[gsteinb88]

Not universally true -- I know students on NDSEG fellowships (i.e. DoD) receive a 1099. I can't speak to the other fellowships though, and I don't get any deduction/withholding done for me, so I have to pay estimated quarterly.

And funds that come through my university do get a W-2 come tax time.

[tanderson92]

It's utterly bizarre in that it varies from institution to institution. I am on a DOE CSGF and we receive /nothing/, just a letter stating what funding we received in a given year.

I received a NDSEG as well and my research showed up a lack of homogeneity in how each school handles things.

[gsteinb88]

"Utterly bizarre" captures a lot of my feelings about science funding and the graduate student research mill, yeah