• Question: how much money do you get?

    Asked by 863fscd26 to John, Dilip, Ruth, Emma, Andrew on 9 Nov 2015. This question was also asked by 626fscd26, 278fscd26, XXFitzyXX, 558fscd26, Josh.
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      John Gleeson answered on 9 Nov 2015:

      Well for postgraduates you get paid a stipend or grant of 16-18k a year. But we also often work as Teaching Assistants and get paid for that. Postdoctoral and research scientists get paid more… So don’t be surprised if they don’t answer as that’s rather personal 😛

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      Ruth Hamill answered on 9 Nov 2015:

      Put it this way, nobody ever went into science for the money!

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      Dilip Rai answered on 9 Nov 2015:

      Enough to feed, wear and pay a rent!

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      Emma Feeney answered on 9 Nov 2015:

      The average post doc salary is between 32-40,000 per year, so its not too bad, but to be honest you probably get paid more if you were working as a scientist in industry rather than in a university. However, in universities, your hours are more flexible and the environment is not as strict, so there are lots of positives to working in a university.

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      Andrew Quigley answered on 9 Nov 2015:

      I’ve seen postgraduate positions for 10k a year, so it really varies depending on the university/ funding agency. But as Dilip said, once you have enough money to get by then that’s the most important thing!

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