Petitions
Find forms for late Add/Drop/Change, general petitions, nonresident status, medical leave, childbirth accommodation, etc.
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GradSupport provides one-on-one support for personal concerns including faculty/student relationships, changing your advisor, and excused absences.
Financial assistance
Emergency funding, Grant for Grad Students with Children, Guaranteed Transitional Support, Long-Term Financial Hardship Funding, and more
Communities & networks
Are you looking for a community to plug into? These pages will get you started with groups that support some of the many affinities at MIT.
News and Events
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In the Spotlight
Leading with rigor, kindness, and care“We cannot be effective scientists if we are unhappy or unhealthy outside of the lab,” says “Committed to Caring” honoree Sara Prescott.
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From the Blog
Yes, you can have a life in grad school“But I’ll be thirty when I finish graduate school!” “Julia, would you rather be thirty with a PhD or without one?” I have repeated this conversation many times in my head and to anyone who will listen. Before I decided to get my PhD in biology, I had heard so many horror stories about graduate […]
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