Grants, Fellowships, and Awards

External Funding Sources and Awards Granted to Current MD-PhD Students

Tri-I MD-PhD students have been extremely successful in obtaining external funding for their research. Beyond the awards themselves, the process of applying for external grants is a useful part of students’ professional training and is actively encouraged and supported by the Program faculty.

Currently, at least 30 students in the Tri-I MD-PhD Program and at least 50% of each incoming class have NIH F-series awards, including F30 and F31-Diversity awards from the

• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (MHLBI)

• National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases (NIAID)

• National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Additionally, current Tri-I MD-PhD students have been awarded funding from the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDESG) and the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.