© 1999 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 4, 308,
February 17, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grants
HHMI's grants program includes the following:
- Predoctoral fellowships in biological sciences, for up to 5 years of full-time study toward the Ph.D. or Sc.D.; in 1997, about 400 fellows were supported with $11 million.
- Research training opportunities for medical students for 1 year of full-time research, either at the National Institutes of Health (Cloister Program) or at any medical school; in 1997, 100 fellows were supported with $2.7 million.
- Postdoctoral research fellowships for physicians, for 3 years of full-time research. In 1997, 90 fellows were supported with $6.5 million.
- Undergraduate grants to public and private colleges nationwide, which enable student research, the upgrading of teaching facilities and courses, the hiring of new faculty, outreach to women and underrepresented minorities, and the creation of precollege programs involving high schools and community colleges. Since 1988, $425 million has been awarded to 224 public and private institutions. Programs funded by these grants have involved more than 25,000 undergraduates in laboratory research, led to appointments for nearly 250 new faculty members and resulted in the development of more than 5,000 new courses.
- Grants to more than 100 medical schools, museums, zoos, and other scientific organizations to help develop educational programs that provide training for teachers and opportunities for youngsters to explore science. Grantees include about 30 medical schools, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the American Museum of Natural History; The Children's Hands-on Museum, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.) Laboratory; Houston Zoological Gardens; the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass.; the Minnesota Children's Museum, Minneapolis; the National Zoo, Washington, D.C.; the Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska; South Dakota Discovery Center and Aquarium; and the Tucson (Ariz.) Botanical Garden.
- Training program grants for high-school biology teachers, organized by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation ($4 million has gone into this program since 1993).
- Grants to enhance science education at all levels of the public school system in Montgomery County, Md., where HHMI is located. Since 1990, HHMI has given $5 million in this fashion.
- International grants that support 87 outstanding scientists in 10 countries. The last round of awards totaled $15 million in 5-year grants and went to 47 outstanding biomedical researchers in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and Venezuela.
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