All students who are accepted for admission into our program receive financial support from the Department. Teaching Assistantships include a full tuition scholarship, payment of all laboratory fees for required courses, and a competitive stipend. Stipends begin at $20,403 per year with enhancement scholarships of up to $6000 per year available from the Graduate School. For fall 2013 incoming Ph.D. students, the average enhancement is $3429.

Research Fellowships are under the direction of principal investigators of research projects, and final decisions concerning recipients are made by the individual faculty members. A typical Teaching Assistantship includes some combination of teaching introductory physics labs, tutoring, and grading.

External Funding

It is often possible to find outside funding for your research.

Students from Texas who are working in space related fields are eligible for grants from the Texas Space Grant Consortium (TSGC). Several of our students have been TSGC grant recipients.

Cornell keeps a long list of grants. Keep in mind that not all of the grants listed are available to all graduate students.

The National Science Foundation offers Graduate Fellowships, this year worth around $27,000.

Living in Waco

See this information about living in Waco, Texas for information on the local cost of living and housing.