Stipend

How it is used

It is not always an employee salary; arrangements vary.

Example sentences

1. The stipend arrives monthly, while tuition is paid directly to the university.

   Living support is separated from tuition funding.

2. She checked whether the stipend continued during the summer research period.

   The question concerns payment duration, not the award amount.

Common collocations

• receive a stipend
• monthly stipend

Related terms

• grantA sum of money given by a government body, foundation or university to pay for a research project, often after a competitive application.
• graduate studentA student studying after completing a first university degree, usually in a master's or doctoral program.

More terms: Graduate Study and Supervision

• supervisor
• PhD
• postgraduate
• research proposal
• thesis defense
• thesis committee
• research assistant
• faculty
• qualifying exam
• coursework
• doctoral candidate
• doctoral supervision