Funding
Howard Hughes Medical Institute's new program, the Hanna H. Gray Fellowship program, supports early-career scientists who are from gender, racial, ethnic, and other groups underrepresented in the life sciences, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Deadline is February 15.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) today announced a new program, the Hanna H. Gray Fellows program, to recruit and retain early-career scientists who are from gender, racial, ethnic, and other groups underrepresented in the life sciences, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
ELIGIBILITY:
- The program is open to individuals who are from gender, racial, ethnic, and other groups underrepresented in the life sciences at the career stages targeted by this program, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- The program is open to applicants of any citizenship or nationality who have been accepted to join a laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher at a research institution located in the U.S. at the time of the application due date.
- Applicants must have a Ph.D. and/or M.D. or equivalent awarded by the anticipated start of the grant term.
- Applicants can have no more than 12 months of postdoctoral research experience at the time of the application due date.
FUNDING:
Each fellow will receive funding for up to eight years, with mentoring and active involvement within the HHMI community. During the postdoctoral training phase, fellows will receive support for salary ($60,000 in the initial year) and $20,000 in flexible funds, paid through a non-renewable grant to the training institution. This phase of the award has a maximum length of four years and a minimum length of two years. During the independent faculty phase, fellows will receive $250,000 per year in funding to be used for research support and $20,000 in flexible funds, paid through a non-renewable grant to the institution where they have attained a faculty position. This phase of the award has a maximum length of four years.
MORE INFORMATION:
Applicants may obtain more information at the following website www.hhmi.org/HannaGrayFellows2017 and/or download the HHMIGray-Fellows-2017-Program-Booklet.
DEADLINE:
The deadline for applications is February 15, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).
SELECTION AND GRANT PERIOD:
The selection of fellows will be made by the end of September 2017 and grants can start as early as November 15, 2017, but no later than January 15, 2018.