Ph.D. Student Funding

Available for first year incoming Ph.D. students

New incoming Ph.D. students at Tandon may be offered a 12-month SoE fellowship. There is no employment requirement during the length of the fellowship.  The details of the funding are described in the offer of admission letter.

For the 2025-2026 & 2026-2027 academic year, the SoE Fellowship consists of:

• Monthly stipend of $3,600
• Tuition remission of up to 9 credits per semester plus other mandatory tuition costs for fall and spring semesters only. Tandon does not provide tuition remission in the summer term.
• Tandon Student Health insurance
• One-time welcome bonus of $4,000 that may be used at the student’s discretion.

Candidates who decide to defer their NYU admission cannot defer their SoE Fellowship.

Instructions for SoE Fellow awards (NYU login required).

New and continuing students may be offered graduate student support in the form of a Research Assistantship (RA). An assistantship requires on average, 20 hours of work per week during the duration of the appointment. Details of the assistantship will be described in the RA appointment letter.

For the 2025-2026 & 2026-2027 academic year, the RA appointment consists of:

• A monthly salary of
  • $3,700 – $3,900 for students that have not completed their qualifying exam, and
  • $3,950 – $4,150 per month for those that post qualifying exam.
• Tuition remission of up to the larger of (i) the minimum number of credits required to maintain full-time status, or (ii) 6 credits for the fall and spring semester only. Tandon does not provide tuition remission in the summer term.
• Tandon Student Health insurance

RA appointments that are less than 4 months of salary in any given semester are not eligible for tuition support.

Any deviation from the RA salary ranges needs to be approved by the Office of Research, Vice Dean for Research. A justification should be submitted by the department administrator or faculty advisor to TandonVDR@nyu.edu.

For summer only, we allow a higher monthly salary as students can work up to 35 hours per week.  

Tuition-related expenses not covered by the SoE or other fellowships or Research Assistantships.

• Late registration fees
• Tuition for undergraduate coursework
• Tuition for graduate coursework not applicable to your degree
• Tuition for coursework/dissertation in excess of 75 credits
• Tuition for coursework and fees used to maintain official enrollment for study leading to a degree after the end of the fifth year
• Tuition for repeating failed coursework
• Maintenance of Study beyond two semesters
• Student Dental Plan
• Housing
• Book fees
• Previous semesters

Students on a fellowship may be provided course assistants or graduate adjunct instructor positions in their department for extra compensation at the discretion of the Department Chair. The amount of compensation will depend on the specific assignment, the number of contact hours, and the applicable pay schedule set forth in the collective bargaining agreement between NYU and Local 2110, UAW. For more information about available positions, students should consult with their department chair upon arrival on campus.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is a prestigious award that recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high achieving scientists and engineers early in their careers. NSF GRFP is open to students pursuing an engineering degree, who must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. The policy outlined below applies only to students completing a Ph.D. degree at Tandon who also received an NSF GRFP award that begins on or after Sept 1, 2026.

For students who are beginning a new NSF GRFP on September 1, 2026 or later, Tandon will cover the difference in tuition (Fall and Spring) for the three years that the Ph.D. student is in the NSF GRFP. In addition, the Ph.D. student is eligible for either a first year SoE fellowship or a 4th year Dissertation fellowship (not both). This is effective on Sept 1, 2026 and remains in effect until amended, superseded, or rescinded.

The student’s Ph.D. advisor and/or department must commit to providing supplemental stipend funds over the three year period of the NSF GRFP. The total of the NSF GRFP fellowship plus supplemental funds must be comparable to an RA stipend for that respective year.

Process for preparing the NSF GRFP supplemental letter (NYU login required).

For more information, please contact TandonVDR@nyu.edu and TandonPhDHub@nyu.edu.

The following scenarios are for illustrative purposes:

1. An incoming Ph.D. student was provided a first year SoE Fellowship prior to the start of the NSF GRFP:
   • Tandon will supplement the cost of tuition and health insurance during the 3-year period of the NSF GRFP.
2. An incoming Ph.D. student receives funding from external grants or the department in their first year:
   • Tandon will supplement the cost of tuition and health insurance during the 3-year period of the NSF GRFP and provide a dissertation fellowship in the year following the completion of the NSF GRFP.
3. An incoming Ph.D. student enters NYU Tandon (in their first year) with an NSF GRFP:
   • Tandon will supplement the cost of tuition and health insurance during the 3-year period of the NSF GRFP and provide a dissertation fellowship in the year following the completion of the NSF GRFP.