What type of financial support is available to Rosenstiel graduate students?
Students admitted into the Divisions of Marine Biology and Fisheries, Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, and Applied Marine Physics are typically offered support for the duration of their graduate study (up to five years for the Ph.D.; provisional on adequate progress each year). This financial support comes in the form of research assistantships (RA), fellowships, and teaching assistantships (TA), or some combination thereof over the period of matriculation. Research assistantships are the primary means of providing graduate student support at the Rosenstiel School. Funding for RAs typically comes from grants or contracts to individual investigators; hence, not all faculty members are in a position to accept students each year. Applicants are strongly encouraged to research their prospective academic division(s) and to contact potential faculty mentors during the application process (see answer to question 12). RAs,
