STUDENT HANDBOOK

PhD PROGRAM: FUNDING

All applicants to our PhD program are automatically considered for the small number (ie, 6-8) of fully-funded slots available each year.

Full funding is awarded on a competitive basis and consists of five years of 100% tuition coverage, individual health insurance, and no less than $25,000* per year for living expenses, provided that steady, satisfactory progress is made toward the PhD degree. In exchange, fully-funded students not on NIH training grants are required to work with a faculty member on a research and/or teaching project for the equivalent of 19 hours per week. (See PhD PROGRAM: NIH TRAINING PROGRAMS for a description of work regulations for NIH trainees; see also PhD PROGRAM: TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS.) Students find this apprenticeship with faculty to be one of the most valuable parts of their education.  After five years, fully-funded PhD students who have not complete their study will receive a 75% departmental scholarship and will be required to pay for their own health insurance.

As outlined in PhD PROGRAM: PART-TIME STUDY, except under special circumstances, part-time PhD study is actively discouraged. Accordingly, there is no financial support of any kind for tuition, health insurance, or living expenses for part-time PhD students.

* rate for 2020-21 academic year

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