2023 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study

HHMI’s Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study are open to eligible pairs comprising thesis advisers and PhD students (“adviser-student pairs”). Adviser-student pairs from eligible disciplines must be nominated by the HHMI-designated institutional representative. In the case of UW, this is Bill Mahoney, Associate Dean for the Graduate School.

Prospective fellows must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or other immigrants to the U.S., and be from racial, ethnic, or other groups recognized in the U.S. as underrepresented in the sciences, or Alumni of the HHMI EXROP, and be at the appropriate program stage of their PhD training.

The adviser-student pairs must be studying scientific problems in biomedical sciences, life sciences, or biological questions in related disciplines. This includes basic research on a variety of biological systems and at all scales including at the molecular, cellular, organismal, and ecological levels. This initiative does not support social science research.

Nominations should be of students who (1) are in their second or third year of a PhD program, and/or (2) have at least two full years of study remaining as of September 1, 2023. Students who are enrolled in an MD/PhD or other dual-degree program are not eligible. Please note, these nominations will be driven by the advisor and not by the student.

Application Instructions

Please submit:

1)      Names & email of advisor-student pairs

2)      Statement of underrepresented group to which the student belongs

3)      CVs of the advisor and advisee

4)      A brief statement, including:

1. Research project discipline
2. Research project title (50 word limit)
3. Research project summary (250 word limit)

5)      A brief statement from the advisor indicating: the candidate’s promise as a scientific investigator, and their potential for leadership in the scientific community, including as college and university faculty (500 word limit)

to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, September 14, 2022. The institutional representative that is serving as the nominator will submit the names and e-mails of the selected adviser-student pairs via an online survey. The deadline for nominations for the 2023 competition is September 29, 2022.

If eligibility is met, HHMI will send the adviser information to access the application form through the HHMI Pathway grants management system. The adviser is responsible for adding to the application the names and contact information of the student and the nominator. Once the student gains access to the system, they will be responsible for adding the name and contact information of a previous research adviser who will provide an additional letter of support. Detailed information is available on the Pathway application form. Applicants are encouraged to log on to the system as soon as they have access to review the prompts. Materials submitted by the nominator, adviser, student, and previous research adviser will be critical elements in the evaluation of the application. The deadline for all application materials is December 8, 2022, 2pm ET.