DEPARTMENT OF BIOSTATISTICS

Guidelines for Trainee Appointments

The policies for appointment and reappointment to a departmental training grant are the same as for graduate student assistantships with the following additions and exceptions:

• All regulations of the granting agency must be followed. In particular, USPHS traineeships are restricted to U.S. citizens and holders of permanent resident visas. Most (but not all) of the trainee positions are restricted to full time Ph.D. students by agency rules.
• Training grant support is limited to a maximum of five years.
• A prospective trainee should meet with the training grant director, or discuss by phone, to review the expectations, including program specific requirements, before accepting such an award. Usually it is expected that the student will stay on the training grant until he/she completes the degree, subject to good progress and all other policies outlined here.
• Trainees are permitted to supplement their stipends up to an average to the equivalent of a 25% RA/TA per year (10 hours/week). Where possible, the program will make this available.