April 30, 2017: Irving H. Wiesenfeld, Kathleen L. Miller Graduate Fellowship

Fellowship

Application Deadline

April 30, 2017

Award Amount

$5,000

2017 CEND Research Fellowship: Irving H. Wiesenfeld, Kathleen L. Miller Graduate Fellowship

The purpose of the Irving H. Wiesenfeld, Kathleen L. Miller Graduate Fellowship is to provide research support to UC Berkeley graduate students of high distinction involved in the study of emerging and neglected infectious diseases, including basic science, discovery of effective treatments, diagnostics, and vaccines, or policy, law, economics in national or global health. The fellowship can be used to support research expenses, equipment, travel, and scientific or scholarly exchange between UC Berkeley and researchers in disease-endemic countries. Through the fellowship, awards of up to $5,000 will be made to qualified individuals.

Past recipients of this award have explored the complex interactions of pathogens, host immune responses, and environmental factors that contribute to infectious disease. Their work has been conducted in the laboratory, as well as the in communities where these diseases are most prevalent. Each fellow is expected to present a seminar within one year of receiving the fellowship, and they must also submit a half-page report on activities by the end of the award year.

Eligible Applicants

Masters or Doctoral (PhD) students in any discipline, including but not limited to the life sciences, chemistry, engineering, environmental sciences, math and information sciences, economics, business, policy, and public health are eligible for the fellowship. To apply, you must be mentored by a UC Berkeley affiliated investigator.

Step 1

To Apply

Submit a complete application package by April 30, 2017. As part of the application, you must develop a brief research proposal with the guidance of one or more faculty mentors at UC Berkeley (or UCSF if you are a UC Berkeley PhD student completing dissertation research at UCSF). Applications will be reviewed by a panel of CEND faculty members and awards will be announced in May 2017.

To apply, email the following materials to cend@berkeley.edu by midnight on April 30, 2017:

Step 2

Enter contact details

Step 3

Upload required documents

Please upload all required documents for this fellowship. Documents must be clearly labeled.

Curriculum Vitae (Max 2 pages)
Current Research: Project background, aims, methods, and technical and health significance (1 page)
Professional Development Proposal (½ page)
Budget: All expected expenses related to professional development costs. This can be for a side research project or software/equipment/reagents not funded through your PIs lab, travel to a conference or for a research exchange, etc. (½ page)
Recommendation from a faculty mentor (1 paragraph)

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Step 4

Add any additional notes

Please let us know anything that is important about you or your application that might fall outside of this standard format.

Step 5

Submit Application

When you have competed all of the above steps, please submit your application.

You will receive a confirmation email of your application and the documents you have submitted. if you do not receive a confirmation email, please contact us.

If you’d like to make a change or add additional materials, reply back to the confirmation email.

Step 6

Evaluation will be based on technical merit and the relevance of the project to emerging and neglected infectious diseases. Research proposals should clearly identify the fellow’s role in the project (as distinguished from the roles of faculty mentors or members of the lab) and the specific objectives and/or deliverables expected by the end of the fellowship.

CONTACT

For all inquiries about this Fellowship or to add additional documents or make changes - please reach out to:

cend@berkeley.edu