PhD Fellowships

Funding for PhD students in the Bioinformatics Graduate Program is administered by the Admissions Committee. The PhD awards include NSF-IGERT Fellowships, BU Dean’s Fellowships, and Research Assistantships, as well as Teaching Fellowships and Graduate Teaching Assistantships. All fellowships include full tuition, health insurance, travel funding, and an annual stipend starting at $30,000. There is no separate form to apply for financial aid.

BU-NIH Graduate Partnership Program (GPP)

Pre-doctoral applicants may request consideration for admission to the BU-NIH Graduate Partnership Program.  The GPP is a special PhD program between the Boston University Bioinformatics Program and the laboratories of the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). If admitted to the GPP, a student will complete his or her academic requirements for the PhD at Boston University, then select a research director at the NIH and complete the thesis research in Bethesda, MD. The purpose of these fellowships is to stimulate collaboration between BU scientists and NIH intramural investigators, and to provide Bioinformatics students with the opportunity to engage in research in computational laboratories on the NIH campus. NIH is considered to be the premiere biomedical research establishment in the world. Applicants selected as candidates for this program will be invited to interview at both NIH and Boston University.

MS Program

There is currently no financial assistance available from the Program for MS students, however, work-study placements may be possible in local biotech companies during the second half of an MS student’s year in the program.  There is also financial assistance available through federal and credit-based loans, as well as external agencies.  For more information about aid and the types that are available please visit the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Financial Aid page.