Relocation funds?

[lifetimestudent]

For those with funded Phd offers, do schools often provide some form of reimbursement for the huge cost of, say, moving across the country? My current job gave me a stipend to move to the current city in which I live, but they have money, which a lot of universities don't. Will they be mad if I ask? Of course, if you don't ask, you never get...

[captiv8ed]

I don't think they do. Which is really too bad!

[ResPublica]

As far as UCLA is concerned (noticing your sig), fellowship funds are mailed out/direct deposited "several weeks" before Fall quarter begins, while the rest of the quarters have disbursements right around the same time the quarter starts. So basically, getting your fellowship a few weeks in advance is probably their idea of "relocation funds." I found that out while poking around on the grad school website. You could also query your department as to exactly when disbursements occur.

[Nightingalesing]

I know that another UC school (specifically Davis) is willing to give any student moving from outside California $400. Good luck!

[fuzzylogician]

The only university that offered me relocation funds was UCLA, and I'm pretty sure I could have gotten some funding out of NYU too, if I tried hard enough. It wasn't very common among the offers I got, most offered summer funding if they wanted to offer something extra.

[Genomic Repairman]

It can't hurt to ask, I brought it up and was granted some moving money (3k) since they couldn't up my stipend to a competing schools offer. Remember diplomacy is getting what you want while the idiot walks away from table still smiling.