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All Ph.D. students in good academic standing and progressing normally are fully supported during their graduate studies. Current support packages include a living stipend of $6,250 per quarter, or $25,000 annually, plus payment of tuition, fees, and comprehensive student health insurance during the academic quarters. After the first year of study, the majority of students receive employment support & compensation from their faculty mentors’ research grants as Graduate Student Researchers in an amount equivalent to $25,000 annually.

During teaching assistantship quarters, graduate students receive employment compensation as TA’s from the department offering the course, along with payment of fees and health insurance.

Fellowship support provided to outstanding first year graduate students is made possible by the following generous gifts and endowments: the George & Joy Rathmann Fellowship, Amgen Fellowship, and the Carbon/Clarke Predoctoral Fellowship. Qualified incoming students also are nominated for centrally administered Graduate Division recruitment fellowships such as the Chancellor’s Fellowships, Regents Special Fellowships, Small Department Fellowships, Eugene Cota Robles Fellowship, Graduate Opportunity Fellowships, and UC Santa Barbara Graduate Fellowships.

Many BMSE students may also be eligible for extramural predoctoral fellowships from the National Science Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UC Discover and Biotechnology Research Programs, and other agencies.