PhD Student Resources
Overview
Find the resources you need for financial aid, scholarships, housing information, and more.
Academic and community resources that are applicable to all students can be found on our Resources for All Students page.
Please note: Most of the content in this area of the site is stored in Google Drive. To access some of it, you need to be logged into Gmail with your NYU credentials, and you will be prompted to do so if you are not already. Access to the PhD Resource Hub is limited to current PhD students.
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Below are resources provided by the Scholarship and Financial Education (SAFE) Office to guide you through the Financial Aid process at Silver. This includes how to set up your account, apply for and accept your aid; guidelines for keeping your NYU Silver scholarship; information on how aid is applied to your account; and a general overview of various financial aid policies.
- How to Apply for and Accept Financial Aid
- Competitive School-Based Named Scholarships
- Guidelines to Keep Your Silver Tuition Scholarship
- NYU Student Emergency Fund
- PhD Financial Aid Guidelines
- Deferral and Tuition Refund Policies
- Dual Degree Programs - Scholarship Distribution and Residency
- Financial Aid FAQs
Housing Information
NYU Silver’s PhD program does not provide on-campus housing, however NYU provides information about securing off-campus housing in NYC and what is needed as well as searchable listings of current apartments, a roommate finder function, and more.
Research Training
The PhD Program is thrilled to announce our newly established partnership with Instats. Instats is designed to support professional development in the fields of statistics, data science, and artificial intelligence. We are delighted that NYU community members will receive a 30% discount upon registering for training sessions via Instats, when you use your NYU email address to register. Instats has a plethora of valuable statistical training programs available on their website including elaborate training sessions on multilevel modeling. As a recently established partner with the American Statistical Association which is the hub of professional organization for statistics, we believe that Instats will aid in the scholarship and research of social work researchers and students alike.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact silver.phd@nyu.edu.
Founded in 2022 and based in Melbourne, Australia -- in their own words, Instats is "a mission-driven organization devoted to improving research practices across the globe. Instats does this by facilitating expert-led training for PhD and post-PhD researchers across a broad range of fields, methods, and theoretical orientations through the Instats platform." With a diverse rolodex of modality types, Instats is available to assist scholars at their own pace within their research obligations. Additionally, Instats is at the forefront of merging statistics with AI which is incredibly exciting for the NYU Silver community.
According to their LinkedIn profile, "Instats is dedicated to helping researchers tackle their data-analytic challenges by providing hands-on training and expert consulting. Instats seminars offer foundational and cutting-edge content delivered by leading experts. Our live-streaming and on-demand seminars can be taken individually or as structured programs to provide you with the breadth and depth of knowledge you need. In addition, our experts are thought leaders and experienced educators who can work with you in workshops, 1-on-1 advising, or custom programs tailored to meet your specific needs."