You are a CNC-CT trainee- now what?

Before the Academic Year

• Parking: All Fellows will have GA parking status. Fellows will need to log into the Parking Portal to purchase a permit.
• Create an NIH eCommons Account
• See the curriculum page for course requirements and trainee expectations.
• All new trainees are required to attend the all-day CNC-CT Orientation, scheduled the Thursday before classes start for the Fall semester. (August 22, 2024)

First Month

• Professional headshot (required)
  • Click here to set up an appointment
  • Email headshot to melanie.stroud@uconn.edu for the CNC-CT website 
• Register here for CITI Human Subjects Training.

LISTSERVs

You will be added to the CNC-CT LISTSERV.  Sign up for others to stay informed about events happening in and around your home program. We strongly urge you to sign up for the following LISTSERVs by; 

1. Sending a “SUBSCRIBE FULL NAME OF LISTSERV firstname lastname ” command in the body of an email to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU (do not add a subject in subject line), or
2. Go to http://listserv.uconn.edu and click on the relevant link and follow the instructions to join. 

• • IBACS: CT_IBACS-L@listserv.uconn.edu 
  • CogSci: COGSCI-DL@LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU 
  • L&C: language_and_cognition-l@listserv.uconn.edu 
  • PSYC Graduate Students:  PsyGR-L@listserv.uconn.edu 
  • BIRC: mri_center-l@listserv.uconn.edu 
  • LING: LINGGRAD-L@LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU
  • DEV: DEVELOPMENTAL-L@LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU
  • CLIN: CLINICALPSYCBROWNBAG-L@LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU

To unsubscribe from a LISTSERV:

1. Send “UNSUB FULL NAME OF LISTSERV ” command in the body of an email to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU (do not add a subject in subject line)

Fellowship Tax Implications and Resources

• Fellowship payments are subject to federal and state income taxes unless the payment is used to pay for qualified tuition and required enrollment fees. Fellows will be personally responsible for any income taxes resulting from the receipt of this fellowship payment. You should be advised that fellowship payments used to pay for travel, supplies or equipment used in your independent research are not exempt from taxation. Consistent with IRS guidance, fellowship payments, although taxable, are not subject to income tax withholding if paid to a U.S. citizen or resident alien. If you are a nonresident alien, federal income taxes may be required to be withheld from your payment unless you qualify for exemption by way of an income tax treaty between the United States and your country of tax residence. It is the sole responsibility of the student to report and pay taxes on the taxable portion of any fellowship, stipend, award or grant that he/she receives. Fellowship recipients may wish to consider making estimated federal and state income tax payments.   
  • Please see information about obtaining the 1098-T from the student admin portal at this link and FAQs from the Bursar Office at this link
  • The Office of Tax and Compliance at UConn has published a “Student Tax FAQ” document that will answer many personal income tax questions UConn students encounter.  This document can be found here
  • The University operates a “Volunteer Income Tax Assistance” program, which may be able to provide free personal income tax preparation services.  Additional information can be found here.
  • If a student is expecting to have a large CT income tax liability for some reason, they could also consider making quarterly estimated tax payments to the state.
  • 2024 CT income tax rates may be helpful when determining projected CT income tax.  Please note that CT does not follow the federal tax treaties.  If a nonresident alien student’s taxable fellowship/scholarship is not subject to US income tax or US income tax withholding under the tax treaty, it may still be taxable for CT income tax purpose
  • Please see the below resources from the IRS:
    • Topic No. 421 Scholarships, Fellowship Grants, and Other Grants
    • Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax
      • Tax Withholding Estimator

Questions/Suggestions

Contact the Program Assistant at melanie.stroud@uconn.edu or (860) 486-2350