What: Howard Hughes Medical Institute —International Student Research Fellowship in the biomedical and related sciences

HHMI will award three-year fellowships to international predoctoral students studying in the United States who are ineligible for fellowships and training grants through U.S. federal agencies to support years three, four, and five of a Ph.D. program. Eligible fields include those in the biomedical or related sciences such as biology, chemistry, physics, math, computer science, interdisciplinary research at the interface of the physical and biological sciences, among others. Please note that research at the interface of biology and the social sciences – such as outcomes research – is ineligible. Please check with HHMI directly for questions on field eligibility.

Each fellow will receive an annual stipend of $30,000, plus an educational allowance of $3,000.

MIT is able to nominate 10 students for this fellowship.

More information is available at: http://www.hhmi.org/grants/individuals/intl_fellows.html.

Eligibility: International graduate students in the biomedical or related sciences who;

  • have demonstrated exceptional talent for research,
  • are in the second (or third) year of graduate study,
  • have entered a laboratory in which they will conduct their dissertation research
  • are not U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or permanent residents of the U.S.

Preliminary Applications:

  • CV
  • Letter of recommendation from thesis advisor
  • Transcript including cumulative GPA (WebSIS report is acceptable)
  • A one-page research summary

Preliminary applications must be submitted in hard copy (not electronically) to the ODGE RM 3-138, by 5pm on Friday, October 21, 2011 for review by an internal MIT faculty committee.

The final 10 nominations will be sent by the ODGE to HHMI by 2:00 p.m. on December 1, 2011. HHMI will then contact the nominees directly with instructions for submitting a full online application. It is the individual nominee’s responsibility to submit a complete application, including letters of recommendation, to HHMI by the February 9, 2012, deadline. MIT and applicants will be notified of the outcome in June 2012, and the fellowships begin on September 1, 2012.

It may be useful for current applicants to review feedback from HHMI on last year’s applications: http://www.hhmi.org/grants/pdf/feedback%20on%20application.pdf

Please feel free to contact Jessica Landry in the ODGE with any questions (jlandry@mit.edu. 617-253-1958).
Thank you,

Jessica Landry
Assistant to the Dean for Graduate Education and
Coordinator of Graduate Education Initiatives
Office of the Dean for Graduate Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Office: Room 3-138
Email: jlandry@mit.edu
Phone: 617-253-1958 http://web.mit.edu/odge/