What is a fellowship/traineeship?
A fellowship/traineeship is a full time award that enables a graduate student to pursue their degree full time. Fellowship recipients are chosen through a competitive process either nationally, university wide, school/college wide, or department/program wide. Traineeships are awarded by the program selection committee associated with a training grant. What is fellowship/traineeship supplementation? Fellowship/traineeship supplementation is a payment (requiring no additional responsibilities beyond those implicit in the fellowship/traineeship award) to bring the stipend plus the total value of any resident tuition and fees paid on behalf of the student up to the level of a one-half time research assistant. Why does the UW-Madison have a predoctoral policy for fellowships/traineeships? The university is required by the federal government to have written policies and procedures for all fellows and trainees (regardless of the funding source) in order to receive federal fellow and trainee a
