Salary: Full time PhD students receive a 12 month appointment with an annual salary of at least $25,000.

Health & Dental Benefits: PhD students are eligible for the Graduate Assistant Health Benefit Plan through Boynton Health Service. 95% of the plan’s cost will be covered. The remaining 5% will be billed to student’s accounts once per semester. Details about the Graduate Assistant Health Benefit Plan can be founds on the Boynton Health Service web site.

In very rare circumstances, some students with scholarship funding from countries other than the United States are not eligible for the Graduate Assistant Benefit Plan. In this situation students are eligible for the AHC Student Health Benefit Plan. The total cost of this plan is the student’s responsibility.  Details about the AHC plan are found on the Boynton Health Service web site.

Tuition Benfits: Full time PhD students will have their Tuition and University Fee covered. All other fees (Student Service Fee, Transportation fee, Orientation fee, Grad Assembly Fee, etc…) are the student’s responsibility. A break down of these fees can be found at one-stop.

Itasca Retreat - August 2008



Preeti Joshi, MCDB&G - Simon Lab