HHMI Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study in USA

The goal of the Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study program is to ensure the development of a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles in science, including college and university faculty, who have the responsibility to teach the next generation of scientists. Students are chosen for their academic excellence, scientific potential, and commitment to the advancement of diversity and inclusion in the sciences.

The 2012 Gilliam Fellows. From left: Daniel Garcia, Robert Amezquita, Kailan Sierra-Davidson, Lauren Rodriguez, Robert Wardlow, Martha Zepeda Rivera, Hugo Vega-Ramirez, Deric Griffin, Tien-Phat Huynh.
The fellowships honor the legacy of the late James H. Gilliam, Jr., an HHMI trustee who devoted his life to fostering excellence and diversity in education and science.
The 2015 competition is open to:

• 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.
  

Each fellowship 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 (i.e. Medical Scientist Training Program) program are not eligible.

Award

• Up to three years
  
• Supports years three, four, and five of a PhD program
  
• 2015-2016 fellowship year compensation: $43,000
  

Your dreams and determination have brought you this far. A Gilliam Fellowship can take you even further.





“In the future, I know I’ll face some challenges but the honor of being a Gilliam fellow will definitely stay with me going forward. It gives me the confidence to not only survive in science, but really thrive in science.”

Daniel Gilmer
Gilliam Fellow 2008

Credit: Tom Kochel

 

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Program Dates

November 20, 2014
Nomination Deadline
February 5, 2015
Application Deadline
June 2015
Award Notification
September 1, 2015
Fellowships begin

Downloads

2015 Program Information
A Tribute to James H. Gilliam Jr.
[url=http://www.hhmi.org/sites/default/files/Programs/Gilliam Info Book. Final.2.pdf]2013 Gilliam Information Booklet[/url]

Contact

Gilliam@hhmi.org

http://www.hhmi.org/programs/gilliam-fellowships-for-advanced-study