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Financial Support
Graduate Research Assistantships
Students admitted to the Ph.D., and M.D./Ph.D. programs are generally eligible for institutional graduate research assistantships. Approximately 20 graduate research assistantships are
available each year through the Graduate Programs Committee (GPC) for Ph.D. students. For 2007-08 the stipend is $26,000 for 12 months. The assistantship also includes a student health plan
and a waiver of tuition and the majority of fees. The GPC also provides an assistantship to one Master of Public Health and one Master of Dental Science student. These graduate research
assistantships are awarded on a competitive basis. Similar benefits are provided by a limited number of graduate assistantships sponsored by the MPH program.
In addition to Health Center graduate research assistantships, certain programs and Areas of Concentration also have National Institute of Health (NIH) Training Grants which provide support
to Ph.D. students. Currently NIH support is available in the combined
M.D./Ph.D. and
D.M.D./Ph.D. programs, and within the Areas of Concentration of
Neuroscience and
Immunology.
Programs or individual faculty may also have other funds available to offer a student in a Masters or Ph.D. program a graduate research assistantship. These students are also entitled to a
waiver of tuition and insurance coverage.
Students admitted into a graduate program with committed stipend support or individual competitive fellowships from external sources, or students who obtain such support after matriculation
will have such support guaranteed provided they remain in good academic standing. The term committed stipend support refers to GPC research assistantships and NIH training grants, but
not to support from individual investigator's grants or other sources.
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Financial Aid: Ph.D. and M.P.H. students
Financial Aid in the form of loans is also available. Students in the Ph.D. or Master of Public Health program may apply for financial aid through the
Financial Aid Office at the Storrs campus
(email: financialaid@uconn.edu; phone: 860-486-2819).
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Financial Aid: M.S.D.S. students
Students in the Master of Dental Science program apply for financial aid through the Financial Aid Office at the Health Center campus. Master of Dental Science students may email to:
SFADA@uchc.edu.
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Other Sources of Support
The Lepow Fellowship Award
The Henderson Memorial Award for the Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis
Dissertation Fellowship Awards
Ph.D. Student are encouraged to seek external support. External sources include the
Pre-doctoral Fellowships in Biological Sciences from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the
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UCHC Financial Aid
Office Information OFFICE LOCATION:
LM-035 (Mezzanine above the
Academic Entrance)
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Wednesday and Friday 7:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Appointments are strongly encouraged and highly recommended!
Contacts:
Ms. Andrea Devereux, Director of
Financial Aid
UConn Health Center
263 Farmington Avenue, MC1827
Farmington, CT 06030-1827
Phone: 860-679-3574 Fax: 860-679-1877
Ms. Christine Brackbill
UConn Health Center
263 Farmington Avenue, MC1827
Farmington, CT 06030-1827
Phone: 860-679-3873 Fax: 860-679-1877
Ms. Mary Maccio
UConn Health Center
263 Farmington Avenue, MC1827
Farmington, CT 06030-1827
Phone: 860-679-1364 Fax: 860-679-1877 [back to top]
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