HMS sponsors information session on grants, fellowships

The Faculty Fellowship Committee at Harvard Medical School (HMS) is sponsoring an information session March 5 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Waterhouse Room (first floor of Gordon Hall) on the subject of invitational research fellowships and grant opportunities for HMS postdocs and faculty. The meeting will provide information about the Burroughs Wellcome Award, Culpeper Scholarships, Medical Foundation Smith Family New Investigator Awards, and the Pew and Searle Scholars Programs, among other opportunities.

Potential candidates for these awards should contact their division or department head. All nominations are due April 9. More information will be available online beginning Feb. 12 at http://medapps.med.harvard.edu/fellowships. Please note that the HMS Faculty Fellowship internal selection process is on a semiannual schedule. Awards not offered during the spring selection process may be available during the next cycle in the fall so be sure to review the above-mentioned Web site.

For more information, contact stacy_mcgrath@hms.harvard.edu or erin_cromack@hms.harvard.edu, Office of Academic and Clinical Programs.