Re: Education Allowances

From: Kathryn Nagy (knagy@ucsd.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 04 2005 - 11:27:57 PST

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    UCSD -

    HHMI - $3,500 per year and one-time allowance of $4,500 for computer.

    NSF - $1,000 per year.

    Tuition and fees will be covered before educational allowance; however, we
    have not yet been forced to make the choice.

    At 08:26 AM 2/4/2005 -0800, Lani Proctor-Pettersen wrote:

    >Hi Fellow GradFac members,
    >
    >I am writing to find out how your campus allocates education allowance
    >funds to HHMI and NSF Fellows.
    >
    >HHMI
    >As you know, HHMI provides a specified amount for their fellows' education
    >allowances and some campuses supplement these funds with HHMI
    >institutional allowance funds. At UCSF, we provided HHMI fellows with an
    >educational allowance of $3,000 per year until 2004-05, when the amount
    >went up to $3,500.
    >
    >NSF
    >NSF does not specify an amount for their fellows' educational allowances,
    >but they do provide an institutional allowance of $10,500 to pay fees and
    >tuition. At UCSF, we use the remaining balance after fees and tuition are
    >paid to provide students with an educational allowance of $6,000 over the
    >3 years of the NSF Fellowship.
    >
    >As fees and tuition have gone up dramatically in recent years, we have
    >less funds available for educational allowances. How are you handling this
    >at your campuses?
    >
    >Regards,
    >
    >Lani
    >
    >Lani Proctor Pettersen
    >Director of Graduate Student
    > and Scholar Financial Support
    >UCSF Graduate Division
    >500 Parnassus Ave, Room MU-200W
    >Campus Mail Box 0244
    >San Francisco, CA 94143-0244
    >T.415.502.9500
    >F.415.476.9690
    >Email: lani@saa.ucsf.edu

    Kathryn Nagy
    Director, Graduate Student Financial Support
    Office of Graduate Studies and Research
    U.C. San Diego
    9500 Gilman Drive
    La Jolla, CA 92093-0003

    858-534-3724
    858-534-4722

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