Student Funding

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Student Funding

• C. M. Suchindran
• Professor, Department of Biostatistics
• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Good News!

• 1.Nearly all current students (120 ) funded
  fully
• during spring 2010 ( stipends and Tuition)
• 2.Many funded for multiple years
• 3.Historically, the Department of Biostatistics
• is very successful in funding nearly all
• students

Department of Biostatistics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Sources of Funding

• Training Grants
• Graduate Research Assistantships
• Graduate School Merit Scholarships
• School of Public Health awards
• Miscellaneous grants

Department of Biostatistics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Training Grants

• Environmental Biostatistics ( Dr. Amy Herring)
• Genomics and Cancer ( Dr. Joe Ibrahim)
• Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity ( Dr.
  Lloyd Edwards )
• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology( Dr.
  Fred Wright)

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Training Grants

• Stipend 21, 180
• Health Insurance 1970
• Tuition 60 of tuition and fees
• Note All first- year students are fully covered
• All out-of state students are encouraged
• to obtain in-state status after one year

Department of Biostatistics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA)

• Students work for 20 hours per week (some less)
  in faculty projects
• ( Currently 60 students have GRA position)
• 2. Stipend level depends on prior degrees and
  number of years on the program (20 hours per week
  work)
• With Bachelors degree 1st year 17,
  265Health Insurance
• 2nd Year 19, 025
• With Masters degree 1st Year 19, 025
• 2nd Year 19, 735
• 6th Year
  22, 836

Department of Biostatistics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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GRA ( Continued)

• 3. A GRA is eligible (Not guaranteed) for tuition
  remission
• All GRAs are guaranteed in-state tuition health
  Insurance
• Out of state tuition depends on availability of
  funds
• Usually 4 to 5 out-of state first-year students
  are guaranteed full tuition remission
• Criteria for Tuition award
• Full time student status high quality
  performance in course work high quality
  performance in GRA work financial need
• Maximum Number of out-of -state tuition awards
  for a single student 10 semesters

Department of Biostatistics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Graduate School Merit Scholarship(For
Prospective Students)

• University Wide competition (departmental
  nominations)
• (Only 4 doctoral level and 2 Masters level
  nominations are allowed )
• Different Levels of Funding
• One year awards
• Competitive Merit Assistantship (doctoral)
• 18,000 Full tuition ( not fees) Health
  Insurance (1970)
• Competitive Merit Assistantship (Masters)
• 11, 000 Full tuition ( not
  fees)Health Insurance
• Multi-year awards (Doctoral)
• 22,000 Full tuition ( fees)Health
  Insurance

Department of Biostatistics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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School of Public Health Student Awards

• Ibrahim award 8,000
• Johansson Award 2,000
• Annual Funds 5, 000
• 4. Gillings Merit Award 20,000
• 5. University Cancer Research Funds 20,000

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Miscellaneous Sources

• 1. Off-campus awards
• National Institute of Environmental Sciences
• Family Health International
• Rho,Inc
• Glaxo-Smith Kline
• Research Triangle Institute
• Environmental Protection Agency
• SAS Institute

Department of Biostatistics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Supplemental Awards

• Awards to First year students ( recommendations
  from Admissions Committee
• 
  to the Chair)
• The Fryer Scholarship 2,000 or 2,500(
  Contributions from John and Diane Fryer)
• The Greenberg Scholarship 2,500
• ( Contributions from Greenberg
  Family)
• The Max Halpern Award 2,000
• ( Donations from friends and family of Max
  Halpern)
• The Mohberg Scholarship 1,000
• ( Contributions by the family of Dr. Noel
  Mohberg)
• The David and Lucy Hardison Endowed Scholarship
  1,000
• ( Gifts from Hardison family for training in
  health informatics)
• The Nguyen Dat Endowed fellowship 1000

Department of Biostatistics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill