There is no application process for tuition remission. Training Grants Several institutional training grants from NIH agencies provide support for epidemiology students. The student must be in a program leading to the PhD, or may be postdoctoral. Under NIH provisions, trainees must be United States citizens or Permanent Residents. The grant pays tuition and fees, in addition to a stipend.
Postdoctoral stipends depend on the trainee's years of experience.
The student's research project must be within the area for which the grant is funded. Present department training grants fund a number of students studying issues in cancer, cardiovascular disease, environmental epidemiology and gastrointestinal disease . Faculty participating in administration of each grant select the trainees. There is no formal application process for the department grants, but students planning research in the relevant areas may indicate their interest to appropriate faculty members. The Carolina Population Center and the liaison programs do have procedures for application.