The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has formed partnerships with several international universities to bring foreign pre-doctoral graduate students for dissertation research training to NIH laboratories. Students do research at NIH for a period of 3 months to 3 years depending on the research project and training needs. The foreign students have completed all course work and Masters-Level examination requirements of their university prior to arrival in the U.S. placing them in an advanced graduate status equivalent to a U.S. Masters degree. English language proficiency is one of the requirements for participation in the program.
Students are selected by their university or a central committee representing each of the universities in a consortium of universities and are appropriately placed in an NIH laboratory defined by the research content of their dissertation. The NIH provides the research training of the pre-doctoral students. The universities provide coursework and academic support including the awarding of doctoral degrees to candidates that have successfully completed the doctoral requirements specified by the university.
Application to these programs requires the following items:
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Completion of required coursework in a Ph.D. program
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Letter from department/program chairperson giving permission to perform part or all of the dissertation research at NIH
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Completion of the GPP application
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Identification of an NIH Investigator for a host laboratory
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Application for the appropriate visa for non-US citizens
For additional information about the selection process, contact:
Bulgarian Universities (consortium): Medical University of Sofia, University of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski, Institute of Molecular Biology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
University Contact
Dr. Varban S. Ganev
Sofia University (Bulgaria)
Phone: +359 (-2) -593-004
Email: ganevv@dir.bg
Hungary Universities (consortium): Semmelweis University (Budapest), Albert Szent-Gyorgyi University (Szeged), Science University of Debrecen, and Science University of Pecs
NIH Contact
Dr. George Kunos (NIAAA)
Phone: 301-443-2069
Email: gkunos@mail.nih.gov
Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) – Neuroscience
University Contact Person
Dr. Lennart Brodin
Phone: +46-8-7286902
Fax: +46-8-325861
Email: lennart.brodin@neuro.ki.se
Web: http://www.neuro.ki.se/gtn/gtn.html
NIH Partnership Directors
Dr. Robert Innis
Phone: 301-594-1368
Fax: 301-480-3610
Email: Robert.innis@nih.gov
Dr. Victor Pike
Phone: 301-594-7450
Fax: 301-480-5112
Email:pikev@intra.nimh.nih.gov
Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Korea) – Biomedical Research
University Contact Person
Dr. Joonho Choe
Phone: 82-42-869-2630
Email: jchoe@kaist.ac.kr
National Defense Medical Center (Taiwan)
University Contact Person
Dr. Hsian-Jenn Wang, Chancellor
Phone: 886-2-87923157
Email: hsian_jenn@hotmail.com
Dr. Jia-Yi Wang, Chairman, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Phone: 886-2-87923140
Email: jywang@ndmctsgh.edu.tw
NIH Contact Person
Dr. Barry Hoffer (NIDA)
Phone: 410-550-1538
Email: bhoffer@intra.nida.nih.gov
Dr. George Kunos (NIAAA)
Phone: 301-443-2069
Email: gkunos@mail.nih.gov
Seoul National University (Korea) – Biological Sciences
University Contact Person
Prof. Sa-Ouk Kang
Director and Chairman
Advanced BK-21, Biological Science
School of Biological Sciences
College of Natural Sciences
Seoul National University
(Tel) +82-2-880-6703
(email) bklife@snu.ac.kr
Shanghai Second Medical University (China)
University Contact Person
Dr. Guoyao Tang, Director, Division of Graduate Education
Phone:
Email: tangy@shsmu.edu.cn
NIH Contact Person
Dr. Zu-Hang Sheng
Phone: 301-435-4596
Email: shengz@ninds.nih.gov
Tel Aviv University-Sackler Medical Institute (Israel) – Women’s Health Science
University Contact Person
Dr. Illana Gozes
Phone: 972-3-640-7240
Email: igozes@post.tau.ac.il
NIH Contact Person
Dr. Joan Schwartz
Phone: 301-496-1248
Email: js18a@nih.gov
University of Cambridge (England) – Health Sciences
University Contact Person
Dr. Barbara Sahakian
Phone: 44-1223-217899
Email: jenny.hall@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
NIH Contact Person
Dr. Michael Lenardo
Phone: 301-496-6754
Email: lenardo@nih.gov
Dr. Ronald Schwartz
Phone: 301-496-1257
Email: rschwartz@niaid.nih.gov
University of Naples Federico II (Italy) – Molecular Oncology & Endocrinology
University Contact Person
Dr. Giancarlo Vecchio
Phone: 39-081-229-6460
Email: vecchio@unina.it
University of Oxford (England) – Biomedical Sciences
University Contact Person
Dr. Stephen Kennedy
Phone: 44-1865-221013
Email: stephen.kennedy@obstetrics-gynaecology.oxford.ac.uk
NIH Contact Person
Dr. Michael Lenardo
Phone: 301-496-6754
Email: lenardo@nih.gov
Dr. Ronald Schwartz
Phone: 301-496-1257
Email: rschwartz@niaid.nih.gov
University of Valparaiso (Chile) – Neuroscience
University Contact Person
Dr. Adrian Palacios, Director of Science, Graduate Neuroscience Program
Phone: 56-32-508048
Email: adrian.palacios@uv.cl
NIH Contact Person
Dr. Miguel Holmgren
Phone: 301-451-6259
Email: holmgren@ninds.nih.gov