The University of Nebraska based in Lincoln, NE offers a fully funded PhD in creative writing. All Ph.D. students, those in Creative Writing develop a program of coursework, reading lists for two comprehensive exams, and plans to meet foreign language requirements in consultation with a self-selected Supervisory Committee. Students in Creative Writing do a creative dissertation which can be a book of poetry, a collection of short stories, a novel, a collection of essays, or a multi-genre work. Ph.D. students are funded as Teaching Assistants, with a stipend of $17,640 plus tuition remission and health insurance. The stipend for Research Assistants is $13.155 plus tuition remission.