Baylor University based in Waco, Texas offers fully funded PhD in Nutrition Science and Exercise. The PhD program is acknowledged as a STEM program according to the Carnegie classification. The program is designed to train researchers to conduct multidisciplinary clinical research evaluating the role of exercise and nutrition on health, disease, rehabilitation, and performance. Emphasis Areas are Athletic Training, Exercise Physiology, and Nutrition. Doctoral students are usually funded to work on Baylor Laboratories for Exercise Science and Technology grants, research, or assigned as TA’s. The stipend for this assistantship is currently set at $24,000 paid out across all academic terms.