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NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP)
offers competitive scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds that
are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related
research. The program offers scholarship support, paid research training during
the summer, and paid employment and training at NIH after graduation.
Currently, the UGSP provides up to $20,000 per academic year in tuition, educational
expenses, and reasonable living expenses to scholarship recipients. Scholarships
are awarded for one year and can be renewed up to a maximum of four years. For
each full or partial scholarship year, UGSP participants are committed to two
service obligations: a ten-week summer laboratory experience under the mentorship
of an National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) investigator, as well
as one full year of research in an NHGRI laboratory.
To be eligible for the UGSP, students must:
- Be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a full-time student at an accredited,
four-year undergraduate institution.
- Be a United States citizen, national, or qualified non-citizen. (See Citizenship Requirements
for more information)
- Be from a "disadvantaged background" with demonstrable financial
need.
- Have a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher (on a 4.0 scale), or be within
the top five percent of their class.
The application deadline for the Summer Internship Program is March 31
of each year.
For more information, see: The NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program
Last Updated: June 23, 2008
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