• Question: How much do you get paid?

    Asked by moaty to Alberto, Chris, Emmanuel, Jennie, Michelle on 19 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by wilmo3000, leesundonaldson.
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      Chris Whittle answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      I don’t want to answer with a number, but as a PhD student I don’t get paid, and I am given a grant every month which I get tax free. I’m lucky to have found a project which enables me to live relatively well. When you get your doctorate you would probably be paid a lot more in your salary but I couldn’t really comment on that.

    • Photo: Michelle Taylor

      Michelle Taylor answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      Scientists at my level who work in research in Universities get paid around the average UK salary – it is certainly not a job for those who love money but there are many other rewards instead.

    • Photo: Emmanuel Amabebe

      Emmanuel Amabebe answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      I dont get paid for now until am done with my PhD research

    • Photo: Alberto Lapedriza

      Alberto Lapedriza answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      As a PhD student, I have a grant that gives me a maintenance allowance to live every month. But this money is just enough to live relatively well while I’m doing my PhD. After the PhD, people is paid more, but science is not a career where you can get rich. Science is a vocational job.

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