The grants provide tax-free stipends and research money, which help returnees secure jobs back home and guarantee working conditions that are more in line with those offered in the West.
The rehabilitation implied by the award was partly symbolic, as Oppenheimer still lacked a security clearance and could have no effect on official policy, but the award came with a $50,000 tax-free stipend, and its award outraged many prominent Republicans in Congress.
The LaGuardia learning communities for accelerated students — part of a $6.5 million, three-year program that offers free tuition, stipends for books and free subway and bus passes — has seen more encouraging results.
Since 1969, Finland has administered a system of artists' grants that allocate a tax-free monthly stipend (for a variety of periods) to artists working in architecture, motion pictures, crafts and design, dance, literature, music, theatre, photography, and other visual arts.
The scandal caused the revocation of Jill Kelley's honorary consulship to South Korea, which "deprived her of significant social and financial networking, investment, and business fee finder opportunities, as well as the loss of the tax-free annual stipend for years," the suit says.
Beginning in May, the Federal Migration Service began offering refugees free transportation and stipends to return to Chechnya.
That is largely because Princeton guarantees financial support for its more than 2,000 scholars for five years, including free tuition and stipends that range up to $30,000 a year.
Vogel wanted to provide the support for radical new writers that she wished she had received, and secured free tuition and stipends for all her students.
Fourth, depending on the specific study, participants in clinical research receive several benefits, including free physical examination, stipends, laboratory tests, medications and other supplies.
They receive a $2,000 stipend, free housing in dorms at Long Island University and a MetroCard.
Cofound Harlem offers startups an initial $50,000 stipend, free office space and mentorship.
