School of Medicine Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University

The
School of Medicine Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowships encourages and support young
investigators in the first two years of their postdoctoral (Ph.D. or M.D.)
research training at the School of Medicine and who are under the mentorship of
faculty in the School of Medicine. Applicants of all nationalities are eligible
to apply for this fellowship program.

Stanford
University School of Medicine is the medical school of Stanford University and
is located in Stanford, California.

Scholarship Description:

Application
Deadline: October 29, 2018
Course
Level: Fellowship is available for
pursuing postdoctoral program.
Study
Subject: Fellowship is awarded within the
School of Medicine.
Scholarship
Award: The stipend for the January 1,
2019-December 31, 2019 and July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020
cycles will be $30,000.
Number
of Scholarships: Not Known
Nationality:
All nationalities
Scholarship
can be taken in the USA

Eligibility for the Scholarship:

Eligible
Countries: Applicants of all
nationalities are eligible to apply for this fellowship program.
Entrance
Requirements:

The
applicant must be appointed as a postdoctoral scholar at the Stanford
University School of Medicine at the time the award begins. If the
applicant is not an appointed postdoctoral scholar at the time of the
application deadline, additional documents must be submitted with the
application (see application materials below).
The
faculty sponsor must be appointed in the School of Medicine.
(Acting, consulting and courtesy appointees are not eligible.)
Awardees
cannot be enrolled in a degree-granting program while funded.
Applicants
in the first one or two years of postdoctoral research training are
preferred.
Foreign
fellows must have visas that allow stipend support (typically a J-1 &
F-1 OPT). H1-B and TN visa holders are not eligible. Citizenship is
not a selection factor.
Proposals
for a second-year of funding: This is a one-year fellowship.
Because of the size of the pool the committee no longer reviews second
year applications.

Additional
Application Guidelines:

Faculty
members may not have more than one funded Dean’s fellow
at a time, except for Assistant Professors who may have two funded
scholars at the same time.
A
faculty member may not serve as mentor/sponsor on more than one
fellowship application per cycle. This applies to Assistant
Professors as well.
Funding
is restricted to support investigative activities. Awardees must spend
at least 80% of their time in research. If effort is reduced to less than
80% research while receiving funding, an exception must be requested and
approved in advance.
Funding
is limited to stipend support paid directly to the postdoctoral scholar.
The award may not be used to support research expenses or towards travel
or tuition expenses.
If
the proposed research will involve animal and/or human
subjects/protocols, the applicant should apply for the required protocols
at the time of submission and not wait to be funded. The award cannot be
activated without approved protocols. The protocols need to list
the School of Medicine Dean’s Fellowship as a possible funding source.
Re-applications
from previous applicants whose applications were not funded are accepted.

English
Language Requirements: Applicants from
outside the home country will often need to meet specific English
language/other language requirements in order to be able to study there.

Application Procedure:

How
to Apply: The mode of application is online. A
complete application must be submitted online by
the deadline. Please start your online application early to allow
enough time for the system to solicit the required form from your faculty
mentor which is due at the same time as your application.

Please
carefully read the selection criteria, eligibility
criteria, program participation requirements, and funding
guidelines before starting the application process.

A
complete application consists of:

Complete
online application form
Applicant’s
NIH Biosketch
Research
proposal: (uploaded by applicant online): Two page limit, including any
graphics or charts. The research proposal must be written by
the fellow and reviewed by the faculty sponsor. These two pages
should include a brief statement of proposed investigation in the
following sections: Background, Goals, Hypothesis, and Experimental
methods). Formatting guidelines require at least 1-inch margins
at the top, bottom, left and right; and 12 point or larger font. Include
title of project on both pages and number pages. References may only
be included if they are part of your two-page proposal.
Faculty
Sponsor’s Recommendation Form & Agreement (Note: this
fellowship does not require a letter of recommendation.)
Offer
Letter – only if not currently appointed as a postdoctoral scholar in the
Stanford School of Medicine