Fellowship Incentive Policy

The Division of Medical Sciences (DMS) encourages students at all stages of graduate study to apply for external funding. In addition to the academic honor that such fellowships confer on the student, both the Division of Medical Sciences and the student's dissertation advisor benefit from the support provided by such awards. To encourage and incentivize students to continue to apply for these awards – and to thank them for their outstanding work – DMS offers a stipend incentive to students who receive select extramural competitively-awarded fellowships.

Effective July 1, 2023, DMS students who receive an external competitively awarded fellowship with stipend exceeding $10,000, that does not provide its own educational allowance, will receive a monthly increase of $325 while being supported by their award.

The increase will be paid to the student by DMS in the G1/G2 years and it is expected that dissertation advisors will continue to support this in years G3 and above.  

Questions regarding this policy can be directed to dmsaccounting@hms.harvard.edu