10/31/08
NIH-Oxford-Cambridge Biomedical Scholars Program
Posted by Jessica on October 31, 2008 in Graduate School Programs
The NIH-Oxford-Cambridge Biomedical Scholars Program is a relatively new graduate program characterized by a unique approach to doctoral training. Since 2001, NIH scientists, along with their colleagues in Oxford and Cambridge, have created a partnership PhD training program that enables students to access the phenomenal biomedical research resources of these world class institutions. Every student admitted to the program is fully funded for the length of training.
As we work to recruit the Class of 2009, we will be searching for highly self-directed students with significant research experience who are ready to focus on a particular dimension of biomedical research in their chosen fields of study. Each year, we receive applications from the nation’s top science students. Additionally, the NIH has cultivated agreements with the Rhodes Trust and the Marshall Commission, enabling these talented scholars to extend their master’s degree programs into a PhD with a U.S. lab component. The program also enrolls Goldwater, Churchill and Gates scholarship recipients and is compatible with the NIH MD/PhD Intramural Partnership Program. This program offers training, activities and funding for MD/PhD students who conduct their PhD research in the intramural research program of the NIH in preparation for a career as a physician-investigator in basic or translational science. Check the MD/PhD website ( http://oxcam.gpp.nih.gov/prospectiveStudents/MD_PhD_ProgDesc.asp ) for additional details.
Students admitted to the program choose a research project from a pre-existing list of collaborations (see our web site for the list) or are free to design their own project, often bridging different disciplines. They write a detailed research proposal during their first summer in the program and begin their thesis research immediately. We require that Scholars spend two years at the NIH and two years in the UK, working in the labs of their chosen mentors. They earn the doctoral degree from whichever UK institution they select for their doctoral work.
The application deadline for 2009 is December 15th. More information can be found at http://oxcam.gpp.nih.gov
