<p>Humanity/social science doctoral students are funded differently from science/engineering students. Most will be in the form of teaching assistantships and fellowships from institutional funds, instead of research assistantships from external grants/contracts. </p>
<p>Typically, top programs at well-endowed institutions will support more of their students for longer periods of time, asking for less work. Other programs would expect you to “earn” the support through TAing.</p>