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Financial Aid for PhD Students

All PhD students are considered for full financial support for up to five years. Typically, funding comes in the form of full tuition remission and a competitive stipend for serving as a research or teaching assistant. The funding is renewable every year, subject to good progress and annual evaluations.

Individual levels of support are based on the doctoral student鈥檚 concentration, qualifications as an applicant, and competitive considerations. PhD students may also receive compensation for conference travel, publications聽and academic achievement.

Research and Teaching Assistantships

As a graduate student, you may apply for a research or teaching assistantship.

1. Teaching assistantships: Work 20 hours a week to support and supervise classroom instruction and academic activities. You鈥檒l be compensated with a nine-month stipend, a basic health insurance plan and nine credits of tuition remission per term.

2. Research assistantships: These are awarded by individual Fox聽faculty members. Research assistants work up to 20 hours a week to support faculty research and are compensated with a basic health insurance plan, a stipend and tuition remission.

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Fox Research Competition

The Fox PhD program recognizes student research achievements at both the Fox School鈥檚 Annual Awards Night and schoolwide research forums. These forums afford top-tier PhD students the opportunity to present their research, receive awards and begin building their academic r茅sum茅. Each concentration recommends one to two PhD students to present at this competition, where they are eligible to compete for these awards and receive further research or dissertation support.