stipend

It is the first time in the biennial tournament's 98-year history that players have received a stipend.

In May, the Department of Homeland Security began offering people without documentation a $1,000 stipend and travel assistance to leave the country voluntarily.

With no regular government or Church of England funding "beyond clergy stipends", they said they "rely on the generosity of our visitors".

The money funds research into cancer, math, brain science and other areas, and helps pay for graduate student stipends and tuition as well as lab upkeep.

Doctoral and postdoctoral students, whose tuition and living expenses are often funded by grants in exchange for lab work, are rushing to speed up their graduation plans before stipends become depleted.