This office provides information about Stanford loan programs for all graduate students except those in the Schools of Law, Business, and M.D. program in Medicine, as well as information about the administration of external fellowships, agency billing accounts, and the Federal Work-Study program. Financial support is determined primarily by departments on the basis of academic merit and availability of funding, which varies substantially by academic program. Students are responsible for making any necessary estimated tax payments. Students - for example, postdoctoral students. Though taxable, the stipend is not subject to withholding.
Students are responsible for making any necessary estimated tax payments.
Federal Form 1040-ES is available in the Bursar's Office. Please refer to the IRS publications listed above. Where needed, students should seek competent tax counsel. Research appointments require the work to be on a research project under the supervision of a faculty member. Coterminal students with these types of appointments are eligible for TAL only after completion of 180 units in the quarter prior to the appointment.