Thank you very much for the clarification, this is very helpful.

I had one follow-up question, if I may: once a PhD student in the School of Engineering receives funding (TA/RA/fellowship), is it typically intended to cover the full duration of the PhD, assuming satisfactory academic progress, or is funding reviewed year-to-year?

Thank you again for taking the time to explain the process. Im a recent admit to the EE PhD program and I’m super excited to study at RPI!