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Eligibility for Stipends
As a part of the program's intention to provide the opportunity to advance academically and develop scholarship in a reasonable period of time, tuition is waived and stipends are awarded to support vigorous and full-time commitment of students in the doctoral track. Master's students do not receive stipend support nor the tuition waiver.
Stipends for students in the doctoral track may be held or reduced from those students that fail to provide a full commitment to research and scholarly activities post-passing the pre-candidacy exam. This reduction will be submitted to the Graduate Advisory Council (GAC) via a recommendation by the student's advisor. The GAC may then inquire into this issue and decide on an outcome. Students in good academic/research standing are assured of their stipend for five years by their sponsoring department or section. Stipend support beyond five years is at the funding capabilities and discretion of the advisor. A sixth-year student would not get a stipend from the department, although the advisor may continue to provide one from her/his laboratory funds. Students are accepted into the program with the understanding that they will devote their full time to learning and research. As the stipends are paid at the beginning of every quarter, any student leaving after receiving the stipend but without completing the quarter will be required to repay the balance in a prorated manner to the department. Students in the doctoral track receiving stipend support and tuition waiver who, for reasons other than departmental and college decisions, transfer to the master's track will be required to repay the cost of tuition and stipend support provided to them. Some doctoral students may be accepted without stipend support but will receive tuition waiver. These rare cases will be based on a mutual agreement between the student and the program director.
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