Financial Aid

Tuition & Fees

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and combined degree trainees receive a stipend of $38,000 a year and tuition, fees and health insurance paid for.

Federal Sponsors

• US Department of Defense (DoD) Breast Cancer Research Program
• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Research Fellowships & Scholarships
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutional Training Grants (T) Kiosk
• South Carolina (SC) Sea Grant Consortium Funding Opportunities

Fellowships

• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Coastal Management Fellowship
• US National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship

Scholarships

• Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Fellowship and Scholarship Program

Foundations & Non-Profit Sponsors

• Susan G. Komen Research Funding Opportunities

Fellowships

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship
• American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Predoctoral Fellowships
• American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
• American Psychological Society (APS) Early-career Advocacy Fellowship
• American Psychological Society (APS) Porter Physiology Development Fellowship
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PhrMA) Predoctoral Fellowships
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellowship

Scholarships

• Kappa Epsilon-AFPE-Nellie Wakeman First Year Graduate Scholarship
• Phi Lambda Sigma-GlaxoSmithKline-AFPE First Year Graduate Scholarship
• Rho Chi-Schering Plough-AFPE First Year Graduate Scholarship
• South Carolina Aquatic Plant Management Society, Inc
• UNCF/Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships