Howard Hughes Medical Institute--Research Training Fellowships Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students The goal of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students is to strengthen and expand the nation's pool of medically trained researchers. The program is designed to enable selected medical students with an interest in fundamental research to spend a year at intensive work in a research laboratory. Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students: Fellowship research must be conducted at an academic or nonprofit research institution in the U.S. The institution may be the student's medical school or another institution, but not NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. Applicants are responsible for selecting a research mentor and for making arrangements to work in that person's laboratory. Eligibility: There are no citizenship requirements. The Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students are available to students currently enrolled in M.D. or D.O. degree programs in medical schools in the U.S. Students may apply during any year of their medical studies, but applicants applicants in the fourth year of medical school must defer graduation until completion of the fellowship year. Students enrolled in MD/PhD degree programs or who hold the PhD are not eligible. Applications from women and minorities are strongly encouraged. Duration: The fellowship term may begin no earlier than June 1, 1999 and no later than September 1, 1999. The term of the fellowship is 12 consecutive months. Stipend: The annual stipend is $16,000 for the 1998-1999 fellowship year. There is no dependency allowance. A research allowance of $5,500 and $5,500 for institutional expenses will be given to fellowship institutions. Deadline: December 2, 1998. Students may apply to either the HHMI-NIH Research Scholars Program or HHMI Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students Program in a given year, not both. Contact: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Office of Grants and Special Programs MSPA98 4000 Jones Bridge Road Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6789 Tel. (301) 215-8889 Fax (301) 215-8888 Email: fellows@hhmi.org Internet: Http://www.hhmi.org/fellowships NYU GSAS Updated 10/98 (CAS) (212) 998-8060 gigsGSAS@nyu.edu [hughesmd]