• Teaching and Research Assistantships. Prospective graduate students are eligible for teaching assistantships, which carry an academic year stipend of $9,000 and $12,000 for master's and doctoral students, respectively, and can expect a summer stipend yielding annual support of $12,000 and $16,000, respectively. Teaching assistantships include a full tuition grant. Grant-supported research assistantships carry at least comparable support and a full tuition grant.
   
• Fellowships

The Department encourages students to apply for competitive fellowships, and several of our graduate students are supported by fellowships, which carry a stipend, tuition waiver, and in some cases a research/ educational allowance, during the 2006-2007 academic year.

GAANN Fellowships - Awards are available to doctoral students through the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need [GAANN] program for Science and Mathematics. Each award includes a financial supplement to existing support, and a research/educational allowance.

NERR [National Estuarine Research Reserve] Fellowship

Russell E. Train Education for Nature Scholarship sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund

• University Graduate Assistantships

Prospective doctoral students are encouraged to apply for University Graduate Assistantships, which are available on a competitive basis. Students in the Biological Sciences awarded a University Graduate Assistantship receive a $16,000.00/year stipend plus tuition over the course of their graduate studies. Contact Dr. Shiao Wang, the Graduate Coordinator, for more information.
 

• Health Insurance. Basic and major medical health coverage is provided to fulltime graduate students in good standing academically.
  
   
• Travel Support. The department provides support for students to participate in national and international scientific meetings, conferences and workshops.