Do MD/PhD program pay thier students during the PhD phase ??

[Raid KH]

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Hallo ,
The MD / PhD programme seems really really long (like about 8 Year of Eduction in Medical School ). How does that process being financed ?? during the PhD phase , can the students gain any income from it ?? How do student affored money to live during medical school ??
- Thanks

 

[StoicJosher]

Firstly, this belongs in the MD/PhD forum.

Secondly, there are two types of MD/PhD programs. There is the NIH funded medical scientist training program (MSTP) at the end of which you will get the MD/PhD and then there are individual privately funded MD/PhDs.

All MSTPs are fully funded. NIH and the University pay for the entire program - your tuition is waived, even your health insurance is paid for. On top of that, you receive a stipend that can amount anywhere from 23,000/yr to 34,000/yr depending on where the university is (the stipend takes into account cost of living etc).

The privately funded MD/PhD programs have no uniform pattern like this. You will have to look up specifically what part of the education they fund (sometimes they waive the tuition but dont give you a stipend, sometimes they pay for the PhD part but not the MD) - but that is relative.

 

[Lil Mick]

It really depends on the program. Most MSTPs only have the NIH funding for a few slots, meaning that other students aren't guaranteed funding... Check with the programs that interest you (for instance, there are unfunded MD/PhD students at Hopkins who seek funding elsewhere to cover their living expenses--Department of Defense, other NIH funding, Army, graduate department funding) and see how they fund their students (some non-NIH fund all program students for the duration of the program).