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.	Fall 2008 Teaching Award Recipients
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.	Sources of Financial Support Fellowships Graduate Assistantships Dissertation Research Grants Supplemental Awards (entering students) Teaching & Research Awards Travel Awards Health Insurance
See our Cost-of-Living WebPage for a way to make comparisons of stipends that account for cost-of-living differences.

Fellowships

Graduate Assistantships

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.

Dissertation Research Grants

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 dissertation grants, and research grants funded by outside agencies, typically through various research centers. Announcements are posted frequently.

Awards

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.

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.

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.

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