Financial Support
We provide full financial support for all students in good standing. Although it cannot be guaranteed, we expect to be able to continue this support for at least four years, as we have done for many years.
All assistantships and fellowships include remission of tuition as well as a stipend. Teaching and research assistantships also include health benefits.
In addition to the funding sources outlined below, many more opportunities are available to our students.
Research Assistantships
A varied program of psychological research supported by grants from the federal government and foundations provides a number of assistantships. These involve approximately 20 hours of work per week, usually on an advisor's research project.
Teaching Assistantships/FELLOWSHIPS
Teaching assistants spend approximately 20 hours per week assisting instructors in large lecture courses or in laboratory sections.
Teaching fellows are advanced students who teach undergraduate courses independently or assist in graduate clinical supervision. Teaching fellows may be full-time appointments, or they may be combined with part-time research assistantships.
ARTS & SCIENCES FELLOWSHIPS
New students with outstanding undergraduate academic records may be offered one of these fellowships which provide support for the first year of graduate training without imposing a teaching or research work requirement.
K LEROY IRVIS FELLOWSHIPS
These fellowships are provided to students from underrepresented minorities and will provide financial support for the first year of graduate study. A limited number of two-year fellowships may also be available. For additional information about support for diverse students, see the Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies website.
National Institutes of Health Traineeships
Traineeships financed by agencies of the National Institutes of Health are available in the Biological and Health Psychology program, which is affiliated with the Clinical Program.
BEHAVIORAL BRAIN (B2) RESEARCH TRAINEESHIPS
This new interdisciplinary training program within the Center for Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) is a joint program of the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. Its goal is to train the next generation of behavioral science researchers to incorporate neuroscience perspectives and methods into their work. For more information, see Behavioral Brain Research Training Program.
SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
This new source of funding established by the School of Arts & Sciences will be available to students early in their graduate careers. These fellowships will assist students in making substantial progress toward their research goals and program milestones.