Harvard University Policy:

All amounts awarded to graduate students for living expenses need to be issued as stipends rather than scholarships. The stipends issued through SRO are not for compensation; they are awarded to students for living expenses. All stipends for compensation should be processed through the Payroll Office.

4.2 Business Process for the Issuing of Harvard Stipends to Students (Living expenses; not for compensation)

• FAOs notifies SRO of stipends to be issued and the 33-digit accounts providing the funding.

• SRO issues stipend checks according to the "Stipend Schedule" presented in this document.

• As checks are cut, SRO passes detailed transactions (including student name, HUID and GSAS departmental affiliation) to the General Ledger debiting the accounts indicated by the FAOs.
  
  

Initiated by School Financial Aid Office; processed by Student Receivables Office