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Financial assistance is provided in the form of Yale University Fellowships, tuition fellowships, teaching fellowships, traineeships, and research assistantships. The nature of the assistance varies among the divisions and departments. In most departments and programs, doctoral students are guaranteed five years of twelve-month stipend and tuition support. Applicants for admission to Ph.D. programs will automatically be considered for all Yale fellowships, traineeships, research assistantships, and teaching fellowships for which they are eligible. These awards of financial aid are announced in letters of admission, which are usually sent during the month of February. Students are strongly encouraged to seek financial support from external sources (see External Fellowships and Combined Award Policy ).

In addition to grants and fellowships for tuition and living costs, Yale Health Basic Coverage is provided at no cost to students enrolled at least half-time in degree-granting programs.

Eligible Ph.D. students also receive a Health Award, which covers the full cost of the single-student and the Student + Child(ren) Yale Health Hospitalization/Specialty Coverage (including coverage for prescriptions), half the cost of the Student + Spouse coverage, and the Student + Child(ren) portion of the Student Family Plan. Eligible Ph.D. students with a child will also receive an annual Student Family Support subsidy in the amount of $7,500, issued in installments of $3,750 per term. For Ph.D. students who elect the Family Plan at Yale Health, the Family Support subsidy is first applied automatically to pay the cost of the spousal portion of Family Plan coverage; the remainder of the subsidy is then disbursed to the student. The annual subsidy will increase by $2,500 ($1,250 per term) for each additional child under the age of six.

Students who do not participate in Yale Health Hospitalization/Specialty Coverage will not be provided with Health Awards. The graduate dental and vision plans are options that eligible students may choose to purchase for themselves and their dependents and are not covered by the Health Award. (For further information regarding health care options through Yale Health, see Health Services under Yale University Resources and Services .)

University and Teaching Fellowships

The Graduate School provides all Ph.D. students with a minimum level of support for five years upon admission. Fellowships are awarded at admission to entering students on the basis of merit and recommendations made by individual departments. In most departments, the source of stipend support will change after the first or second year of study to a teaching fellowship or research assistantship. Students who teach outside of the standard departmental pattern defer their University Fellowships to a later year and do not receive more than the standard departmental stipend while teaching. University Fellowships may not be deferred beyond the sixth year of registration.

Students awarded a University Fellowship may not accept any other award without the permission of the appropriate associate dean. The Graduate School is the final authority on University Fellowships and any combination of University funding with other sources of financial aid. (See External Fellowships and Combined Award Policy .)

Because the Graduate School considers teaching experience to be an integral part of graduate education, doctoral students receive financial aid packages that include teaching fellowships. In many programs, there are specific years when students are expected to teach. For example, most humanities and social science students will teach in their third, fourth, and sixth years. In the natural sciences, the timing of teaching may be earlier or flexible over several years. When requested by the student for compelling academic reasons, these patterns may be adjusted with the permission of the director of graduate studies contingent on the student’s satisfactory academic progress and sufficient course enrollment.

If the associate dean and director of graduate studies determine that no suitable teaching is available in a term in which a student is expected to teach, the student will continue to receive the standard departmental stipend that term. Stipend support will be withheld if a student elects not to teach in a term in which the student is expected to teach as part of the student’s funding package.

The financial aid packages of many students, particularly in the science departments, may include non-University funds. Should these non-University funds become unavailable, additional University support may be provided. Doctoral students who receive additional University support during their first six years of registration will be required to do additional terms of teaching, if necessary. This additional teaching will typically be at the TF20 level and will be required in each term that the student receives University support. Students will not be required to teach more than the equivalent of six terms at the TF20 level during their first six years of registration. Students in good standing who require additional University support but who have already completed six terms of teaching at the TF20 level will receive University funds with no teaching obligation. Students receiving University funds are ineligible to seek additional teaching assignments that would be paid beyond the standard stipend.

Access to Teaching Fellowships

When departments are considering applications for teaching fellowships, priority is given to qualified graduate students who are expected to teach as part of their funding package. Students in years two through six who have completed their required teaching may teach if enrollments permit. In the humanities and social sciences, students who are on funding extensions are expected to teach at the TF20 level. In cases where an appointing department must choose between two or more graduate students who are each well qualified to teach a particular course, the student or students who have not yet had a chance to teach or who have taught the least will be given preference.

Limits on Teaching

Except when specified in their letters of admission, first-year doctoral students may be appointed as teaching fellows only in exceptional cases, and only after prior approval by their director of graduate studies and the associate dean. Students in the humanities and social sciences may teach during their second year only when such teaching is permitted by their department. Students in years one through six may teach no more than one TF20 assignment (up to twenty hours per week) per term. Students in the natural sciences teaching above the requirement are limited to one TF10 assignment per term. Seventh-year students may teach up to three TF20 assignments per year.

Students who have met their program’s teaching expectation and who are supported by non-University funds may seek additional teaching assignments at the TF10 level. Students who are teaching to fulfill a teaching funding or academic requirement will have priority for available teaching assignments over those who are seeking additional teaching assignments. Students may not be appointed as lecturers while registered in the Graduate School.

Students seeking TF appointments outside of their departments should discuss their plans with their director of graduate studies well in advance of the start of a term.

Students with outside fellowships may be eligible to serve as TFs according to the policies of the Graduate School and the conditions of their outside awards.

Assignment Letters

Letters of assignment are sent to graduate students via the online Teaching Fellow System (TFS) indicating the course in which a graduate student is expected to teach and the level of the assignment. An assignment is not official until the electronic assignment letter has been transmitted via the online TFS.

Teaching Fellow Levels

All teaching fellows teach at one of two effort levels. Students assigned at the TF10 level are expected to teach for up to 10 hours per week. Students assigned at the TF20 level are expected to teach for up to 20 hours per week. Science students engaged in required teaching and doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences who teach in years one through six receive the standard departmental stipend irrespective of the assignment level. Doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences are typically expected to perform required teaching at the TF20 level. All students, including master’s and professional school students, who are teaching outside of a doctoral financial aid package receive $4,000 for a TF10 assignment and $8,000 for a TF20 assignment.

Traineeships and Assistantships in Research

Traineeships (National Research Service Awards) from the National Institutes of Health are available in most of the biological sciences and in some other departments. These awards support full-time Ph.D. study by U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals of the United States, and permanent residents. In combination with University and departmental supplements, they provide payment of tuition, a monthly stipend, and the hospitalization premium. Federal rules require that trainees pursue their research training on a full-time basis. In some instances, there is a federal payback provision, which is ordinarily satisfied by serving in health-related research or teaching at the conclusion of training. Information about this obligation and other matters relating to traineeships is available from the director of graduate studies or the principal investigator of the specific training grant in question.

Research Appointments

Doctoral students in departments where the faculty receive research grants or contracts may be eligible for appointments as assistants in research (AR). In most of the science departments, advanced Ph.D. students are normally supported as ARs by individual faculty research grants. An assistantship in research provides a monthly salary at a rate agreed upon by the department and the Graduate School. It is understood that the work performed not only is part of the faculty principal investigator’s research project but also is the student’s dissertation research and therefore in satisfaction of a degree requirement. For a standard AR appointment, in addition to the salary, the grant pays half of the tuition or the full CRF. When the appointee is eligible for a University Fellowship, the other half of tuition is covered by a fellowship.

An appointment as a project assistant (PA) is intended for a student who performs services for projects that are not a part of the student’s degree program. A project assistant may normally work no more than ten hours per week. The rate of compensation is based on the department-approved rate paid to assistants in research. With the permission of the director of graduate studies and the appropriate associate dean, a student may receive a combination of project assistant and assistant in research appointments.

Questions about AR or PA appointments should be directed to the director of graduate studies or the appropriate associate dean in the Graduate School.

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Financial support.

PhD students in good academic standing receive a yearly-increasing stipend (in 2023-2024 the amount is $40,530*), full tuition (for the first four years), and health coverage . The Graduate School Payroll System (GSPS) is a semi-monthly payroll; checks are paid on the 15th and the last day of each month. Incoming students will receive their first check on August 31st (to be picked up from the department registrar).

* Students who win competitive outside awards such as NIH National Research Service Awards (NRSA) or NSF fellowships receive a stipend bonus of $4,000 (for a total stipend of $44,530 in 2023-24).

Students usually have their checks deposited directly to their banks, which can be setup and managed through Payment Elections in  Workday . The university does  not  withhold federal or state taxes from stipends, but it does still report income to the IRS. All students are responsible for  paying taxes  on the amount of their stipend that exceeds expenses directly related to their studies. Connecticut also requires a property tax on all cars with a rate determined on a city basis.

Financial support comes from university fellowships, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Training Grants, the National Science Foundation, and private foundations. First year students are provided with $350 that can be used towards travel to a conference in the first year (original receipts or invoices are required for reimbursement). All students are also eligible to apply for the GSA Conference Travel Fellowship .

*PhD students with families are also provided an annual subsidy of $7,500 for having a child under 18 (with an additional $2,500 per year per any other child under 6) by the Graduate School . Enrollment must be completed  every term .

*As of spring 2022, there is also a Dean’s Medical Leave Hardship Fund that goes up to $3000 which may help cover serious medical conditions in addition to the standard Dean’s Emergency Fund .

Special note to international applicants:  Financial aid for students who are neither U.S. citizens nor U.S. permanent residents is very limited . Although approximately 20% of each entering class is international, we are able to admit less than 5% (on average) of our non-U.S. applicant pool. Please take this into consideration before applying to the program.

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MD-PhD students receive a stipend to supplement their living expenses, as well as full tuition (graduate and medical school) and health benefits for the entire duration of their time in the program. The MD-PhD program itself provides stipend support to students in the first three years of their training, and again in the final ~1.5 years after they have defended their PhD and returned to clinical training. We consider it very important that our students receive stipend and tuition support from our program in their 3rd year, when they are affiliating with a PhD advisor and a department, and completing coursework required for their PhD. Full financial responsibility for their stipend is assumed by research mentors in the 4th year and beyond, usually for a period of ~2.5 to 3 years.

The stipend for students engaged in medical school courses and clerkships prior to beginning the PhD is reviewed annually and is adjusted to cover all living expenses and school related costs as calculated by the Yale School of Medicine Financial Aid Office. Once a student affiliates with a PhD department and joins their PhD advisors research group, their stipend increases to the BBS PhD level of support and continues at this level until graduation.

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Graduate students in good standing in the Ph.D. program receive tuition and stipend (including summer funding) for up to five years. The most frequent form of aid is fellowships provided by University funds. Some students have outside awards from foundations or awards won in national competition (e.g., from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Mental Health, or Jacob Javits Fellowships). Graduate students may also be paid for up to 10 hours per week from faculty research funds, but the work should contribute to the student’s own development and be integrated into the student’s full academic program.  

After completing their first year, all Ph.D. graduate students, regardless of the type of stipend support they receive, are expected to acquire experience as Teaching Fellows without additional compensation.  Once they complete their Teaching Fellow requirements, graduate students can gain additional experience as Teaching Fellows for additional compensation.

Please visit the Financial Aid ( https://psychology.yale.edu/graduate/admissions/financial-aid ) and the Funding & Aid ( https://gsas.yale.edu/resources-students/finances-fellowships/stipend-payments ) site for more information.

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Local 33 and Yale reach historic tentative agreement

After organizing for more than three decades, Local 33, the graduate and professional student union, secured higher pay, improved healthcare resources and union recognition until 2031 in a tentative agreement following nine months of negotiations with the University.

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After 33 years of organizing and nine months of contract negotiations, Local 33 UNITE HERE, Yale’s graduate and professional student union, announced a tentative agreement with the University this afternoon.

The agreement secured higher pay, expanded healthcare and increased protections for international students. It promises an immediate 17.7-percent raise for stipend PhD grad workers next semester and a 30-percent raise over the course of the five-year contract, an annual $300,000 fund for out-of-pocket dental and health care expenses and a clear grievance procedure that includes a union steward. 

Eligible graduate and professional student workers will vote on ratifying the tentative agreement on Dec. 15 and 16. If a majority of voters support ratification, the contract will go into effect immediately and expire on July 31, 2028. 

“On December 8, Local 33 UNITE HERE and the university reached a tentative agreement on a five-year contract—an important milestone in our relationship,” Local 33 spokesperson Ian Dunn and University spokesperson Karen Peart wrote in a joint statement to the News.

The University and the union told the News that they will not give further comments to the press before the agreement is ratified. 

In the tentative agreement, Yale agreed to recognize the union until 2031, even if changes in federal labor guidelines void the status of graduate students at private universities as union-eligible workers. Although the National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, ruled in 2016 that private school graduate workers have the right to unionize, policy experts have long theorized that a Republican-appointed NLRB might attempt to overturn that ruling.

The tentative agreement protects the right of Local 33 to exist for the next two presidential administrations. 

Graduate student workers at Yale have fought for union recognition since 1990, organizing protests, unauthorized elections and a virtually unprecedented 2017 hunger strike after Yale challenged the validity of eight department-based elections that the union won in 2016 . Organizers often faced a “hostile” administration , according to former NLRB chairman William Gould in 2018, and drawn-out legal challenges by the University. 

After President Donald Trump appointed a conservative member to the NLRB, Local 33 and other private university graduate unions withdrew their petitions to unionize in 2018, fearing that the Republican-majority board would overturn their right to unionize. 

Local 33 began a new recognition campaign in the fall of 2021, a resurgence that would eventually lead to a landslide election in early 2023 with 91 percent of voters in favor of forming a union. 

“Now, after nine months of intensive bargaining, we have a tentative agreement that raises the industry standard for graduate teachers and researchers,” Local 33 wrote in a summary of the tentative agreement emailed to members . “This document reflects all of our collective efforts; we would not be at this point without the dedication, energy, and organizing that so many Graduate Workers contributed.”

In their announcement of the tentative agreement, Local 33 celebrated “major wins” in five policy priorities as identified by a survey taken by over 2,200 graduate workers: better pay, quality health care, fair treatment and a grievance procedure, support for international graduate workers and support for graduate workers with families and dependents. 

Over the course of the contract, PhD graduate workers with stipends will see a 30-percent raise. Students with salaried teaching positions in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Professional Schools will see their wages increase by 49 percent over the five-year contract. The tentative agreement includes cost-of-living adjustments for salaried positions in years with abnormally high inflation rates. 

The agreement establishes three additional staff positions to improve graduate student workers’ access to health care services, particularly mental health resources. Spousal and dependent coverage will also expand. 

The tentative agreement further provides international graduate workers with immigration assistance, allowing workers days or weeks off to resolve immigration issues and establishing an annual $40,000 fund to assist workers with legal expenses. Yale also agreed not to demand proof of immigration status or share worker information with United States or foreign government agencies. 

The agreement outlines avenues for future University support for Local 33 organizing, including the provision of union bulletin boards and the concession that Local 33 workers will not be forced to cross the picket lines of Yale’s other unions. 

Local 33’s  reached its first tentative agreement far faster than graduate unions at peer institutions. Harvard University’s graduate student union took nearly two years to settle a first contract. At Brown University, negotiations took 17 months , and Columbia University reached an agreement with their union after three years of negotiations and a two-month strike by the union .

With the tentative agreement in hand, Local 33’s bargaining committee — a group of 16 graduate student workers — is planning to hold eight meetings between Dec. 11 and Dec. 14 with union members to discuss the agreement.

In the summary of the tentative agreement , the Local 33 bargaining committee recommended that graduate student workers vote to ratify the contract.

“As the bargaining committee, we enthusiastically recommend voting Yes to ratify this tentative agreement and begin next semester with a contract all of us can be proud of achieving,” the committee wrote. 

The union will hold the contract ratification vote at 425 College St, UNITE HERE’s office in New Haven. 

Nathaniel Rosenberg contributed reporting.

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Graduate student teaching at Yale is divided into two funding categories: stipend and non-stipend teaching. 

Stipend Teaching

Only PhD students who are teaching as part of their financial aid package are eligible for stipend teaching and is considered part of your academic or financial requirement. If you have a Teaching Fellowship as part of your financial aid package, you must be in residence and teach in Yale's Teaching Fellow Program in order to receive a stipend in the terms designated by your department to count toward your teaching requirement. Students doing stipend teaching receive a standard departmental stipend, regardless of the level or type of your teaching assignment. The portion of your PhD stipend that represents teaching is subject to federal tax withholding, so you will notice a difference in your paycheck in the terms in which you teach.

Learning to teach is an expectation of all PhD students at Yale, along with completing coursework, taking exams, and writing a dissertation. While the Graduate School does not have an academic teaching requirement for PhDs, many programs do. Teaching done to fulfill an academic teaching requirement will typically meet the requirements of the financial aid package as well. Check with your program for details.

Non-Stipend Teaching

Non-stipend teaching assignments may be offered to GSAS students outside of a PhD financial aid package, or to students enrolled in a Yale professional school. PhD students in the sciences who have completed the teaching offered in their financial aid package may continue to teach for additional pay, i.e., "non-stipend" teaching, if a position is available. PhD students in the humanities and social sciences in years 1-6 (or on a 7th-year COVID extension) are not eligible for non-stipend teaching. Students will be paid at the prevailing rate for a TF10 (up to 10 hours of effort per week) or TF20 (up to 20 hours of effort per week) assignment.  

For the 2024-25 Academic Year, the teaching fellow rates per term are:

• TF10: $5,535
• TF20: $11,070

If you are a PhD student no longer receiving financial aid and beyond your sixth year of study, you may teach up to a maximum of three teaching assignments per academic year. International students on a Yale-sponsored visa should consult with the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) before undertaking non-stipend teaching.

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Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Interested in joining the graduate program, welcome to the graduate program in eeb at yale university.

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate program has a long tradition of training exceptional ecologists and evolutionary biologists. Our program provides students with five years of guaranteed funding and the intellectual support they need to reach their potential and become world-class scientists, educators, and professionals.

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate program offers students an integrated training program with coursework, teaching, and research components. Students will develop their understanding of study systems and scientific approaches, enabling them to generate and test questions fundamental to 21st century advances in ecology and evolutionary biology. Students will be joining a department with faculty whose research interests span numerous areas of ecology and evolution and whose systems encompass multiple levels of biological organization.

We welcome students into our program with diverse identities, from varied backgrounds and prior experiences . As a department, we are committed to fostering diversity and a welcoming environment for all . Although applications to our program are competitive and all of our graduate students are exceptional, the admissions process is quite distinct from the admissions process for undergraduates to Yale College. Our admissions decisions prioritize the fit between the research interests of applicants and their prospective faculty advisors, as well as evaluating a student’s potential for success in a research-focused graduate degree. We consider applicants as a whole and in the context of the relevant experiences to which they had access.

Note that the department only admits students to pursue a PhD: while all students receive a Master’s degree en route to their PhD, we do not accept applications for terminal Master’s degrees.

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Diversity recruitment resources, the admissions process, how to apply, advice for applying to eeb at yale, how to email a prospective advisor, research rotations, dissertation research, for more information, department events, university-wide resources, student funding opportunities, cost of living, arts in new haven, natural spaces, food and nightlife.

If you are from an underrepresented population, the Office for Graduate Student Development & Diversity (OGSDD) offers a number of programs for those thinking about applying to graduate school.

You can apply to participate in the Yale Diversity Preview Day , where you will have the chance to meet Yale faculty and graduate students, take a tour of the campus, and learn more about the graduate admissions process. Participation in Yale Diversity Preview Days is free, and all expenses (accommodation, meals, and transportation) are covered by Yale University.

You can also participate in the Bouchet Admissions Bootcamp , which helps prepare applicants to craft a competitive graduate school application. Students who complete the Bouchet Bootcamp receive an application fee waiver for Yale graduate school admissions.

More information about these and other diversity recruitment resources can be found on the OGSDD website. If you are visiting New Haven, the OGSDD and EEB would be happy to welcome you to campus and arrange for you to visit with the director of the OGSDD, Dean Michelle Nearon, as well as faculty and current graduate students.

In addition, if you have questions, concerns, or would like to learn more about diversity recruitment resources or the admissions process, you’re welcome to contact the OGSDD , our Registrar Kelly Pyers, Director of Graduate Studies Dr. Casey Dunn , or our graduate student admissions liaisons (see sidebar for contact information).

Students who apply to join the graduate program will apply to the department as a whole. Nonetheless, students who join the program are usually interested in working with one or two faculty in the department . Thus, the fit between the interests of the student and their prospective advisor(s) is one of the most important considerations during the admissions process. Students should not apply for the graduate program unless they have already been in contact with one or more prospective faculty advisors in the department.

Once the application deadline passes, the entire EEB faculty evaluate the applications and decide which applicants will be invited for an interview. The percentage of applicants who receive interview slots depends on several factors including the number of applications, which often varies between years. For domestic students, travel and lodging to Yale for an on-campus, in-person interview will be provided by the department. International students may interview remotely or may travel for an in-person interview on-campus on a case-by-case basis. Interviews typically happen in mid- to late-January.

Interview visits consist of many elements, but applicants typically spend some time learning about the graduate program, department, and Yale. Interviewees also spend much of their day meeting individually with faculty. Additionally, prospective students will have the opportunity to meet many of the current students in the program, and experience the food and nightlife of New Haven. Following interviews, the department evaluates the interviewees and sends out admission offers. The Department does its best to provide offers to as many interviewees as possible. Admitted students have until April 15 to accept or decline the offer.

If you have any questions about the admissions process, please contact our Registrar, our Director of Graduate Studies, or our graduate student Admissions Liaisons (see sidebar for contact information).

• Typically, this process involves reading about the research of faculty from the papers they have published and from their lab websites.
• For a suggested template of how to format this email, see here
• If you would like assistance contacting a potential advisor, or have not heard back from a potential advisor you contacted, you may contact our graduate student admissions liaisons (see sidebar for contact information). This account is monitored by graduate students in the department in order to facilitate connections between prospective students and faculty, and is not involved in admissions decisions.
• The Graduate School has an extensive FAQ about admissions
• Please specify Ecology and Evolutionary Biology as the program of study when applying.
• Please specify which faculty you are interested in working with directly in the application.
• A statement of purpose (typically 500-1000 words, or one to two pages). In your statement of purpose, please “explain why you are applying to Yale for graduate study; describe your research interests and preparation for your intended field(s) of study, including prior research and other relevant experiences; and explain how the faculty, research, and resources at Yale would contribute to your future goals.”
• A curriculum vitae
• A list of all colleges and universities you have attended, along with an unofficial transcript from each school
• Three letters of recommendation – enter the names and email addresses of your recommenders into the application, and they will be sent a link to upload a letter on your behalf
• If your undergraduate degree was not attained at a primarily English-speaking institution, you must take a TOEFL exam and include your TOEFL score in your application.
• A personal narrative (optional, up to 300 words, other universities may refer to this as a “diversity statement”). In your personal narrative, please ”tell us something about the personal experiences, interests, or perspectives that you would bring to the community at Yale” 
• List of certificates or awards (optional)
• Note: the Yale EEB program no longer accepts GRE scores (from either the general GRE or the Biology GRE)
• Many applicants are eligible to request a fee waiver, which must be submitted by November 30. For more information, see the GSAS page on Application Fee Waivers

The graduate program in EEB at Yale is a relatively small one. As such, how your research interests fit with the interests of your potential advisor(s) is an important factor considered during our selection process. Every faculty member has a different set of criteria for evaluating prospective students. Make sure you’ve had a conversation with your prospective advisor(s) about shared research interests before applying to the program.

Note that there are no minimum requirements, apart from an undergraduate degree by your matriculation date, for admission into EEB at Yale. EEB seeks to attract motivated early career scientists who could excel in our program, and embraces that there is no single formula predicting that success. Rather, we consider applicants as a whole and in the context of the relevant experiences to which they have had access. Your personal statement, research experience and accomplishments, diversity statement, course grades, and letters of recommendation are considered during the application review process.

Note on GPA conversion for applicants: you may self-report a GPA and GPA scale in the “Academic History” section of the application. Please do not convert or recalculate your GPA, and if your college or university does not report or compute a GPA, you should omit it.

The following is a suggested template for how to contact a prospective faculty advisor. If you would like assistance contacting a potential advisor, or have not heard back from a potential advisor you contacted, you may contact our graduate student admissions liaisons (see sidebar for contact information).

Subject: Prospective EEB Graduate Student

Dear Dr. ___________,

My name is _______. I am interested in applying to the PhD program in EEB at Yale to begin Fall [year here]. I was wondering whether you are accepting graduate students this year?

[A few sentences about your research experience and interests here].

[A sentence about what research you’re interested in pursuing for graduate school] [A sentence about how your research interests align with those from the prospective advisor you are emailing].

I would love to discuss potential research topics, and I have attached my curriculum vitae for your reference

I look forward to hearing from you.

The PhD Program, Summarized

In the PhD program in EEB at Yale, students receive guaranteed financial support, participate in research rotations, take graduate courses, teach as graduate teaching fellows, participate in department events, and can take advantage of numerous university-wide resources and opportunities.

All PhD students in good academic standing in EEB at Yale are guaranteed five years of funding, which includes a stipend more than sufficient to cover all living expenses for the New Haven area , full coverage of tuition, and health insurance. This funding is generated from a variety of sources, including university fellowships provided by the graduate school as well as external grant funding attained by advisors. We strongly encourage all students to apply for all independent fellowships that they are eligible for, as they provide the most intellectual freedom for the student and are an important additional source of funding for the EEB graduate program. For health insurance, graduate students are provided both the Yale Health Basic Coverage provided to all Yale students, as well as the Hospitalization/Specialty Care coverage at no cost. This includes coverage in Student Health, Acute Care, Mental Health & Counseling, and 1 semester paid parental leave, among other services. Dental and vision health insurance are offered annually to all students for an additional fee.

While 5 years of funding are guaranteed for all students in good standing, we realize that many students will need an additional semester or year beyond 5 years to complete their dissertation. If the advisor is unable to support a year 6 student with grant funding, that student will typically also be able to teach for the additional semester or year of support.

Our students also teach undergraduate courses as graduate teaching fellows. Graduate students are required to teach three semesters to receive their PhD, and most EEB students complete this requirement during their first two years of graduate school. Additional teaching requirements are dependent on funding sources in the later years of the PhD. If a student continues to be funded by university fellowships in years 4 and 5, additional semesters of teaching may be required. Regardless of funding, however, most students have at least 5 semesters and every summer with no teaching responsibilities .

Unlike many other PhD programs in Ecology and Evolution, we require all students to participate in two research rotations, usually during their first year. While most students have decided on which lab they are joining by the time they begin here, and will typically do one of their rotations in this prospective lab, we have found that students tend to really enjoy the research rotation experience. These rotations provide our students with the opportunity to connect with other labs in our department or across Yale, develop new research skills, gain exposure to new areas of research, and contribute to research projects. Occasionally students have even decided to switch labs, due to their experience with a particular research rotation!

Course work requirements for our program are kept to a minimum, so that graduate students in EEB can decide for themselves the amount of coursework they would like to pursue and can focus their time on research. During their first year, students are required to take a year-long graduate seminar course, which serves to introduce students to the faculty in the department, and briefly covers topics in research ethics and professional development.

In addition to the first year seminar and research rotations, students are required to complete three additional graduate-level courses, but of course may take as many courses as they would like to. In their first year, students meet with the DGS, a faculty “entry committee”, and their prospective advisors for suggestions on courses they should take, but are free to fulfill their course requirements from courses offered by any department at Yale. In addition to graduate student courses offered in EEB, many of our students take courses offered in the departments of Genetics, Statistics & Data Science, Biostatistics, and from the School of the Environment, among others.

We aim for students to officially advance to PhD candidacy by the end of their second year of study. This requires completion of course and teaching requirements, the formation of a dissertation committee, and the passing of the prospectus exam. The prospectus exam consists of both a written and oral component. The student is expected to write a document that describes their proposed dissertation project - this document should address the relevance and impact the work will have on the field, as well as provide enough logistical detail to prove its feasibility. The oral part of the prospectus exam consists of a thesis committee meeting, where the student presents their proposed research plan to their committee, and is presented with several rounds of questioning by the committee over both details of the proposal as well as the student’s knowledge of pre-assigned readings deemed relevant to the student’s interests. Once students have completed their course requirements and this prospectus exam, they receive a Master’s degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology en route to their PhD and are officially considered PhD candidates. They are then free to devote the remainder of their time in the program to their dissertation research. On average, our students complete their PhD in 5.5 years .

If you would like to read more detailed documentation of the PhD Program in EEB at Yale, tailored for current graduate students, you can read that here

Available Events and Resources

Our department has numerous events throughout the year to foster community building and scientific exchange among our students, post-doctoral scientists, faculty, staff, and invited visitors to Yale.

During the fall and spring academic semesters, our department hosts a weekly invited seminar speaker. Speakers are invited from institutions across the world, and during their visits students have the opportunity to sign up for individual or small group meetings. Additionally, the department provides a catered lunch open to all graduate students in the department with every invited speaker, and students are sometimes able to join the post-seminar small group dinner with the speaker at a local restaurant.

As part of the weekly invited seminar series, the graduate students of the department invite two eminent speakers to visit as Hutchinson speakers. Visiting Hutchinson speakers are leaders of their fields, and students have priority access to schedule meetings and attend social events during the Hutchinson speaker’s visit. Additionally, depending on slot availability, graduate students and post-doctoral scientists can invite additional speakers for the weekly seminar series. Students and post-doctoral researchers interested in doing so are encouraged to contact the faculty member organizing the weekly EEB seminar series for that academic year.

Each Friday, students participate in a weekly “Speakeasy”, where graduate students and post-doctoral scientists present and discuss their ongoing research alongside provided snacks and drinks. This provides a forum for the early-career scientists in the department to provide support and feedback to each other in a relaxed environment. Speakeasy is often followed by a happy hour or other graduate student social event.

In addition to the department’s invited speaker seminars and Speakeasy, many members of our department attend the weekly Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies lunch seminar, which includes speakers from across Yale alongside invited external speakers from other institutions.

Lastly, our department holds a number of annual social events to build community. Every August, we hold a welcome BBQ for our incoming cohort of students to meet existing students, post-docs, and faculty. Every fall, the department supports a graduate-student only weekend retreat, typically held at the beautiful Yale Myers forest. Additionally, the department holds an annual departmental retreat, typically held over two days at an off-campus location. At this retreat, students, post-docs, faculty, and staff participate in social activities, hear about each other’s work, and attend talks given by invited speakers from across Yale.

Students in our graduate program also have access to numerous resources, events, and services available to students across Yale. These include:

The Yale Center for Teaching and Learning runs numerous workshops on best-practices for teaching, include a Certificate of College Teaching Preparation program that many of our students pursue and receive

The Graduate Writing Lab runs numerous events and workshops to help graduate students develop and practice academic and professional writing skills

The Yale Center for Research Computing maintains several computing clusters available to Yale students at no-cost, regularly offers workshops on use of high-performance computing and programming, as well as on-call support for problems with the computing clusters

The Statlab offers regular workshops on statistics, data analysis, data visualization, and other academic software

The Yale Office of Career Strategy offers numerous events and workshops to help students explore what comes next, including both academic and non-academic career paths

The Yale library system, including Marx Library, Sterling Library, and access to numerous online library services

Students in our program compete for, and receive, funding from numerous bodies at Yale to support their own academic travel and research.

The Yale Graduate Student Assembly offers a Conference Travel Fund available to all graduate students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Students may apply for support to travel to one conference annually, and may receive up to $500 pre-candidacy or $750 post-candidacy.

The Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies offers annual competitive “Small Grants” for both pre-candidacy and post-candidacy students. For pre-candidacy students, the maximum award of $3,000 is meant to support pilot data collection. For post-candidacy students, the maximum award of $5,000 is meant to improve the quality of their dissertation by further developing a component of their work.

The MacMillan Center offers a number of grants and fellowships for international travel and field research. Specifically, the MacMillan International Dissertation Research Fellowship awards up to $18,000 for international fieldwork post-candidacy if you have a “substantial humanities or social science dimensions” to your proposed research. The MacMillan Center Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowships is the pre-candidacy equivalent for up to $5,000.

Student Life

New Haven provides a wonderful living environment for students during graduate school, including a reasonable cost of living, access to numerous events, activities, and natural spaces, availability of excellent food, arts, and nightlife, and ease of travel both domestically and internationally.

The graduate student stipend provides our students with a high standard of living against the costs of living in the city. Most of our students live in the neighborhoods surrounding the Yale campus, including Downtown, Wooster Square, East Rock, Prospect Hill, and Dixwell. From these neighborhoods, it is typically a 10-20 minute walk to campus, and it is easy to access the free Yale Shuttle System. Student housing costs vary, but many students pay $700 - $900 in rent for a shared apartment with one or two other people (as of 2021).

Students also have the opportunity to participate in numerous activities at Yale or in the community. As of 2021, there are more than 70 registered graduate student groups on-campus. The McDougal Graduate Student Center offers numerous graduate student social events and programs, including their very-popular First Friday at Five series of free food, drinks, and entertainment every first Friday of the month during each academic semester. Students can also participate in athletics, including graduate intramural teams and community-based groups, or participate in the Graduate Affiliate program, where graduate students become affiliated with one of the 14 undergraduate residential colleges.

Many students enjoy the active arts scene in New Haven. There are several venues which host live music, including touring groups, like the College Street Music Hall and Cafe Nine. Additionally, it is easy to access New York City or Boston for larger touring acts. There are also numerous theatrical groups in New Haven. These include, but are not limited to, the Shubert Theater, which hosts touring acts, the Long Wharf Theatre, the Yale Repertory Theatre, and the Yale School of Drama. There is a 9-screen movie theater in downtown, as well as a larger 12 screen theater only a 10 minute drive away in North Haven. New Haven boasts several notable museums. Most prominently, both the Yale Center for British Art and the Yale University Art Gallery are free and open to the public and display works from some of the most notable modern and historical artists.

New Haven also offers plentiful access to outdoor natural spaces. Many community members enjoy East Rock Park in the city proper, alongside slightly-further away spaces like West Rock Park, West River Memorial Park, and Sleeping Giant Park. There are also numerous beautiful hiking trails throughout the state, and of course, plentiful access to beaches, including nearby Lighthouse Point Park.

New Haven’s food and nightlife scene is extremely vibrant. Of course, New Haven is frequently listed as having the best pizza in the world, and so boasts numerous restaurants serving the acclaimed New Haven-style ‘apizza’. However, our large student population, proximity to major metropolitan centers, and citywide cultural diversity support a wide range of cuisines. For nightlife, many bars and restaurants are clustered in downtown or along State St. on the eastern side of New Haven. Many students enjoy the Yale owned-and-operated graduate student-only bar Gryphon’s, which, for a ~$20 annual membership, has some of the cheapest drinks in town, and weekly events like trivia and karaoke.

Finally, New Haven is a very easy city to get around in, and our location on the East Coast makes travel highly accessible. New Haven’s size makes transit within the city easy, with many students walking, biking, or taking the Yale shuttles and city buses to get around. When heading outside of New Haven, we are about a 1.5 hour drive from New York City and Providence, and a 2 hour drive from Boston. There is a frequent commuter train from New Haven’s downtown station to New York for ~$20 and a ~2 hour ride, and Amtrak trains between Boston and Washington D.C. also stop in New Haven. We have a small local airport, Tweed, in East Haven, with several flights a day. For longer routes, many students fly through the Hartford Airport (~50 min drive), or through the NYC (Newark, JFK, LGA) or Boston (BOS) airports.

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CT PHFP Fellowship Stipend Application Process and Instructions

Are you a student with a project or field placement with a Connecticut public health agency? Paid fellowships are available to college and university students interested in exploring careers in Connecticut’s public health system.

The eligible student must be:

• a 3rd or 4th-year undergraduate or graduate student in an accredited academic institution,
• US citizen, non-citizen US national, or a foreign national having a visa permitting permanent resident of the United States and
• Not receiving other federals funds for their field placement

Students interested in a paid fellowship with a public health agency are encouraged to contact an agency or unit that matches their academic and professional interests. Together with the public health agency or preceptor, a fellowship placement can develop a role that explores a public health career, build competencies, and supports the agency’s mission.

The host agency preceptor must complete the Field Placement Proposal Application, and it must be approved by PHFP before a Fellowship Stipend Application is submitted.

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Placement opportunities.

Students find placements in a variety of ways, such as:

• Connect with an academic program advisor or faculty member about professional contacts in your area of interest.
• Apply through an open internship opportunity or program through the host agency's website.
• Email local health district/department in your area to see if they are interested in hosting a student.
• Explore current host agencies partnered with CT PHFP seeking student fellows. - Please note that although students must be US Citizens or non-citizen US nationals, most host agencies are still able to host international students in unpaid internship placements.

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Graduate school stipend (incl. summer study fellowships).

An amount paid to, or for the benefit of a graduate student to aid in the pursuit of study or research. Such grants provide a student with a stipend to assist with academic and living costs while he or she is in school. A portion of such stipend may be considered a qualified scholarship to the extent that the individual establishes that amounts were used for certain required fees. Please refer to IRS Publication 970 , Tax Benefits for Education, Chapter 1, Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants and Tuition Reductions, for guidance with respect to required fees.

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Payment to a graduate student who is teaching as a part of his or her educational program.

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An amount paid to, or for the benefit of a student to aid in the pursuit of study or research. Such grants provide a student with a stipend to assist with academic and living costs while he or she is in school. A portion of such stipend may be considered a qualified scholarship to the extent the individual establishes that amounts were used for certain required fees. Please refer to IRS Publication 970, Tax Benefits for Education, Chapter 1, Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants and tuition Reductions, for guidance with respect to required fees.

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Wages for student employment, project assistantships, and certain research assistantships.

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Health benefits coverage allowance provided to certain postdoctoral fellows.

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A prize or award is generally a payment that is based on a past accomplishment or activity.

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Any amount received by a student as a scholarship or fellowship grant to the extent that the student established that, in accordance with the conditions of the grant, such amount was used for qualified tuition and related expenses.

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Payment to a student engaged in research under the direction of a faculty member, often funded by external grants or contracts.