Financial Aid

Duke University and the Sanford Institute of Public Policy are committed to supporting Public Policy PhD students for five years through a combination of scholarships, fellowships, research or teaching assistantships and stipends, provided that students maintain satisfactory progress in the program.

We strongly encourage students to seek fellowships from external sources, which can offer generous multiyear support packages. Of special interest to applicants who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents are the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships and the Jacob Javits Graduate Fellowship. U.S. minority applicants may also want to investigate the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities, the American Political Science Association Minority Fellowships, the American Sociological Association Minority Fellowships Program, the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program.

For more information about financial support for PhD students at Duke, please visit:
http://www.gradschool.duke.edu/financial_support/index.html

For more information about the program contact:
Director of Graduate Studies
Attn: PhD Program
Department of Public Policy Studies
Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy
Duke University
Box 90243
Durham, NC 27708-0243
(919)613-9204
E-mail: PPPhD@duke.edu.