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Stipends Fellows receive a monthly stipend in the amount of $1,650. The fellow's basic stipend is augmented by $750 (prorated) each month during the practicum. Stipends for fellows are mailed or direct deposited on the last business day of each month. The Department of Energy attempts to provide adequate funding to its fellowship participants for meeting the costs of graduate school. If the fellow accepts a research assistantship or other responsibilities, ORISE must be informed in advance and any resulting income will be deducted from the fellow's stipend. However, the fellowship participant may accept scholarship awards, prizes, and other payments (including Veteran’s benefits) that do not require a service. Tuition and Fees The fellow's required tuition and fees are paid by ORISE directly to the participating university upon receipt of invoice. Optional, refundable and penalty fees (such as late registration and duplication fees) are not payable by ORISE. Health insurance fees will be paid by ORISE only if they are certified to be required for all graduate students. All tuition and fee charges must be certified as consistent with those made to regular graduate students and necessary for enrollment into the graduate program. In August of each year, ORISE notifies the bursar's office at each university regarding procedures of invoicing for fellowship students. Students will receive a copy of this correspondence and should retain this copy for use in discussing any billing errors with their university's bursar office. Practicums Fellows are required to serve one practicum of at least three months in duration and may serve more than one practicum if funding is available. Travel expenses will be reimbursed for the fellow for one round trip to/from the practicum site - providing that the distance is more than 50 miles one way from the fellow's university. Transportation expenses for travel actually performed will be paid. Travel by private automobile will be reimbursed at the current ORISE rate per mile; travel by air will be reimbursed at the cost of the lowest commercial airfare. No expenses are paid for food or lodging enroute to the practicum site. All travel must be authorized in advance by ORISE. Conference Travel Fellows have the opportunity, depending upon the availability of funding, to attend national or international fusion conferences. Conference travel is approved only when the student is presenting a paper or poster. Normally, only two trips of this nature are approved for each fellow. Thesis Research at Participating DOE Centers A fellow may request to spend all or part of the time working on thesis/dissertation research at one of the participating DOE facilities. To request off-campus research, a fellow should complete a request form (available from ORISE) and have it endorsed by the faculty advisor, university coordinator, and DOE facility coordinator. The faculty advisor must agree to continue to supervise the fellow's progress throughout the research work and must participate in the necessary coordination with DOE facility personnel. The faculty advisor will be reimbursed for travel expenses, in accordance with ORISE Travel Policy, for one round trip to the facility for supervision and coordination of the research. Travel expenses for one round trip to/from the research facility will be reimbursed for the fellow providing that the distance is more than 50 miles one way. Travel expenses will also be reimbursed for one round trip to/from the facility for the fellow to consult with the university graduate committee and/or to present a seminar on results of the thesis research. A research advisor from the DOE facility should be assigned by the facility for the fellow. This advisor should also be nominated for appointment to the fellow's graduate thesis research committee. Publication Acknowledgment DOE and ORISE encourage fellows to publish reports and articles in scientific and engineering journals. The fellow must submit any articles, reports, or thesis to ORISE for patent review only, concurrently with the submission for publication. All publications will show the joint affiliation of the fellow with the university and, if appropriate, with the laboratory in which the research was conducted. Fellowship support should be acknowledged in the following manner:
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