Funding

All admitted students in the Cain Department of Chemical Engineering are given financial support as teaching assistants, graduate research assistants, and/or through university fellowships. To ensure consideration for financial aid, all application materials should be submitted in accordance with deadlines established by the LSU Graduate School and our department.

Research & Teaching Assistantships

Assistantships for PhD students start at $30,667, with a duration of appointment of five years. Increases to assistantships are made periodically to reflect increases in university fees and cost of living expenses. These increases are made for incoming and existing students.

The Graduate School website contains the rules regulating graduate assistantships.

Fellowships & Other Financial Awards

- Board of Regents Fellowships
- Charles E. Coates Memorial Fund
  - Outstanding Dissertation Awards
  - Coates Conference Travel Awards
  - Coates Research Travel Awards
  - Coates Scholar Research Grants
- Dissertation Fellowships
- Distinguished Dissertation Awards
- Fellowships
- Flagship Assistantships
- Graduate Student Travel Awards
- The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
- Tuition Awards

Additional information about financial aid is available on both the Graduate School and College of Engineering websites.