Stipends are used when someone needs financial support to participate in educational, research, or training activities that don't qualify as regular employment.
Individuals receiving a stipend are usually:
- Graduate students in a fellowship program
- Postdoctoral scholars on fellowships
- Other non-matriculated graduate students in the GFS program.
Stanford’s Graduate Financial Support (GFS) administrators can request an off-cycle stipend payment if a student needs to be paid before their next regular payday.
Request an Off-Cycle Stipend Payment
Before You Start
- You will need payment information from GFS.
- Requests received and fully approved by 9:00 a.m. are ready by 3:00 p.m. that Friday.
- Requests received after the deadline or without an approved aid line in GFS will be processed the following Friday or will be subject to the Special Processing fee. For specific entry deadlines for each pay period, refer to Resource: Postdoc Fellowship Deadlines.
- The aid line has to be approved in GFS, and the PTA needs to be active at the time the check is being issued.
- Access the Process Off Cycle Postdoc/Non-Matric Stipend Payment form.
- On the form, complete the following fields for the person receiving the check:
- Last Name
- First Name
- Person Number (EMPLID)
- Dollar Amount to be received
- PTA to charge stipend
- PTA Valid Through Date (MM/DD/YYYY)
- Payline approved in GFS (if no, please make sure approvals are complete by the morning of the check needed date) (Yes/No)
- Off-cycle Processing Fee PTA (if needed before Friday; must be an unrestricted PTA)
- Add Remarks and Processing Notes
- Select Submit
What Happens Next?
- Checks are cut every Friday and will be mailed to the mailing address on file.