I applied to few graduate schools at the end of 2011 (for PhD study in ECE) and I've received interest from two professors, each at a different graduate school. Both want to take me on as a student and each has nominated me for a fellowship at their institution. Both seem confident that I will receive the fellowship, but only one has told me how much of a stipend I will get from the fellowship. I tried finding this information on my own, through the department/school website but I was unsuccessful.
The professor who has't told me how much I would receive sent me an e-mail and indicated that he was looking forward to bringing me on as a student and linked me to some research papers he had written asking me which projects were most interesting to me. It almost seems tacky for me to reply with something to the effect of "well it depends, how much money will I get?"
I'm not sure if I should tell the professor that my acceptance is contingent upon him offering me more than the other school, but it really is.
I was impressed with both schools and with both professors and both are doing research in the same field. Money really is the only deciding factor for me at this point, but I don't want to seem like I'm being ungrateful either.
Advice about how to approach this is much appreciated.
The professor who has't told me how much I would receive sent me an e-mail and indicated that he was looking forward to bringing me on as a student and linked me to some research papers he had written asking me which projects were most interesting to me. It almost seems tacky for me to reply with something to the effect of "well it depends, how much money will I get?"
I'm not sure if I should tell the professor that my acceptance is contingent upon him offering me more than the other school, but it really is.
I was impressed with both schools and with both professors and both are doing research in the same field. Money really is the only deciding factor for me at this point, but I don't want to seem like I'm being ungrateful either.
Advice about how to approach this is much appreciated.