When you enter your 1099-NEC, it will automatically flow to Schedule C and be considered self-employment income, and subject to self-employment tax. If your stipend is for services you provide as a graduate research assistant, or graduate teaching assistant, and it is reported on Form 1099-NEC, then you are self-employed in terms of that work/income.
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