Financial Support

We provide a stipend ($42,000 in 2023-24), full tuition coverage, and health insurance to all BBS students independent of citizenship. If you win a competitive outside award such as an NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) or NSF fellowship you will receive a stipend bonus of $4,000 (for a total stipend of $46,000 in 2023-24). Financial aid for students who are neither U.S. Citizens nor U.S. Permanent Residents is very limited, and we are able to admit only a small fraction of our non-U.S. applicant pool. International students should take this into consideration before applying.

About the Fellowship

Established in 2011 by the Gruber Foundation, the Gruber Science Fellowship is awarded to the most highly ranked applicants to Yale PhD programs in the life sciences, cosmology, and astrophysics. This Fellowship is the most prestigious award offered by Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to incoming science students in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments and exceptional promise.

Gruber Science Fellows receive a stipend supplement and a research account in addition to the standard stipend and tuition award given to students in their respective PhD programs. Fellows are also entitled to participate in Fellowship events and activities including meetings with seminar speakers and lecturers and a fall reception for new Fellows.

Selection of Fellows

Gruber Science Fellow are notified of their selection for this honor in an award letter along with the letter offering admission to the Yale Graduate School. Both U.S. and non-U.S. citizens are eligible to be considered as Gruber Science Fellows.