HHMI Research Opportunities for Medical Students

In order to encourage more medical students to pursue academic and research careers, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) offers two outstanding “year-out” research training programs. The HHMI Competition System is now open for access to the online 2010 application via the program links below. Women and under-represented minorities are particularly encouraged to apply.

The HHMI Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students Program (Medical Fellows Program) enables medical, dental, and veterinary students from U.S. schools to spend a year conducting basic, translational, or applied biomedical research at any school or nonprofit research institution in the United States, except at  the NIH in Bethesda, MD. For the 2010-2011 program year, Fellows will receive a stipend of $27,000, a fellow’s allowance of $5,500 that may be used for health care and other expenses and a $5,500 research allowance. The application deadline is January 11, 2010. For further information, visit: www.hhmi.org/medfellowships.

The HHMI-NIH Research Scholars Program (Cloister Program) enables medical, dental, and veterinary students from U.S. schools to spend 9 to 12 months conducting basic, translational, or applied biomedical research in one of the many laboratories on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Novel aspects of this program include housing for all Scholars together on the NIH campus, and student selection of preceptor and research project after acceptance into the program. For the 2010-2011 program year, Scholars will receive annual compensation of $27,000, health insurance, moving expense reimbursement, and numerous other benefits. The application deadline is January 10, 2010. For further information, visit: www.hhmi.org/cloister.