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AMERICA'S BEST GRADUATE SCHOOL STIPENDS

salaries for PhD candidates in the biological & biomedical sciences*

 

In his essay A Message to Garcia, American philosopher and writer Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) wrote:

"Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth."

Mr. Hubbard would probably say the same thing about graduate school - but if you're getting a PhD in the biological and biomedical sciences,* you get paid to go to school! You also have flexible hours, student discounts, and no dress code - things I sorely miss now that I have entered the world of "business casual." Still, having a PhD is pretty awesome - even if I have to ration my vacation/sick days and pay full price for movie tickets. I feel especially cool because I can now select the title of "Dr." instead of "Ms." when I shop online.

For several years, I published a graduate stipend comparison for Ph.D. programs in the biological and biomedical sciences. However, in the past year or so, various things (like dissertation, graduating, getting a job, etc.) have prevented me from making a list for the 2007-8 academic year. Due to popular demand, I finally updated this site—then promptly sandbagged it again due to chronic overscheduling. A new site is coming soon.

If you would like to share stipend information, please email me at wendychao (AT) post.harvard.edu. To make a comment, please click here. Thanks very much in advance!

* Includes specialties such as biochemistry, bioinformatics, biophysics, cell biology, ecology, evolutionary biology, genetics, genomics, immunology, infectious disease, microbiology, molecular biology, neurobiology, neuroscience, and structural biology.

   
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