Year-Long Program
The Medical Research Fellows Program ("Med Fellows Program") supports a year of full-time biomedical research training for medical, dental, and veterinary students enrolled in schools in the U.S. This includes joint initiatives with the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) for students conducting research in ophthalmology, particularly inherited retinal degenerative diseases, with the GM Trust (GMT) for a student researcher in a field related to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), with the Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation (SIRF) for a medical student conducting preclinical research in interventional radiology, and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) for veterinary students.

The fellowship research may be conducted at any academic or nonprofit institution in the United States, except the National Institutes of Health. Research may be conducted abroad if the fellow's mentor is affiliated with a U.S. institution.

The Medical Research Fellows Program at Janelia Farm offers students with an interest in neuronal networking and/or imaging at the cellular or molecular level, an intense year-long research training experience, living and working at the HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia in the Washington, D.C., area. Students must comply with specific eligibility and application requirements.

Year-Long Program: View Potential Mentors

Summer Program
The new Summer Medical Fellows Program provides an 8-10 week research experience for medical, dental, and veterinary students in the laboratories of HHMI investigators and Janelia Farm researchers. More...

Year-Long Program: Competition Information

		2012 Program Information (76 KB PDF)
		2012 Med Fellows at Janelia Farm Information (67 KB PDF)
		2012 Application Requirements (68 KB PDF)
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	Medical Fellow Kristy Yuan Meet Kristy Yuan, who spent her fellowship year in the lab of Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. Play Slideshow

Year-Long Program: Support Provided
For the 2012 competition: An annual stipend of $28,000, an annual fellow's allowance of $5,500 for health, dental, and vision insurance, education-related expenses, and roundtrip relocation expenses up to $1,500, (for those working at a fellowship institution other than their school); and an annual research allowance of $5,500 for research enrichment programs, conference travel, some research-related supplies, and books. HHMI-FFB, HHMI-GMT, HHMI-SIRF, and HHMI-BWF Fellows will receive the same level of funding, and will have all the obligations and privileges of other fellows participating in the Medical Research Fellows Program.

For the Medical Research Fellows Program at Janelia Farm: An annual salary of $28,000, health, dental, and vision insurance, furnished on-campus housing, $5,500 allowance for books, conference travel, and related courses, roundtrip relocation expense reimbursement (up to $1,500).

To Apply
Application is via HHMI's Web-based Competition System at www.hhmi.org/competitions. After completing registration, you will use your e-mail address as your login ID and the password you have selected.

Loan Deferment
HHMI can complete loan deferment forms for Fellows so that they are able to defer their loans during their HHMI fellowship year.

Photos, l to r: Keith Weller, Paul Fetters, James Kegley, Stanley Rowin, Keith Weller