Doctoral Fellowships / Scholarships
Pausing PhD Funding for Outside Funding
Any PhD student outside of the School of Science, Engineering, and Technology who receives an external fellowship can put their funding on hold for up to a year to accept the fellowship. This policy would not reduce the total amount of funding a student receives. Students whose stipends are paid from faculty grants are not covered by this policy.
PhD students who are awarded fellowships that are external to Brandeis are still eligible to receive:
- a full scholarship for the amount of their tuition during the semesters in which they are receiving these external funds. Students who have been awarded an external fellowship should contact the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs and the Associate Director of Operations, Administration, and Budget regarding the tuition scholarship.
- university-funded health insurance. Please note that students receiving external fellowships will still need to waive or enroll in the student health insurance plan; they will continue to receive university-funded health insurance when their university funding resumes (i.e., students who receive an external fellowship may receive an extra year of university-funded health insurance under this policy).