A. Financial Support: First-Year Rotator Students

Stipend:

• All CMB students are awarded a gross (pre-tax) stipend of $23,500 for the 2009-10 year for a 12-month appointment

• In order to receive a mid-September 'mini-paycheck' (for the week of orientation in August), students must be registered as full-time graduate students (eight or more credits) and have turned in all necessary CMB benefits information to the CMB Office by Friday, August 28

• Upon registering as a full time student and completing all necessary CMB benefits information, students will receive a $1000 relocation allowance check

• In the beginning of October, students will receive the first full paycheck for the entire month of September

• Thereafter, students will receive a paycheck at the beginning of every month

Tuition:

• Tuition is remitted; thus, students should not receive a tuition bill

• Tuition is paid by the student's main funding source (CMB Program, fellowship, or training grant)

• If a student receives a tuition bill, they should contact Marcia Gratz at the CMB Office immediately (mgratz@wisc.edu, 262-8110)

• If CMB is not contacted about the bill prior to September 18, 2009, the student will be charged a $100, non-refundable late fee from the University (The CMB Office is not responsible for any late fee)

Segregated Fees:

• Each semester, students with a Research Assistant title will need to pay segregated fees (Students on training grants or fellowships do not pay for segregated fees)

• Segregated fees cover the cost of the University Health Services, bus passes, use of the Wisconsin Unions, etc.

• This is a mandatory fee of $509.04 to be paid each semester. See the Registrar's Office tuition and fees website for the exact amount of segregated fees to be paid each semester

• Students will receive a bill for the segregated fee charge or the balance due can be checked on MyUW financial account

• Fees can be paid at the Bursar's Office: Administration Building, 333 E. Campus Mall, #10501 or online through MyUW

• For the Fall 2009 semester, this fee must be paid on or before Friday, September 18, 2009

• If this fee is not paid by the deadline, students will be charged a $100 non-refundable late fee (The CMB Office is not responsible for any late fee)

B. Financial Support: Direct Admit Students

• Direct Admit Students, See Direct Admit Section of CMB Handbook

C. Financial Support: All CMB Students

Research Assistants (Students not supported by a fellowship or training grant):

• Stipend:

  • The CMB Program pays the stipend until the student has confirmed a permanent Thesis Lab

  • Once the student has joined a Thesis Lab, the Thesis Advisor is responsible for the stipend

• Tuition: Remitted

• Segregated Fees:

  • Student pays segregated fees at the beginning of each semester

  • Fall 2009 semester is $509.04

Fellows (Students with Fellowships: NSF, AOF, or HHMI-Gilliam):

• Stipend:

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  • The majority of the stipend is paid from the fellowship

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  • If a fellowship funding rate is below the current CMB stipend rate, the student's fellowship is supplemented to bring the stipend up to the CMB rate

  • The CMB Program will supplement a fellowship stipend for first-year rotating students until they have joined a Thesis Lab

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  • The Thesis Advisor will pay the remainder of the stipend once the student has joined a thesis lab

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  • Tuition: Remitted

  • Segregated Fees: Paid by the fellowship

Trainees (Students supported by an on-campus Training Grant such as MBTG, Genetics, Biotechnology):

• Stipend:

  • A portion of the stipend is paid from the training grant

  • If a training grant stipend is below the CMB stipend rate, the student's training grant is supplemented to bring the stipend up to the CMB rate
    

  • The CMB Program will supplement a training grant stipend for first-year rotating students until they have joined a Thesis Lab
  
  
  • The Thesis Advisor will pay the remainder of the stipend once the student has joined a Thesis Lab


• Tuition: Remitted

• Segregated Fees: Paid by the training grant

Direct Admit Students, See Direct Admit Section of CMB Handbook

D. Health Insurance and Benefits

• Graduate students, research assistants, fellows, and trainees are eligible for health insurance plans offered to Graduate Assistants at UW - Madison

• Single and family health care coverage is available at minimal cost

• More detailed information is available in the CMB Office and/or from the following:

  • Graduate Assistant Health Insurance website: includes health insurance descriptions and contact information for each plan

  • General website for employees (including Graduate Assistants) and benefits information (Life insurance, health insurance, etc.)

• First year rotating students: To receive health care coverage by the beginning of September, benefits forms must be completed and returned to the CMB Office, 413 Bock Labs by August 14, 2009

E. Health Care, Additional Option

• University Health Services (UHS) is located at 333 East Campus Mall

• UHS is free for UW-Madison students

• Medication, hospitalization, and emergency room care are not included with this service

• Contact 265-5600 to make an appointment, have your student ID# ready