The Division of the Biological Sciences offers academically qualified applicants full and equitable support. Such assistance is guaranteed through the student's first four years of study, conditional on satisfactory degree progress.
Financial support includes tuition and fees, and provides a stipend.
The graduate stipend is maintained at a level affording a reasonable local standard of living, is competitive with awards offered at other comparable institutions, and is periodically adjusted in response to inflationary pressures. Individual fields may offer predoctoral training grant appointments or research assistantships. Available university funds supplement other sources of graduate student aid in the form of Divisional unendowed awards administered through the Office of Graduate Affairs. Some specialty fellowships are available through awards generously provided by private foundations. For admissions and aid purposes, a foreign applicant is defined as one who holds, or hopes to enter the U.S. on, a nonresident student visa.