Programmes Offered:
Fellowship is awarded in the field of;
- Life Sciences/Related Sciences
- Mathematics
- Physical Sciences.
Course Level:
Fellowship supports students for up to three years of their dissertation research, typically in years three, four and five of their PhD studies. EXROP alumni will be enrolled in a PhD or equivalent program at any institution of higher education. Students who are nominated by NIGMS T32 programs will conduct their research at the T32 institution.
Eligibility:
HHMI’s Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study are open to PhD students who are;
- From racial, ethnic, and other underrepresented groups in the sciences, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, and
- Ccommitted to the advancement of diversity and inclusion in the sciences.
- The Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study will support students for up to three years of their dissertation research, typically in years three, four, and five of their PhD studies.
- Applicants must be in their second or third year of a PhD program in the life sciences or related sciences and have identified a thesis adviser.
- They must have advanced to candidacy before appointment.
- Students who are enrolled in an MD/PhD (e.g., Medical Scientist Training Program) program are not eligible.
- Applicants will come from two groups:
- Alumni of HHMI’s Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP), regardless of country of origin or nationally, or
- Students nominated by T32 predoctoral training grant principal investigators (PIs) supported by the National Institute for General Medical Sciences (NIGMS); each nominated student must be training grant eligible but does not need to have been a T32 trainee.
Benefits:
- For the 2015–2016 fellowship year, the total amount awarded to each Gilliam Fellow is $43,000.
- HHMI will provide the funds to the fellowship institution, which in turn will pay the fellow.
- The annual stipend is $30,000.
- There is no dependency allowance.
- In addition to the stipend, the award provides the fellows an annual educational allowance of $3,000, which may be used for professional development–related expenses, including books and supplies, journal subscriptions, computer and computer-related expenses, travel to scientific meetings, professional dues, and tuition for special courses or work shops.
- The educational allowance is intended to be for the fellow and cannot be used by the fellowship institution to pay for institutional fees or research costs.
- HHMI also provides an annual institutional allowance of $10,000 in lieu of tuition and other fees.
- If the cost of tuition and fees is less than $10,000, any remaining funds are to be used for education-related purposes to benefit the fellow or other comparable graduate students at the institution.
- If the cost of tuition and fees normally exceeds $10,000, the institution must agree to waive any amount greater than $10,000.
- The fellowship institution must agree that the fellow will be exempt from tuition and fees normally charged to students of similar academic standing.
- The fellow may elect to use the educational allowance to cover his or her health insurance if insurance coverage is optional at the fellowship institution.
- If health insurance is required at the institution, then the costs should come from the institutional allowance, which is part of this award.
Application Deadline: 20 Nov 2014
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