Self Graduate Fellow Benefits
The total value of this four-year doctoral fellowship exceeds $275,000
- Provides annual support of $40,000 for four years through a 50% appointment as a graduate research assistant
- Sponsors tuition and fees for three academic semesters each year: fall, spring, and summer
- Pays employer's share of student health insurance costs
- Provides a total of $15,000 in funding for professional development opportunities during the four years of the fellowship
- Provides $5,000 start-up award (year 1)
- Provides $3,000 textbook and technology award
- Includes communication, management, leadership, innovation, and policy training through the Fellow Development Program
- Opportunity to travel to Washington D.C. for a customized government and science policy seminar
- Opportunity to travel abroad for a customized international seminar
- Allows Fellows to collaborate and network with their interdisciplinary cohort of Ph.D. students
- Provides access to a network of alumni mentors