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Any STEM DACA PhD Students? - Page 3

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#21
12-14-2016, 10:41 PM
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I got a PhD in a stem field last year... I have published journal articles and etc. It is still really hard to find work because of no relevant work experience. However, I can at least can say that I did "something" with my life while waiting for the DREAM ACT to pass. I am exploring options to move somewhere else at this point. I got my DACA renewed for 2 more years this past October, so I am good until October 2018. I am also confident that even if they rescind DACA, they will not go out of their way to take back our EADs. However, I just cannot live with this worry about what is going to happen next. I am over 30, so I want my life to be stable. My immigration status has really messed me up mentally over the years.

To answer your question, funding is tricky. I was working two jobs while doing my PhD. I was able to get instate tuition and the department was able to cover my tuition several semester over the six years that I attended. However, I fully supported myself by doing irrelevant jobs. Only during my last year I was able to get some funding through the university, which was basically minimal. So it is tricky. Good luck.
Doing STEM PhD while working side jobs and published in journals? Wtf bro you are a beacon to us all. I did undergrad at Berkeley and did research and was literally all I could handle (going back from labs at 3AM)...
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02-02-2017, 03:58 PM
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I'm a STEM PhD student. It is possible to obtain funding without a work permit. It's really hard, but not impossible. I was admitted into my program before DACA existed. I don't mean before I applied for DACA; I mean before the DACA program existed. Before applying to grad school, I contacted various private universities to inquire if there was a way they could fund me. I only applied to the ones that gave me positive answers. I applied at the time as an international student. Because I had no EAD, the school put me on a 5yr fellowship. I was fully funded and happy. The key is to apply to private, rich school that can afford massive fellowships. Also, it helps to apply to the top schools in your field. The better the school the more they believe in investing in you. Because it's hard to get into top schools, they figure that if you got in you are worth funding. Also, the best schools tend to be richer. Bottom line: it's possible to get funding without an EAD.
Hi, I am a reporter working on a story about DACA students in STEM fields. Would you (or anybody in a similar situation) would be willing to talk to me on the record about your experience as a PhD student looking for funding?

Thank you.

My email.
marta.franco
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02-02-2017, 07:44 PM
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I am a current PhD student in STEM. When I was looking for schools right after DACA passed, I purposely chose to apply to only private, well funded schools, especially if their website/email responses included anything supportive about undocumented grad students. They did ask for my EAD, and funded half of my education through deparment and school fellowships, until my professors grant kicked in. If I lose my EAD, I will definately not be allowed to stay on the grant. But it seems that my department will provide internal funding. I think that leway depends on each schools's policy. Either ways, being funded by your profs government funding will be unlikely in that case. The upside is there are a few more national predoctoral fellowships that accepts DACA applicants, which werent available when I was a first and second year.
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02-03-2017, 01:52 PM
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Well,
Just applied to PhD programs this winter... hoping I get in so I can start this fall. For the last two years I've been working towards by Master's and I needed to show proof of EAD for that (research assistantship). For doctorate degrees however, more and more schools are getting familiar with DACA and are willing to offer fellowship and funding for students. I believe Cornell just announced that even if EADs were rescinded, any fellowship/commitments made upon acceptance offer will be honored through other means of financial assistance. I'm hoping it works out. Can't start a 5 year program just to have to leave in the middle due to EAD issues.
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