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Financial Aid
- All students who are admitted are eligible to receive a full package of tuition support and stipend.
- Currently, the stipend for eligible Systems Biology & Physiology students is $22,000 a year.
- For 2007, the NIH pre-doctoral fellowship stipend is $20,772.
- Students are highly encourage to apply for extramural and intramural funding.
- Students who receive honorary fellowships from outside agencies or foundations will receive a financial bonus of 10% of the awarded fellowship/grant (maximum $2,000).
- Example: $5,000 summer fellowships entitles you to $500 bonus.
- The program will also provide year-round student health insurance.
Tuition
Graduate domestic graduate students will receive full remission of these fees for each academic year. International students receive the in-state portion of their fee and are responsible for the out-of-state surcharge.
Stipend
The current 12 month stipend in the Systems Biology and Physiology Program is $20,500. 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. Currently, students are not required to teach, but instead devote full-time to their academic research and training; however there are teaching opportunities available for students interested in this kind of experience. Stipends are initially provided by the College of Medicine but once the student has chosen a laboratory, the dissertation advisor will assume this responsibility.
Heath Insurance
Students are provided Student Heath Insurance and are required to fill out a student heath insurance request form at the beginning of each fall quarter. Those students wishing to waive the health insurance must provide documentation proving coverage by an external source.
Travel
Financial support is available to travel to scientific meetings in several locations.
- Graduate school governance association, up to $400.00
- Kline endowment $2,000 is divided between students in program who travel to scientific meetings
- 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 260 graduate credit hours. After these limitations are reached continued support is at the discretion of the student’s research advisor and dissertation committee.
Alternative Funding
The following is a partial list of potential funding sources. For more information on these and other awards, students are encouraged to contact the Office of Research and Advanced Studies(636-4816).
Albert J. Ryan Foundation Fellowship
The Albert J. Ryan foundation was established in 1968 by Alice M. Ryan of Cincinnati in memory of her father. The purpose of the fellowship is to recognize and encourage the career development of students at Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and the University of Cincinnati who "show promise of becoming research scholars and who show a capacity to contribute to the advancement of knowledge of medical science". This is a very prestigious (and hence competitive) 2-year award given to a select number of students in the second or third year of graduate school. Students who are chosen as Albert J. Ryan Foundation Fellows attend an annual three-day meeting which brings together current fellows from the three institutions. Since a limited number of applicants can be submitted per graduate program the graduate program committee nominates the top candidates for this award, based upon their academic and research performance. The criteria listed below will be used by the college committee to select the Albert J. Ryan Fellows. First year students should consider these criteria as personal targets for the first two years of the program so that they can maximize their chances for competing for the Ryan award in their third year. The deadline for applications is usually in March/April. Criteria include:
- Grades
- Publications (particularly for students in their third year)
- Presentations at local and national scientific meetings.
- Long term career goals of the student (personal statement)
- A description of the proposed research
University Research Council (URC) Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowships
This annual program provides partial support for the summer quarter. There is a limit on the number of applicants per program, so the Graduate Program Committee is responsible for selecting the top three candidates to apply for the award.
University Distinguished Graduate Assistantships
The UDGAs are three-year awards with 12-month stipends at highly competitive levels. The purpose of these awards is to attract the best students to our institution; awards are therefore intended for incoming students.
University Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship Program
The Division of Research and Advanced Studies sponsors a fellowship program that recognizes outstanding senior graduate students (students who are close to finishing their dissertation) whose "dissertations are likely to make significant contributions to their field of inquiry". This award includes a stipend of $24,000 per year. Students who receive this fellowship will also receive a University Graduate Scholarship to defray all tuition costs.
Predoctoral Awards from Professional Societies
All students should consult the websites of their professional societies for information regarding external predoctoral awards for which they may be eligible.
Albert C. Yates Fellows and Scholars Program
This program is designed to help underrepresented minority students pursue graduate degrees. Yates Graduate Fellowships provide a stipend for the academic year, a full-tuition scholarship for the academic year, and a waiver of general fees. |
