The department offers support in the form of traineeships, and research or teaching assistantships. Nutrition faculty are involved in many research activities, and opportunities for employment on faculty research grants are sometimes available to doctoral students. Each student holding an appointment carrying either service or nonservice financial support must be registered in order to hold that position.
Grants provide tuition and fees and a stipend.
These NIH traineeships, open only to US citizens or permanent residents, are awarded on a competitive basis, and require sponsorship by a faculty member. Public Health Traineeship Merit assistantships and other scholarships are offered to entering doctoral students on a competitive basis. Teaching Assistantships UNC Merit Awards Application for financial assistance may also be made to the University Student Aid Office. The Resource Library at the Research Services Office offers a free computerized search service to UNC graduate students. The database includes private and public sources of research funding that can be searched by the student's area of research interest or by discipline of investigator, e.g., funding for nurses.