MIT Offers Financial Lifeline to Graduate Students Seeking Escape From Toxic Advisers

Under the program, which opens on March 9, students in doctoral and combined master’s and doctoral programs at MIT will be guaranteed one semester of adviser-independent funding, which could come in the form of a fellowship, teaching assistantship, or research assistantship. That one-semester period is designed to give students time to secure long-term arrangements with a new adviser or lab, while ensuring they don’t miss a paycheck.