thanks a lot for your input!

[TakeruK]

I don't think it's overly desperate to ask right away---after all, any sensible person would want to know the financial details before making a decision. But if you are worried about it, it's also reasonable to wait until the next business day (Tuesday?)