Undergraduate Scholarship Program - National Institute of Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP) offers competitive scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research. The program offers: - Scholarship support
- Paid research training at the NIH during the summer
- Paid employment and training at the NIH after graduation
Scholarship Support
The NIH UGSP will pay up to $20,000 per academic year in tuition, educational expenses, and reasonable living expenses to scholarship recipients. Scholarships are awarded for 1 year, and can be renewed up to 4 years.
For each full or partial scholarship year, you are committed to two NIH service obligations. The obligations are actually benefits of the UGSP, and provide you with invaluable research training and experience at the NIH. - 10-week Summer Laboratory Experience. After each year of scholarship support, you will train for 10 weeks as a paid summer research employee in an NIH research laboratory. This employment occurs after the receipt of the scholarship award. Each scholar will be assigned to an NIH researcher and an NIH postdoctoral fellow, who will serve as mentors. You will also attend formal seminars and participate in a variety of programs.
- Employment at the NIH after Graduation. After graduation, you will continue your training as a full-time employee in an NIH research laboratory. You must serve 1 year of full-time employment for each year of scholarship.
For more information on this scholarship, download the pdf below. You have to have your application in by the end of Febuuary of the year you are applying for. If you miss the deadline, keep the information so you may apply for the next school year.
Undergraduate Scholarship Program Information Pdf
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