NIH/OXFORD/CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PROGRAM

National Deadline: Early Jan, 2008
Official Website and Application

A number of formal collaborative agreements have been established between NIH and leading PhD programs, including Oxford and Cambridge. The program is based on the British system in which students perform doctoral research without formal courses other than one's taken for their own interest. Students will be selected for the program based on academic excellence, sophistication of their scientific background, and a commitment to research.

The National Institutes of Health-University of Oxford Scholars in Biomedical Sciences Interdisciplinary Program is specially devoted to the training of outstanding students in various areas of biomedical research leading to a Doctor of Philosophy degree awarded by the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Students in the National Institutes of Health-University of Oxford program receive support for a stipend, fees, and medical insurance during the course of their study.

The National Institutes of Health-University of Cambridge Health Science Scholars Program is a special interdisciplinary program committed to scholarship in the training of exceptional students in various areas of basic biomedical research or clinical research leading to a Doctor of Philosophy degree awarded by the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Students awarded a National Institutes of Health-University of Cambridge Health Science Scholarship will receive support for a stipend, fees, and medical insurance during the course of their study.