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Thanks for the replies everyone. I understand the thought that the answers to many of my questions should be contained within the offer letter, but much to my surprise, the only information about the fellowship in my offer letter was the associated monetary award and requirements to keep the award, hence the posting of this thread. I was hesitant to contact the department with these questions, as they invited me to a visit and wrote in the email invitation that I should ask questions about financial awards and such during the visit. Thanks for the information. Cool to know about the fellowships, I would be curious about such summer programs for math students. While we may have persons of interest in math, lab work doesn't really make sense, and it takes a couple years of course work and passing qualifying exams before we really start doing research at the graduate level. The fees I was referring to were the first two years in this: So the fellowship appears to be for 5 years, though really only two years are any different from a normal TA? I don't know if both of those years are teaching free or what, but I guess I'll just email the department and find out. Anyway thanks again for the sensible answers.

I received notification that I'm receiving the Distinguished Chancellor's Fellowship from UCR, can anyone fill me in on the details? What's the teaching load situation with this fellowship? What's the deal with the ridiculous fees the first two years? Why isn't there any information on the web about it?