Financial Aid

Students admitted to the Notre Dame HPS program are normally offered a five-year package of financial support in the form of a fellowship/assistantship that includes a full tuition scholarship. This provides a duty-free fellowship for the first year, with services expected for stipend continuation in the second, third, and fourth years. A fifth-year dissertation fellowship is awarded to students making satisfactory progress toward the degree. Duties will normally include teaching assistantship work in the selected disciplinary department (e.g., History or Philosophy), the undergraduate Science, Technology, and Values Program, or the Program of Liberal Studies. In some cases, a student will be assigned as a Research Assistant to a faculty member.

For the 2005-2006 academic year, fellowships and assistantships (9-month) will carry a stipend of $15,000. A limited number of summer fellowships are available. Incoming students are also eligible for the competitive university-wide Presidential Fellowships (12-month), which will carry a renewable stipend of $22,000 plus full tuition waiver.

Applicants are urged to apply prior to application for competitive NSF and Andrew Mellon Predoctoral fellowships in the history and philosophy of science. Deadlines for these applications are typically in November of the year preceding admission, but students may also apply for these in the first year of work in the Program.

Citizens of the United States who are members of underrepresented groups — including first generation, low income, African American, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American students — are eligible for Diversity Fellowships, which carry with them tuition awards and duty-free fellowships for the first two years of graduate studies. Applicants from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, or South America are eligible for a first year tuition fellowship.