All students admitted to our graduate program receive a stipend for the duration of study in the form of teaching and research assistantships as long as they are in residence and demonstrate good progress toward the degree. Most funds for this support derive from research contracts and grants.
University fellowships are awarded in a campus-wide competition. The department nominates highly qualified applicants requesting admission for these fellowships. The final selection of awardees is made by the University Fellowship Competition Faculty Committee. To be considered for these fellowships, your complete application must be received by the department by December 21. Fellowship stipends are augmented by the department up to current annual stipend level. Students are urged to seek out all possible sources of fellowship support.
Some excellent sources include:
- National Science Foundation
- Hertz Foundation
- Graduate Engineering for Minorities (GEM) Fellowships
- AAUW (American Association of University Women) Fellowships
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships
- National Physical Science Consortium
Industrial contributors to our graduate program have created a number of significant fellowships that we award to outstanding students in the department. Additionally, industrial grants provide very important funds in support of our research. A growing list of such major donors includes:
- Abbott Laboratories
- Alcon Research
- Amgen, Inc.
- Arkema Inc.
- AstraZeneca
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Chevron Corporation
- CooperVision, Inc.
- Dow Chemical Company
- DuPont
- Elan Pharmaceuticals
- Eli Lilly and Company
- ExxonMobil
- Ford Motor Company
- Gilead Sciences
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Hitachi Ltd.
- Honeywell Inc.
- Lam Research Corporation
- LG Chemical Research Intitute
- Merck Research and Manufacturing
- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc.
- NuvoMetrix, Inc.
- OnWafer Technologies, Inc.
- Pfizer Inc.
- Procter & Gamble Fund
- Robert Bosch Corporation
- Roche Palo Alto
- Rohm and Haas Company
- Schering AG
- Schlumberger
- Tyco Electronics
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