All admitted students are supported for the PhD program. Typically, students are supported by a Faculty Fellowship in the first two years followed by a Research Assistantship in subsequent years as students work for a research group.

The Fellowship support amount increases on average 5% per year. Some students supplement their Fellowship by tutoring, teaching recitation sections, or by grading homework.

These are the Fellowship Support amounts for the current academic year:

FACULTY FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT 2007-2008

Graduate Research Assistantship Salary (GRA): $6,866

TOTAL: $27,466

YEARLY SUPPORT

• Year 1: Faculty Fellowship + Research Assistantship during the summer 
• Year 2: Faculty Fellowship + Research Assistantship during the summer 

Subsequent Years: Research Assistantship (12 months each year)

OUTSIDE SUPPORT & FELLOWSHIPS

Some students enter graduate school with outside fellowships or awards. In this case, support will be supplemented with details dependent on the amount of the outside fellowship.

SUPPLEMENTING YOUR INCOME

Students can supplement their income by:

• Tutoring undergraduates privately (the Physics office keeps a list of those interested in tutoring). Rates are negotiated privately with the students seeking tutors.
  
  
• Teaching recitation sections (a number of undergraduate courses have weekly recitation sections).
  
  
• Grading homework (all undergraduate courses have weekly homework assignments that require grading).

Interested graduate students should contact the undergraduate secretary if they are interested in any of these possibilities for supplemental income.