DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Financial Support

The pursuit of a doctoral degree entails financial sacrifice for most students.  The Department of Education and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences provide financial aid to students whenever possible.  Financial aid is contingent upon the student's qualifications and availability of funds in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.  Neither tuition remission scholarships nor stipends are awarded to part-time graduate students.  First-year students may be awarded tuition remission scholarships and University Fellowships.   After the first year, tuition remission and, if possible, teaching or research assistantships are awarded to continuing doctoral students if their performance merits such assistance.  These awards depend upon the level of funding available within the Department of Education.  The Department of Education also offers fellowships in the Center for Inquiry in Science Teaching and Learning.  Please see the web site for further information.

Two other special fellowships are possible for those who qualify; they require a separate application available from the Graduate School: the Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship and the Olin Fellowship for Women.  Please see the web site for further information.

Other funding opportunities are available through the Lynne Cooper Harvey Graduate Certificate Program of the Program in American Culture Studies and the Center for New Institutional Social Sciences in the Weidenbaum Center.  Please contact the Director of Doctoral Studies for information regarding these opportunities.

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