Pursue your studies in USA. Good news! Helen Hay Whitney Fellowships are currently open. In this article we will explain in detail about this scholarship, its benefits and step by step application process.

Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship 2023 is a fully funded postdoctoral scholarship for international students. This scholarship covers financial aid amounting to US$60,000 per year.

Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship invite applications from international students who want to pursue postdoctoral degree for academic year 2023. This scholarship covers financial aid amounting to US$60,000 per year.

Helen Hay Whitney Fellowships is open to international students to pursue postdoctoral studies in USA universities. The Foundation provides sufficient financial support to support the careers of young people engaged in biological or medical research and this is done to achieve its ultimate goal of increasing the number of imaginative, well-trained and dedicated medical scientists.

Helen Hay Whitney Fellowships provides the recipient with the following benefits:

• Required Language: English
• Eligible Countries: All World Countries are eligible for this Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship.Note: In case you are a foreign national (including from conflict areas) you must have a local residency status and authorization to work in the country of the fellowship to which you are applying.
• Candidates who hold, or are in the final stages of obtaining a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent degree and are seeking beginning postdoctoral training in basic biomedical research.
• Candidates who have no more than one year of postdoctoral research experience at the time of the deadline for submitting the application, and who have received a PhD (or D.Phil. or equivalent) degree no more than two years before the deadline, or an M.D. degree no more than three years before the deadline.
• Fellowships may be awarded to foreign citizens for research in laboratories in the US only. and it’s expect that most applicants will reside in North America at the time of application.
• The Foundation will not ordinarily consider applicants who plan tenure of the fellowship in the laboratory in which they have already received extensive predoctoral or postdoctoral training. The aim of the fellowship is to broaden postdoctoral training and experience, and a significant change of venue is advisable.
• Foreign Students will need to obtain appropriate visa documentation, as required by US Immigration.
• Clinical house-staff training does not count as “postdoctoral laboratory training.”.
• Applications from established scientists or advanced fellows will not be considered. The fellowships are for early postdoctoral training only.
• A two-day Annual Meeting of Fellows is held in November of each year, at which each third-year Fellow presents the results of his or her research. This meeting is an important component of the Fellowship Program because of the opportunity it provides the Fellows for scientific interchange and exposure to biomedical fields other than their own. Attendance at the meeting in its entirety is expected as a condition of acceptance of the fellowship.