Environmental & Molecular Toxicology

Training Grant

Some Toxicology students are funded by National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) training grants. An NIEHS training grant provides funding for graduates students enrolled in the Toxicology Graduate Program. Included are tuition, fees, limited research and travel funding, as well as a monthly stipend. The grant is renewed on a yearly basis for up to four years. Funding after year four must come from other sources.

Currently, the monthly stipend is $1731. The monthly check can either be mailed directly to your home address or to your OSU address. Contact Contracts Administration, Administration Building B306 to set up payment arrangements. In addition, the Contracts Administration office handles payments of tuition and fees to the University for trainees.

NOTE: Taxes are not deducted from training grant stipends, therefore, it is the responsibility of the trainee to contact his/her income tax specialist/professional with questions and concerns.

Research funds usually amount to $1500 per year. These funds can be spent by trainees for reagents, limited equipment, animals, etc. Any books purchased with training grant funds are to remain with the University. Purchase orders are currently given to Susan Perkins in the Environmental Health Sciences Center (EHSC) office in the Agricultural Life Sciences Building (Room 1011). Orders are delivered to this office and the trainee is notified upon arrival of the order.

Travel funds are available for conferences and includes registration fees, transportation expenses, lodging, and food. Due to the expense of major conferences, trainees are usually limited to one of these events per year. Trainees should keep all receipts for any reimbursement that may occur. Contact Robert Tanguay for travel funds.

The training grant does not require trainees to perform teaching assistant duties, therefore, allowing the trainee to focus on their own course work and research. Trainees usually rotate through different labs during their first year. Rotations can be taken for credit. During the fall quarter, the trainee is required to submit a progress report to the training grant director, David Williams. The format and content of this report will be provided in a memo a few weeks prior to the end of the quarter. Trainees must select a training grant faculty member for their advisor by the end of their first year.

Trainees must sign up for a minimum of 12 credit hours of classes fall, winter, and spring quarters. Summer quarter, trainees must sign up for a minimum of 3 credit hours.