Overview
The Maytag Fellowship carries with it a stipend in the amount of $20,000 per academic year. Maytag Fellowships are a one-year fellowship, renewable for no more than two years after the first year (for total stipend support in an amount no more than $60,000). The Fellow's department may provide multi-year additional support in the form of a Graduate Student Assistantship which may entail some combination of teaching support (a Teaching Assistantship) or working on a research project (a Research Assistantship).
Additionally, Maytag Fellows receive a 100% healthcare subsidy (for years covered by the UM Fellowship) when the Fellow purchases the student health insurance offered through the University of Miami Student Health Center. Visit www.miami.edu/student-health for additional information. Please note that Fellows must inform the Graduate School of their intent to use the 100% subsidy prior to the first day of the Fall semester.
In addition to the stipend and benefits listed above, the financial assistance package includes a full tuition waiver to cover the cost of the Fellow's course work in the program and it is provided to the Fellow by their department. This tuition waiver is renewable annually for up to five years, conditional upon academic progress.
Eligibility and Nomination Process
Nominated students must be incoming first year Ph.D. students beginning graduate study at the University of Miami in the Fall and who are in any of the following programs: atmospheric sciences, biochemistry and molecular biology, biology, chemistry, cellular physiology and molecular biophysics, marine biology and ecology, meteorology and physical oceanography, molecular cell and developmental biology, marine and atmospheric chemistry, mathematics, ocean sciences, physics, psychology, and counseling psychology. International applicants are eligible. There is no limit to the number of nominations per program. Recommendations will be made by a committee of representatives from the fellowship areas.
Nomination Deadline: February 1st
