Financial support for Duke MSTP students

All students admitted to the MST Program receive a full fellowship award: tuition, fees, health insurance, and a stipend to cover living expenses. The award for first-year MD students for 2008-2009 totals $71,464 for the year. The stipend is $26,000 for the year; the fees/tuition/health insurance award for each student is $45,464 for the year.

These awards increase slightly each year to keep pace with increases in the cost of living and tuition/fees.

The program provides fellowship funds at this level for the medical school years and the early portion of the PhD study. The student’s PhD mentor provides similar financial support for the student in the upper-level PhD years.

The cost of living in Durham is relatively low, compared to the areas in which many of our peer institutions are located, and our students typically find that a $26,000 annual stipend in Durham provides an attractive student life style. Many of our students find that the stipend is sufficient to purchase either houses or condominums in the area.