FUNDING
Prerequisites | Application Instructions | Funding | Diversity | Nonmatriculated Admission
Most students in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences receive support through research assistantships, teaching assistantships, and traineeships. These appointments include tuition; a monthly salary; and medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage*. To be considered for support, simply note your need for support on the departmental application. No additional forms are required. Departmental funding is awarded through a competitive process based on the applicant’s overall ranking in the admissions process with consideration of scholastics, goals, and financial need.
Types of Support
Research and Teaching Assistantships
Research and teaching assistantships are provided through the department using state and federal grant funds; they can be awarded to both domestic and international students in all program areas. The number of these awards varies each year. These awards require a student to work 20 hours per week in the laboratory or classroom. Research and teaching assistants must register for at least 10 credits during autumn, winter, and spring quarters and 2 credits during summer quarter. Appointees are also expected to abide by the Student Conduct Code and maintain good academic standing.
Research and teaching assistantships currently provide a salary of $1,734# per month; a tuition waiver; and medical dental, and vision coverage. Doctoral students that have achieved candidacy receive a salary of $1,906#. Students are responsible for quarterly student fees of approximately $250. Students are also responsible for additional expenses, such as housing, meals, textbooks and supplies.
Traineeships
Traineeships are available for graduate students who are US citizens or permanent residents. Students in the Exposure Sciences (MS), Environmental Health (MS), and Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (PhD) programs may be supported on a training grant funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Toxicology (PhD) students may be funded by the Environmental Pathology training grant or the School of Public Health and Community Medicine’s training grant. Trainees must register for at least 10 credits during autumn, winter, and spring quarters and 2 credits during summer quarter. Appointees are also expected to abide by the Student Conduct Code and maintain good academic standing.
Traineeships provide a stipend of $1,734# per month; a tuition waiver; and medical dental, and vision coverage. Students are responsible for quarterly student fees of approximately $250. Students are also responsible for additional expenses, such as charges for a UPASS transit pass, textbooks, and supplies.
Additional Funding and Scholarship Opportunities
The department has two fellowships that are awarded to top applicants based on scholastic merit and goals. The Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) fellowship provides a stipend of $7,500# in year one, and $5,000# each years two and three. If a Masters student is awarded the ARCS fellowship, the third year is not funded unless study is continued in a PhD program. The Top Scholar Fellowship provides a $3,000# stipend that is paid out over the first nine months of the academic year. The DEOHS Admissions Committee chooses the recipients of both the ARCS and the Top Scholar Fellowship on a competitive basis. ARCS recipients must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
Continuing students also have the opportunity to apply for outside agency scholarships or fellowships. Students are notified of scholarship or fellowship opportunities as information is made available to the department. Students can also conduct funding searches through the University’s Grant and Funding Information Services Office, which assists students in searching for funding outside the University. Students have been successful in winning scholarships from a variety of organizations and businesses such as the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the National Science Foundation, and the National Environmental Health Association.
Occupational and Environmental Residency Program Funding
Questions about funding for the Occupational and Environmental medicine residency program should be directed to the residency program office:
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency/Fellowship Program
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Telephone: (206) 744-9397
oemp@u.washington.edu
