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Financial Support for Doctoral Students |
| All students admitted into a doctoral program in the department are guaranteed financial support during the entire term of their study. The support comes in the form of a Graduate Assistantship, either a Graduate Teaching Assistantship (TA) or a Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA). TAs are required to teach in our undergraduate courses, mostly in undergraduate laboratory courses. RAs are not required to teach. |
| These awards include a twelve month stipend. The current starting stipend for Teaching Assistants is $20,800 per year, with an increment to $21,800 upon advancement to candidacy (which happens when the student has completed all required didactic coursework, passed the preliminary examination, and taught as a TA for at least 2 semesters). |
| In addition to the stipend, students receive tuition remission for 10 credits per semester (which is the maximum number of credits normally taken by graduate students), and a health benefits package. |
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Continuation of the guaranteed support for doctoral students is contingent upon maintaining a GPA of 3.0 and making adequate research progress toward the Ph.D. degree. |
Applying for Financial Support |
| Students who apply for admission will automatically be considered for support by an appropriate mechanism. |
Competitive Graduate Research Assistantships: up to $30,000 |
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Competitive Graduate Research Assistantships are available from several sources: |
GAANN Program |
| A new Department of Education grant from the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program will support at least four students with demonstrated financial need. The maximum stipend amount for 2005-2006 GAANN fellows is $30,000. Read more about it… |
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Chemistry-Biology Interface Program |
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The Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Biological Sciences have joined forces to create a program called Opportunities at the Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) to train students to bridge the traditional gap between the two disciplines. Biology students accepted into this program are guaranteed an extra level of support, currently at $23,800 per year, during their entire graduate training. |
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Meyerhoff Graduate Program |
| Qualified doctoral students may be supported by the Meyerhoff Graduate Training Program in Biomedical Sciences. Support is currently provided at the level of $21,000 per year and is guaranteed for the entire graduate training period. |
Support for Masters Level Study |
| M.S. students are not guaranteed financial support. Graduate Teaching Assistantships are offered when available on a per semester basis. All graduate students enrolled half-time or more may be eligible to apply for graduate student loans. |
