[Plsfaculty] FW: ASPB: HHMI offers predoctoral fellowships for international students

[Donna-Rae Marquez]

On Behalf of Dr. Ramin Yadegari:

 

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From: info at aspb.org [mailto:info at aspb.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 8:11 AM
To: yadegari at email.arizona.edu
Subject: ASPB: HHMI offers predoctoral fellowships for international students

 

Dear Ramin Yadegari:

 

ASPB is writing to you directly to let you know about a new predoctoral fellowship program from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) that may be of interest to you or to other plant biologists in your department or institution.

 

HHMI has established an International Student Research Fellowship program that is designed to support outstanding international doctoral students who are ineligible for fellowships or training grants through U.S. federal agencies.  This program is available only to students who are NOT U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, or permanent residents.

 

In 2011, HHMI will fund up to 40 three-year fellowships to support years 35 of doctoral study in eligible fieldsincluding plant biology.  Fellows will receive an annual stipend of $30,000 and an additional $3,000 for health insurance, books and supplies, journal subscriptions, and other professional expenses relevant to a fellows graduate study.  HHMI will also provide an institutional allowance of $10,000 in lieu of tuition and fees.

 

The program is available only to students at 60 selected institutions, including yours, and HHMI will determine how many individuals each of those institutions may nominate.  HHMI has also identified a specific institutional official who is responsible for identifying nominees at each selected institution and conveying nominees information to HHMI.  Only students in the 2nd or 3rd year of PhD study who have entered the laboratory in which they will conduct their thesis research may be nominated; successful nominees will be contacted directly by HHMI to submit their applications online.

 

Please see http://www.hhmi.org/grants/individuals/intl_fellows.html for additional information, including the name and title of the individual who has been designated as the nominating official at your institution.  Institutional nominations are due on December 1, 2010, with full applications to be submitted by February 16, 2011.  Fellowships will begin on September 1, 2011.

 

We hope this information is helpful to you and your colleagues.  And we hope that plant biologists are well represented among the 2011 HHMI International Student Research Fellows.

 

Sincerely,

 

Adam Fagen

ASPB Public Affairs Director

 

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