Financial Support
For the doctoral candidate, financial aid is available from several sources. University Fellowships cover full tuition and include a stipend sufficient for living costs of a single person during the academic year; some private and federally supported fellowships are awarded to incoming students. N.S.F. Graduate Fellowships, Danforth Fellowships, and others are awarded directly by the granting organizations to successful applicants for such support. We encourage you to apply for these as well. Many of these programs have application deadlines on or before January 2, and we urge all students to check with their Deans or Faculty Advisors for specific dates and programs for which they may be eligible.
Most
graduate students are supported by assistantships teaching,
research, or a combination which actually allows and encourages
three-quarter time study. In various ways, an assistantship
covers tuition and a taxable stipend for living expenses during
the academic year in 2009-2010 a total equivalent value of
$57,048.
A number of research and teaching assistantships are available to entering graduate students for the summer prior to their first academic year. They are of great advantage in getting settled and acquainted at Brown before the formal course work of the first academic year. Graduate students are encouraged to join a research group during the summer following the first year.
