Opportunities
National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program
The National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program is an accelerated, individualized doctoral training program for outstanding science students committed to biomedical research careers. This program offers access to mentors and resources from three collaborating institutions: the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the University of Oxford, and the University of Cambridge.
ELIGIBILITY
- U.S. citizens or permanent residents
- Fairly extensive track record of research as an undergraduate (any area of biomedical research is eligible, including Public Health, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics and Biomedical Engineering)
Please note: Students should research to find a dual mentorship, one in the UK and one at NIH, and prepare to accordingly. This means during the preparatory phase for the scholarship, students should research mentors and establish contact with both an NIH and a UK mentor prior to the application. Partnerships have been established with other scholarships—Rhodes, Marshall and Gates Cambridge, to dovetail into funding the 3rd and 4th year of doctoral studies at Cambridge or Oxford. Prior research experience at NIH, like the NIH Amgen program, may be an added qualification.
TIMELINE
Application Deadline
Students will have to submit their applications to University of Cambridge and Oxford
and be accepted to their chosen program. Please consult program pages to determine
the deadline. All materials to the NIH OxCam program are due by early December.
When should you engage with ONS?
At least six months prior to applying to University of Cambridge and Oxford, so we
have sufficient time in hand to research programs and mentors. However, an ideal recommendation
is a year prior to the application.
GET STARTED
ONS Contact
Sayandeb Basu - sayandeb@honors.usf.edu
Scholarship Website:
https://oxcam.gpp.nih.gov/