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There is a variety of sources of funding for
entering PhD students, including Fellowships
and Graduate Assistantships. Support
is typically guaranteed for four years assuming
satisfactory progress is made toward completing
the degree and, if applicable, teaching and/or
research assistant duties are performed. Funding
includes a 12-month stipend, a waiver of tuition
and fees, and the subsidization of health
insurance and travel expenses
to professional conferences. Funded students
are eligible for a research dissertation grant during the fourth year.
Entering students who are highly qualified may
be offered a supplemental award by their Area that provides a bonus beyond
the basic graduate assistant stipend for up to
three years. Further, students who excel as teaching
assistants or in research receive various teaching
and research awards that include a small cash
stipend.
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Spring 2007 Teaching Award Recipients |
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| For more information about obtaining funding, please visit the Purdue Graduate School Funding Opportunities website.
In comparing the level of funding offered by Purdue University to that offered by other Universities, specifically the relative level of the stipends, it is important to take into account differences in the costs of living for different areas of the country.
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Sources of Financial Support
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See our Cost-of-Living
WebPage for a way to make comparisons of stipends that account for cost-of-living differences.
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Various University fellowships are available to new students, such as the Purdue
Doctoral Fellowship and the Andrews Fellowship. In
addition the Krannert Doctoral Program has added generously funded fellowships for highly qualified new students. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis using academic promise and performance as a guide towards nomination. A monthly stipend is allotted to
Fellowship recipients for the duration of their award. Students holding fellowships receive remission of tuition and fees except for a small graduate staff rate each semester.
Click
Here for a List of Students Holding Fellowships.
For more information about various fellowships, please visit the Purdue Graduate School Funding Opportunities website.
As part of their professional program, most doctoral students are awarded half-time graduate assistantships. The Krannert School is committed to provide competitive stipends to individuals receiving assistantships. The assistantships are teaching and/or research assignments which develop teaching skills and the ability to apply theory and research methodology in the student's area of specialization. Assistantship duties vary according to the individual's professional aspirations and increase in responsibility as the student progresses through the doctoral program. Students whose native language is not English must pass an oral screening evaluation before they are eligible for an assignment as a classroom teacher.
Both teaching and research assistantships involve approximately 20 hours per week and provide a monthly stipend over a 12-month period. In addition, provision is made for remission of tuition and all fees except for a small graduate staff rate each semester. The graduate staff rate covers items such as co-recreational facilities, academic and library facilities, etc. Students holding assistantships receive discounts from university bookstores, shopping centers, meals from university restaurants, etc.
Numerous research grants competitions are available each year to doctoral candidates in support of dissertation research. In fact, it is typical for a graduate student to receive a grant to support their dissertation research for at least one year of his or her residency. A monthly stipend is allotted to recipients of research grants for the duration of their award. In addition, students holding university research grants receive remission of tuition and all fees except for a small graduate staff rate each semester. Sources for dissertation research grants include University fellowships, Krannert thesis grants, and research grants funded by outside agencies, typically through various research centers. Announcements are posted frequently.
Supplemental Awards to New Students: A limited number of supplemental awards of varying amounts are made each year to especially highly qualified entering PhD students who demonstrate the potential to be outstanding teachers. Those receiving these awards have the standard 4-year graduate assistantship funding commitment increased by the award amount. Such supplemental awards, along with fellowships, are an indication of the importance that the Deans and faculty place on the Ph.D. Programs at Purdue.
Each fall at the annual Doctoral Banquet, the School awards cash prizes to individuals who have distinguished themselves in their performance as teaching assistants. Starting in the fall of 2000, the Robert Johnson Research awards have been made to students who have distinguished themselves in terms of the quality of their dissertation research proposals.
More information about Teaching
Awards and Recipients
More information about Research
Awards and Recipients
The Krannert School supports representation
of its doctoral students at national meetings by providing
travel support. In addition, the Purdue Graduate
Student Government (PGSG) Travel Award provides supplemental
funds to Purdue University graduate students attending
technical conferences that develop graduate students
professionally, and thus augment the overall quality
of research at Purdue. More information
about the PGSG
Travel Award and Recipients
All half-time graduate teaching or research assistants are enrolled in the Purdue Graduate Student Staff Medical / Health Insurance Plan which provides excellent coverage for graduate assistants and family members. In addition, there is the Purdue University Student Health Center.
For more information about obtaining funding, please visit the Purdue Graduate School Funding Opportunities website.
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