General Information

• Students who are admitted are eligible to receive a full package of tuition support and stipend for up to five years of full-time study.
• Students are highly encouraged to apply for extramural and intramural funding.
• The program will also provide year-round student health insurance.

Tuition

Domestic and international graduate students receive full remission of instructional, general, and campus life fees for each academic year for up to five years of study

Stipend

• The current annual stipend is $35,000. (This compares favorably with the current NIH predoctoral stipend of $27,144.)
• Students are encouraged to seek additional fellowships and will receive supplemental stipend amounts equal to 15 percent of the external funding that directly supports the stipend, with a maximum of $2,000/year, if successful.

Travel

Financial support is available to travel to scientific meetings:

• Graduate School Governance Association Travel Award
  
• We currently offer three student awards (Computational fund, Kline fund, and the Pharmacology Development fund) providing travel support for conferences and workshops. Application info (PDF).
  
• Additional funds may be available through individual fellowships

Limitations

Students in good standing receive tuition, health insurance and stipend for up to five years of full-time study or until they accumulate a minimum of 90 graduate credit hours. After these limitations are reached, continued support is at the discretion of the student’s research advisor and dissertation committee