{"id":2239,"date":"2011-09-28T12:44:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T16:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/?page_id=2239"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:45:22","slug":"finaid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/admissions\/finaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellowships \/ Financial Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>PhD Fellowships<\/h1>\n<p>The BU Bioinformatics Graduate Program receives funding from the NIH Institutional Training Grant in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (T32GM100842). This grant provides fellowships to prepare PhD students for careers in the molecular life sciences who will support the advances now underway in modern medicine.\u00a0 In addition to the NIH T32 Fellowships, PhD awards include Bioinformatics Program 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 $45,000.\u00a0 Funding for PhD students in the Bioinformatics Graduate Program is administered by the Admissions Committee and there is no separate form to apply for financial aid.<\/p>\n<h2>International Research Fellowships<\/h2>\n<p>All\u00a0PhD students enrolled in the Bioinformatics Program are eligible for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/admissions\/finaid\/international-research-opportunities\/\"> International\u00a0Research\u00a0Fellowships<\/a> to support their thesis project.\u00a0 Each\u00a0award is for 3 months of\u00a0travel to work with a collaborating faculty member at one of our partner institutions.<\/p>\n<h1>Financial Aid for Master&#8217;s Students<\/h1>\n<h2><b>Merit Scholarships<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Tuition assistance is available to master\u2019s students in the form of\u00a0 BU Bioinformatics Program Merit Scholarships, which provide partial tuition to full-time MS students.\u00a0 These scholarships are awarded at the time of admission and <strong>do not require a separate application<\/strong>. These awards are made to both international students and U.S. citizens who have demonstrated excellent academic ability, and enthusiasm and knowledge in the field of Bioinformatics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Additional Resources<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BU Community of Science &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/pivot.proquest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PIVOT <\/a>Database<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pathwaystoscience.org\/Grad.aspx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBP Pathways to Science Database<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Loan calculators, deferment and consolidation information:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/understand-aid\/types\/loans\/subsidized-unsubsidized\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Department of Education Direct Loans<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; PhD Fellowships The BU Bioinformatics Graduate Program receives funding from the NIH Institutional Training Grant in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (T32GM100842). This grant provides fellowships to prepare PhD students for careers in the molecular life sciences who will support the advances now underway in modern medicine.\u00a0 In addition to the NIH T32 Fellowships, PhD [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1728,"featured_media":0,"parent":38,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1728"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2239"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10151,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2239\/revisions\/10151"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}