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Cyert Center Graduate Student Child Care Grant (Pilot)

Sponsored by the Provost's Office, the Office of Student Affairs, Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) and the Office of Human Resources

The Cyert Center Graduate Student Child Care Grant provides a reduction in the Cyert Center's tuition rate, taking into account your family income for the prior calendar year. The benefit is equal to the difference between your annual Cyert Center tuition and 10% of your family income for the prior calendar year, up to a maximum total annual benefit of $5,000 per family. If 10% of your family income for the prior calendar year is equal to or greater than your annual Cyert Center tuition, you are not eligible for the Cyert Center Graduate Student Child Care Grant.

On this page: Your Family Income | Eligibility Requirements | Grant Payment | Application Process

Your Family Income

  • If you are not married at the time of your application: your family income for the prior calendar year means your adjusted gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes as shown on your filed U.S. federal income tax return for the prior calendar year.
  • If you are married at the time of your application: your family income for the prior calendar year means your and your spouse's combined adjusted gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes as shown on your and your spouse's filed U.S. federal income tax return(s) for the prior calendar year.
  • Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2024 is shown on Line 37 (IRS Form 1040), Line 21 (IRS Form 1040A), Line 4 (IRS Form 1040EZ) and Line 36 (IRS Form 1040NR).
  • If you and/or your spouse (if you are married at the time of your application) were not required by law to file a U.S. federal income tax return for the prior calendar year (because, for example, you were not a U.S. taxpayer during the prior calendar year): your family income is the equivalent of your (and your spouse's) adjusted gross income as determined by Carnegie Mellon as if you (and your spouse) were a U.S. taxpayer and your (and your spouse's) income for the prior calendar year was from U.S. sources. In such a case, additional information will be needed from you and/or your spouse for Carnegie Mellon to make this determination.

Eligibility Requirements

The Cyert Center Graduate Student Child Care Grant considers one application per eligible family. Students of any citizenship may apply. If you meet the eligibility criteria, we strongly encourage you to apply. You should still apply even if you already receive child care assistance, such as grants, scholarships or reduced child care based on income level.

  • At the time of application, Cyert Center Graduate Student Child Care Grant applicants must be enrolled in at least 19 units as a graduate student at 麻豆村 on the Pittsburgh campus and in good academic standing.
  • Applicants can only include on their application dependent children who meet IRS dependency exemption criteria, reside with them and are enrolled or accepted for enrollment at the Cyert Center.

Grant Payment

  • If approved, your Cyert Center Graduate Student Child Care Grant amount will be fixed for the entirety of the program year beginning August 11, 2025, through July 31, 2026, provided you continue to meet the eligibility requirements.
  • The Cyert Center Graduate Student Child Care Grant amount is divided into installments over 12 months within the program year.
  • If you apply the benefit to two children who will be attending the Cyert Center at the same time, the Cyert Center Graduate Student Child Care Grant amount will be calculated separately, taking into account the annual tuition for each child. The benefit will then be divided between the children up to a maximum total benefit of $5,000.

Application Process

  • Email your Graduate Student Child Care Grant Application [pdf] to the HR Family Care team. An application must be submitted for each program year.
  • We will contact you if additional information is needed. All information you provide will be kept confidential.
  • Carnegie Mellon reserves the right to validate your eligibility and your family income by requiring that you provide copies of filed tax returns and similar documents.
  • Applications, if approved, will become effective the first day of the month of your child's enrollment into the Cyert Center or the first day of the month following the date the application is submitted, whichever is later.
  • For the 2025–26 Cyert Center program year, applications from current Cyert Center families received by January 31, 2026, if approved, will become effective as of the beginning of the program year or the beginning of your child's enrollment, whichever is later. Any approved monthly grant payments will be applied retroactively to your Cyert Center account.

If you have any questions relating to the application, contact the HR Family Care team.