Stipend vs. Fellowship — What's the Difference?

A stipend is a regular fixed sum of money paid for services or to defray expenses, such as for scholarship, internship, or apprenticeship. It is often distinct from an income or a salary because it does not necessarily represent payment for work performed; instead it represents a payment that enables somebody to be exempt partly or wholly from waged or salaried employment in order to undertake a role that is normally unpaid or voluntary, or which cannot be measured in terms of a task (e.g.

The companionship of individuals in a congenial atmosphere and on equal terms

A fixed and regular payment, such as a salary for services rendered or an allowance.

Friendship; comradeship

(archaic) A regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary. 15

A close association of friends or equals sharing similar interests

(by extension)

The financial grant made to a fellow in a college or university.

Some other form of fixed (and generally small) payment occurring at regular intervals, such as an allowance, a pension, or (obsolete) a tax. 16

The status or position of one who is awarded such a grant.

(education) A scholarship granted to a student. 20

A company of people that share the same interest or aim.

(obsolete)

(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.

Money which is earned; an income.

A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.

A one-off payment for a service provided.

(education) A merit-based scholarship.

To provide (someone) with a stipend (an allowance, a pension, a salary, etc.). 16

(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.

Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.

(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.

To pay by settled wages.

The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.

A sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose

(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.

To join in fellowship; to associate with.

The state or relation of being or associate.

Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse.

A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest.

Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company.

A foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university.

The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; - called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion.

To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship.

An association of people who share common beliefs or activities;

The state of being with someone;

Money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research