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How good of a stipend can one expect from an MSTP program. I'm just curious what the many different programs offer, and if it covers all 8 years or just some of them.
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MSTP as used by most members of this forum means the Medical Scientist Training Program as specified by the NIGMS. All of these programs provide stipends for all 8 years ranging from roughly 19k to 27k and full tuition and fee waiver.
http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Training/Mechanisms/NRSA/InstPredoc/PredocInst-MSTP.htm
Now your custom user title above your avatar says you are a future DO student. For that reason I want to make you aware that there are no MSTP DO/PhDs and there are no DO/PhD programs that advertise full funding in this way. For the vast majority of the DO/PhD programs you must pay all of medical school yourself and you are only given a stipend during your PhD years. The other possibility are the non-MSTP MD/PhD programs, many of which provide full funding, but this is on a school by school basis.
http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Training/Mechanisms/NRSA/InstPredoc/PredocInst-MSTP.htm
Now your custom user title above your avatar says you are a future DO student. For that reason I want to make you aware that there are no MSTP DO/PhDs and there are no DO/PhD programs that advertise full funding in this way. For the vast majority of the DO/PhD programs you must pay all of medical school yourself and you are only given a stipend during your PhD years. The other possibility are the non-MSTP MD/PhD programs, many of which provide full funding, but this is on a school by school basis.
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The stipends vary but are usually on the low end of the $20,000s and up depending on the funding of the program and the cost of living. I'm getting $23,500 at the moment, and where I am that offers a pretty good lifestyle.
