Allocation of Departmental Resources

Resources are allocated in the following order. First, support is allocated for continuing students who are making satisfactory progress mathematically, are performing their duties satisfactorily, and have not yet completed five years of graduate mathematics study at Stony Brook. Any further resources are then allocated to ensure a sufficiently large first year class. Since offers to prospective graduate students are made starting in early February, these allocations are made in late January, after the grading of the January Comps.

If there are further resources to be allocated, these allocations are made on a continuing basis during the spring semester and summer. These allocations are made by the Graduate Studies Director with the following two aims: (i) fairness to current graduate students, and (ii) maintenance or improvement of the quality of the graduate student body.

During the spring semester, students who wish to be supported for the coming year, and who either are in their fourth semester and have not passed Comps, or are in their sixth semester and have not passed Orals, or are in their tenth semester or beyond, should consult with the Graduate Studies Director to find out what the financial situation is, and what possibilities there are for further support.