Table 2. Type of financial support for full-time PhD-level students by research method

Experimentalists

	Year of Study
Type of Support	1 %	2 %	3 %	4 %	5+ %	All Years %
Teaching Assistantship	61	36	18	12	8	28
Research Assistantship	22	52	68	72	80	58
Fellowship	14	10	13	14	9	12
Other	3	2	1	2	3	2

 

Theoreticians

	Year of Study
Type of Support	1 %	2 %	3 %	4 %	5+ %	All Years %
Teaching Assistantship	62	49	39	38	29	44
Research Assistantship	11	36	41	51	53	36
Fellowship	23	13	17	9	14	16
Other	4	2	3	3	4	4

AIP Statistical Research Center: Graduate Student Survey