Ph.D. Funding

Students are strongly encouraged to sign-up for direct deposit of their stipend and salary online via AXESS.

Students with Fellowships

Enrollment

Students must register in exactly 10 units (or 0 units of BIO 802 if in TGR status) in Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer quarters.  In many quarters, students will enroll in 10 units of research (typically BIO 300 or BIOHOPK 300H) with their advisor. 

Stipend Distribution

As long as students have enrolled in the required number of units by the published deadline, fellowship stipends are available the first day of each quarter. If the enrollment deadline is missed, stipends are disbursed a few business days after the student eventually meets the enrollment requirements.

Mandatory charges on the student bill, including rent for on campus housing, will be deducted from the stipend before it is issued. No taxes are withheld, but stipends are reportable and taxable income. (Fellowship tuition and tuition allowance are not taxable in most cases.)

Students with Assistantships

Salary

Students with assistantships are paid their salaries through bi-monthly (i.e., twice monthly) pay checks from the Stanford Payroll Office. The normal pay days are the 7th and the 22nd of every month. Student assistantship salary is taxable income, and applicable taxes and deductions will be withheld in accordance with the W-4 Tax Data form completed by each student. This form and other payroll forms will be provided to new students during the orientation in Autumn Quarter.

Pay Periods

Pay periods within each quarter are based on a calendar year, not the academic year. Pay cycles run two weeks behind the actual pay date, thus a student's first Autumn Quarter pay check is issued on October 22 (for work completed during the pay period of October 1st to the 15th). Students are paid every 7th and 22nd of the month thereafter.

  • Autumn Quarter pay periods run from October 1 – December 31
  • Winter Quarter pay periods run from January 1 – March 31
  • Spring Quarter pay periods run from April 1 – June 30
  • Summer Quarter pay periods run from July 1 – September 30
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