Summary Full-time Ph.D. and research master’s students may be awarded financial support in the form of an assistantship. These fall into four general categories: teaching assistant (TA), research assistant (RA),…

Summary A fellowship provides financial support to graduate students to pursue graduate studies without associated teaching or research responsibilities (as they are in a teaching or research assistantship). Fellowships are generally merit-based internal or…

Summary The total cost of attending graduate school includes tuition, fees, and health insurance, as well as books, room, board, supplies, travel, and other personal expenses. Doctoral students (Ph.D.) receive…

Summary Cornell requires all students, including international students, to have quality health insurance as long as they are enrolled full-time at Cornell. Students on graduate assistantships (TA, RA, GRA, GA)…

Summary Stipends are payments made to students to help offset expenses such as housing, room, board, and supplies. Fellowship stipends are paid through the bursar system and appear as refunds…

Summary Graduate students appointed on any combination of full assistantships or fellowships for spring, summer, and fall terms are entitled to two weeks (10 weekdays) of annual vacation each 12-month…