Sentence examples for minimum stipend level from inspiring English sources
Students who are receiving a fellowship administered by the University that will give them a defined minimum stipend level plus fees are subject to an employment restriction: they may work up to 25% time during the academic year (that is, 25% each term or 50% for one term only).
Most universities are now moving toward establishing a minimum stipend level for postdocs, which is reviewed annually and takes into account the recommended stipends set by federal granting agencies.
The Graduate School establishes a recommended minimum stipend level each year for the different schools in order to maintain the competitiveness of its graduate awards relative to peer institutions.
Should federal policy extend the NIH recommendations on minimum stipend levels to guidelines (or requirements) for all federal funding agencies?
"I think the health and dental benefits are definitely needed, but earning $25,000 seems pretty bleak especially in an expensive location like Toronto," says Vlado Zeman, a postdoc in the chemistry department at U of T. Vice provost Vivek Goel tells Next Wave Canada that the minimum stipend "was felt to be the immediate initial level that could be borne by all disciplines".
The State Department has told them that the minimum stipend is $195.75 per week, even though other J-1 visa holders -- the Summer Work Travel participants -- receive higher pay in states with higher minimum wages.
Aside from universities usually having a recommended minimum stipend, that list doesn't seem to exist.
There is one limitation: The proposal sets a minimum stipend that "certainly won't be lower than the current stipend plus inflation," according to Clark.
This currently stands at just over £12,000, in stark contrast to the £7500 minimum stipend for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council students.
She says the minimum stipend for science graduate students has increased by 33% over the last 3 years.
That summer, the MPG administration raised the minimum stipend from €1000 to €1365 per month and reinforced institutional rules.
