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AMERICA'S BEST GRADUATE SCHOOL STIPENDS 2007 EDITION
SALARIES FOR PH.D. CANDIDATES IN THE BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES*

   
* 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.
2007 - 2008 EDITION IS NOW AVAILABLE
 
rank
University
(location)
Program(s) of study
2004-5
2005-6
2006-7
Other information
1

Cornell Medical College
(New York, NY)

Medical Sciences1
26,420
--
29,858
$1000 annual travel award if presenting; sweet subsidized housing in the posh Upper East Side
2
Harvard University
(Cambridge, MA)

Molecular and Cellular Biology

26,004
27,000
28,008
Guaranteed for five years2; $1500 for laptop purchase (G1); $300 for travel (G2-3); $800 annual stipend for supplies (wow!)
2
Harvard Medical School
(Boston, MA)
Biological and Biomedical Sciences1
26,004
27,000
28,008
$250 book stipend first two years; $600 one-time travel allowance
3
Stanford University
(Palo Alto, CA)
Biological Sciences 1
26,000
26,750
27,500
Supplemental funds vary by department
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Cambridge)
Biology1
25,500
26,500
27,400
 
5
Yale University
(New Haven, CT)
Biological and Biomedical Sciences1
25,000
26,000
27,000
$4000 supplement for competitive award winners3 
6
Rockefeller University
(New York, NY)
Life Sciences1
24,500
25,500
26,750
$5000 supplement for competitive award winners; $2500/year research allowance G1-2; $3000/year G3+3
7
University of California
(San Francisco)
Tetrad Program1,3
24,500
25,000
26,000
 
7
University of California
(Berkeley)
Molecular and Cell Biology
24,500
25,000
26,000
$300 travel allowance (G1)3 
7
University of California
(San Diego)
Biomedical Sciences or Biological Sciences1
23,500
24,500
26,000
 
8
Cornell University
(Ithaca, NY)
Molecular Biology and Genetics
22,000
23,500
25,814
 
9
University of Washington
(Seattle)
Molecular and Cellular Biology
20,772
23,232
25,800
$2000 travel allowance for duration of study
10
University of Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)
Biomedical Graduate Studies (BGS)
-- 
 --
25,500 
 
11
Johns Hopkins University
(Baltimore, MD)
Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology
-- 
 --
25,200 
 
12
Duke University
(Durham, NC)
Biochemistry
23,000 
24,000
25,000 
 Up to $4,000 supplement for competitive award winners
13
Northwestern
(Chicago, IL)
Integrated Graduate Program (IGP) in the Life Sciences
-- 
 --
24,500 
 $500 one-time allowance to offset moving expenses
14
University of Colorado
(Boulder)
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
21,500
23,575
24,282
 
15
Washington University
(St. Louis, MO)
Biology and Biomedical Sciences1
--
22,500
24,000
$5000 supplement for competitive award winners. $300 one-time relocation stipend; $300 loans3 available, interest free for 60 days!!
-- Information not available
1 Multi-disciplinary programs (e.g. Microbiology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Neurobiology/Neuroscience, etc)
2 Students are expected to complete their PhDs in five years (yeah, right)
3 In 2005-2006; information may be outdated.
 
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