A comprehensive program of financial aid is available for
Ph.D. students, including fellowships and appointments in teaching and research
as appropriate to the program. Ph.D. students normally receive the annual
prevailing stipend and appropriate tuition and health fees for five years,
provided that they remain in good academic standing. If students receive a year
of advanced standing they are entitled to four years of fellowship funding.
After the
fifth year of funding (the fourth for students with advanced standing),
students may be eligible for, but are
not entitled to, additional support.
Students
are not eligible to receive GSAS fellowships after their seventh year. Exceptions are made only for students who
receive major outside fellowships that require GSAS to contribute to the cost
of tuition and health fees.
These time limits
and restrictions on funding do not affect a student's ability to apply for
outside grants or Title IV funding (Federal Perkins Loans, Ford Federal
Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans, and Federal Work-Study).
Note: The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences requires
that all work for the Ph.D. degree must be completed within nine years of
full-time registration, less any advanced standing granted, as noted in the
regulation concerning Satisfactory Academic Progress.
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