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Ford Foundation Predoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities Grass Fellowships in Neuroscience Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Awards The Minority Neuroscience Fellowship Program National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships National Science Foundation Individual Predoctoral Fellowship Awards NIH Medical Student Dual-Degree MD/PHD or MD/MPH Fellowships NIH National Research Service Awards For Individual Predoctoral Fellowships NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Minority Students NIH Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities Postdoctoral Opportunities NSF Graduate Research Fellowship H.L. Holmes Awards 2005 La bourse H.L. Holmes 2005 GrantsNet

Ford Foundation Predoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities Predoctoral Fellowships 2005 Program Announcement Administered by the National Research Council On-line Application Deadline: November 17, 2004 Announcement of Awards: April 2005 Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation¡s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. This year the program will award approximately 20 postdoctoral fellowships. For more info: http://national-academies.org/fellowships << Back to top

The Grass Foundation The following current policy statement about The Grass Foundation Fellowship Program at the MBL, its financing and its administration clarify the mutual obligations of The Grass Foundation and its MBL Fellows. With these Fellowships, The Grass Foundation seeks to encourage independent research by investigators early in their careers and to increase research opportunities for persons trained for careers in neurobiological investigation. Neurobiological approaches supported include the following: neurophysiology, membrane biophysics, integrative neurobiology and neuroethology, neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, cognitive neuroscience, cellular and developmental neurobiology, and computational approaches to neural systems. For more info: http://www.mbl.edu/labs/grassfdn/Grass%20Fellowship%20Guidelines.html << Back to top

Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Awards The Hertz Foundation's Graduate Fellowship award, which is based on merit (not need) consists of a cost-of-education allowance and a personal-support stipend. The cost-of-education allowance is accepted by all of the tenable schools in lieu of all fees and tuition. Hertz Fellows therefore have no liability for any ordinary educational costs, regardless of their choice among tenable schools. For more info: http://www.hertzfoundation.org/awards.html << Back to top

The Minority Neuroscience Fellowship Program The goal of the Minority Neuroscience Fellowship Program (MNFP) is to increase the diversity of groups pursuing careers in neuroscience research, and teaching programs. This fellowship program is designed to increase diversity in neuroscience with a special focus on increasing numbers of traditionally underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities engaged in neuroscience research in preeminent laboratories. Training stipends are available for pre-doctoral (up to 3 years) and postdoctoral (up to 2 years) fellowships. NEW DEADLINES FOR THE MINORITY NEUROSCIENCE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (MNFP) To offer more flexibility to postdoctoral candidates, the MNFP will now offer three deadlines (Sept. 1, Jan. 1 and April 1) for postdoctoral applicants. The next deadline for predoctoral candidates is September 1, 2004. For more info: http://www.sfn.org/ << Back to top

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) provide National Research Service Awards (NRSAs) to individuals for research training in specified areas of biomedical and behavioral research. For more info: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-99-089.html http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-01-100.html << Back to top

National Science Foundation Individual Predoctoral Fellowship Awards This is a revision and expansion of program announcement PA-99-017 that was published in the NIH Guide on November 19, 1998 and will be active for 3 years from the release date noted above. For more info: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-125.html http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-01-080.html << Back to top

NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Minority Students The National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship for Minority Students will provide up to five years of support for research training leading to the Ph.D. or equivalent research degree; the combined M.D./Ph.D. degree; or other combined professional degree and research doctoral degree in the biomedical, behavioral sciences, or health services research. These fellowships are designed to enhance the racial and ethnic diversity of the biomedical, behavioral, and health services research labor force in the United States. Accordingly, academic institutions are encouraged to identify and recruit students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups who can apply for this fellowship. Support is NOT available for individuals enrolled in medical or other professional schools UNLESS they are also enrolled in a combined professional doctorate/Ph.D. degree program in biomedical, behavioral, or health services research For more info: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-069.html << Back to top

NIH Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities During 1987 and 1988, the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) held a series of regional meetings throughout the United States. At these meetings, testimony was presented by concerned individuals and organizations regarding the underrepresentation of minorities in biomedical and behavioral research. Although the NIH currently provides opportunities for minorities through the traditional research grant programs and through special initiatives supported by various components of the NIH, the testimony indicated that efforts of the NIH should be increased. In addition, the NIH recognizes the need to increase the number of underrepresented minority scientists participating in biomedical and behavioral research. For more info: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-99-104.html << Back to top

Postdoctoral Opportunities The training program offers Postdoctoral Fellows many opportunities to enhance their training beyond their experience in the mentor's laboratory. They are encouraged to participate in any of the graduate courses offered by the basic science departments and are routinely invited to speak in all of our seminar programs. Our program offers a superb biomedical environment, which also attracts MDs who wish to obtain training in basic research while maintaining a direct link to clinical medicine. For more info: http://cumicro2.cpmc.columbia.edu/Micro_Files/Postdocs.html << Back to top

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Please note that the deadline for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship applications is Wednesday, November 17. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are at the early stages of their graduate study.Ú The Fellowship provides $30,000 for stipends and $10,500 for tuition. Applicants must be United States citizens or permanent resident aliens of the United States. For more info: https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/ << Back to top

H.L. Holmes Awards for Post-Doctoral Studies The H.L. Holmes Award has been established by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in honour of the late Dr. R.H.L. Holmes, a chemist who spent most of his research career in Alberta. Bequeathed by the late Dr. Holmes, in recognition of NRC's commitment to promote research excellence, the award give recipients the opportunity to conduct post-doctoral studies under outstanding researchers at world famous graduate schools or research institutes. Research must be undertaken in the fields of chemistry, physics, biology or mathematics as they relate to medical and biological processes. For more info: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/aboutUs/holmes_e.html << Back to top

La bourse H.L. Holmes pour recherches postdoctorales Le Conseil national de recherches du Canada (CNRC) a cree la bourse H.L. Holmes ð la memoire de R.H.L. Holmes, un chimiste qui a passe la plus grande partie de sa carriìre en Alberta.ÚÚÚ Financee par un legs de M. Holmes en reconnaissance de l'engagement du CNRC ð promouvoir l'excellence en recherche, cette bourse donne la possibilite aux recipiendaires d'effectuer des recherches postdoctorales sous la direction de chercheurs reputes oeuvrant dans une universite ou un institut de reputation mondiale. La recherche doit se faire en chimie, en physique, en biologie ou en mathematiques et s'appliquer aux sciences medicales et biologiques. For more info: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/aboutUs/holmes_f.html << Back to top

GrantsNet A searchable, continuously updated, database of funding opportunities in biomedical research and science education. It contains programs that offer training and research funding for graduate and medical students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty.. For more info: http://www.grantsnet.org << Back to top