VAR policies
In our Admissions offers, we will add this statement to VAR admissions letters for students with faculty support:
Based on the information you provided, we understand that your financial support will include: [fill in details on amount of personal support, outside scholarship, faculty support]. A VAR who receives compensation from a Yale faculty is making a full-time commitment and may not seek employment at Yale or elsewhere outside Yale during the enrollment in the VAR program. The Yale compensation is provided in return for up to 20 hours per week of service to the faculty member; all remaining time is reserved for training and education.
Additionally, the following guidelines regarding the amount of compensation and the source shall be shared:
a. Students will be paid as Project Assistants (job title) and with the earnings element of Other Student Earnings through the Student Employment office and TimeSheetX.
b. The compensation provided by a faculty member is classified as taxable income and will be reported on a W-2.
c. For VARs who receive financial support from a faculty member, the total amount of funding, including any personal funds or external support, must be at least that of a Yale postgrad appointment minimum and no more than that of a GSAS PhD student stipends in the same department or program.
In our Admissions offers, we will add this statement to VAR admissions letters for students with faculty support:
Based on the information you provided, we understand that your financial support will include: [fill in details on amount of personal support, outside scholarship, faculty support]. A VAR who receives compensation from a Yale faculty is making a full-time commitment and may not seek employment at Yale or elsewhere outside Yale during the enrollment in the VAR program. The Yale compensation is provided in return for up to 20 hours per week of service to the faculty member; all remaining time is reserved for training and education.
Additionally, the following guidelines regarding the amount of compensation and the source shall be shared:
a. Students will be paid as Project Assistants (job title) and with the earnings element of Other Student Earnings through the Student Employment office and TimeSheetX.
b. The compensation provided by a faculty member is classified as taxable income and will be reported on a W-2.
c. For VARs who receive financial support from a faculty member, the total amount of funding, including any personal funds or external support, must be at least that of a Yale postgrad appointment minimum and no more than that of a GSAS PhD student stipends in the same department or program.