Applicaton Process Awarded at Admission Division Engineering Natural Sciences Eligibility Incoming doctoral students Funding Type Base Administered By Graduate School About The Princeton University First-Year Fellowships in the Natural Sciences and Engineering reflect our commitment to fully support the financial needs of degree-seeking doctoral students. The fellowships guarantee full financial support: tuition, student health plan fees and an annual base stipend. The base stipend is intended to support the estimated living expenses of a single graduate student. Terms The fellowships are one-year awards for doctoral students newly admitted by a degree program in Natural Sciences or Engineering for the first-year of study. These university fellowships provides full tuition, student health plan fees, and the standard stipend for the 10-month academic year.