Grad Students and NDeRC

How to get a Ph.D. Apply to grad schools, some apps are free, some apps cost $$$ Once accepted, grad schools are trying recruit you! (visitation weekends) Pick a school After 5 years, leave with a Ph.D.

Cost? Tuition is covered by the University About $25,000/year stipend Teaching Assistant Research Assistant Outside Fellowship

Chemistry and Biochemistry Program at ND Year 1 Take classes, teach, pick a research group Year 2 Seminar Research Teach? Academic and Research Progress Exam Chemistry Hall, c1910s

Year 3 Research Year 4 Oral Candidacy Exam Research Year 5 Finish research Write and defend thesis Find job Graduate! Fire-September 1916 After the fire as Hoynes Hall, c1920s

After Graduation Post Doc 2-3 years at a different university work harder than a grad student, get paid slightly more Academia Teaching/Research Government Industry Procter and Gamble, Ford, IBM, etc.

Grad Students and NDeRC National Science Foundation GK STEM projects across the country NSF provides a fellowship for graduate students to work in K-12 classrooms while still doing research and working towards their Ph.D. or Masters

NDeRC Grad Fellows Cohort IV Natalie Wasio Chemistry & Biochemistry

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Collaborations within NDeRC NANO ASTRO GENO BIO ENVIRO Particle Physics