Current Student Financial Information

Students in the Molecular Pathology program are funded in one of four ways:

Independent resources
Grant/Fellowship Money
Graduate Student Researcher employment
a combination of the above

1. Those students who use independent resources for funding will register for classes and be individually responsible for their payments.

2. Students are funded by grant/fellowship money through grants/fellowships they earn themselves (NSF, San Diego Fellowship, etc.), through their PI's grants, or through departmental grants. Fully-funded students will receive a monthly paycheck and their fees will be automatically paid once they register. Students funded with grant money do not have taxes taken out of their stipend and this income is not listed on their W-2. They will receive a summary of all stipend and fee payment information in January for tax reporting purposes. For more information about reporting stipend income for taxes, please see the OGS website . International students are usually not eligible for this funding because of the stipulations set forth by the grants/fellowships.

3. Students are hired as Graduate Student Researchers (GSRs) are officially hired through the payroll system at UCSD. Full-funded students will receive a monthly paycheck and their fees and tuition will be automatically paid once they register. GSRs do pay taxes on their stipend so they will find their income reported on their W-2 from UCSD. To be hired as GSR, the following paperwork must be completed:

ALL new GSRs must provide the following forms:

Molecular Pathology GSR Personal Data
Demographic Data
Patent Agreement
I-9
UCW-4 (or UCW-4NR for International Students)
Direct Deposit
UCRS Form 419

International Students (F-1/J-1 Visas) must ALSO provide these forms:

UC W-8BEN form

Tax Treaty Statement if applicable (the following countries have tax treaties):

Armenia
Azerbaijan Belarus
Belgium
China Czech Republic Egypt
France
Georgia Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
India

Indonesia
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Korea Kyrgyz Republic
Luxembourg
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Pakistan
Philippines

Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Tajikistan
Thailand
Tobago
Trinidad
Turkmenistan
United Kingdom
Uzbekistan
Venezuela

Copy of I-94 (shows current Visa status)
Copy of I-20 (F-1 visa) or DS2019 (J-1 visa) (work permit end date)
Copy of social security card or social security card application receipt
Copy of valid passport

Permanent Residents must ALSO provide these forms:

Copy of resident alien card (green card)

If you have any questions about funding and payments, please contact the Graduate Program Coordinator.

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Current Student Financial Information

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