March 20, 2025

Despite all of the uncertainty at the NIH, we will again hold our annual QCB fellowship competition to be used to pay selected trainees effective July 1, 2025. We are projecting six slots from NIGMS (T32 GM131994) and three matching slots from the College of Arts and Sciences and University Graduate School.  This will allow us to make 3-5 awards, depending on the availability of funds and the mix of rising second- and third-year students that the QCB Steering Committee chooses to support.

We will accept applications from any PhD student in any QCB trainer lab.  Like last year, we will again appoint one or two international students with the remaining slots going to domestic students. NIGMS requires that their funds be used to pay domestic students (citizens or permanent residents). We particularly hope to receive applications from students from underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines.

New trainees will be supported by a stipend of $32,000 in 2025-2026 and $33,500 for 2026-2027.  Rising second- and third-year students are eligible to apply with two years of support awarded to rising second-year students, and one year to rising third-year students.

Our fellowship competition is set to close this year on Sunday, April 13, 2025 at midnight.  Please apply here.  Members of the cohort and lab liaisons, please spread the word!!!  We hope to host a robust competition again this year and make as many as four two-year awards.