Can a graduate student on active duty in the military apply for an RA or TA appointment?
You may apply for the appointment, but are most likely not permitted to receive the stipend. Active service personnel who are admitted to MIT for graduate work continue to receive their full military pay. Thus, they are ineligible to receive additional payment from any federally funded research contract or other federal funding resource administered by MIT. If the RA is industry funded, then it may be appropriate to negotiate a stipend supplement; however, this would be considered on a case-by-case basis.
