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^Thanks! I wish the language in the offer was as clearly stated as the common phrase you quote, however it is similar. The offer states that funding for future years is "competitive" and depends on academic progress and keeping a good standing in the program, but that they make every effort to fund students for their entire graduate education.

Is it common for a PhD program to offer a funded position but to expressly state that, while they have a goal for grad students to have funding for every year they are in the program, the funding offer is only guaranteed for the first year?