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 $30,000. (This compares favorably with the NIH predoctoral stipend set at $27,144 in FY2023.)
• Students in good standing will receive a $2,000 tuition increase upon joining a permanent lab.
• 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 (up to $800 for presenters and up to $300 for non-presenters)
• We currently offer three student awards (Computational fund, Kline fund, and the Pharmacology Development fund) providing travel support for conferences and workshops. Application info is here.
  
• 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