Division of Biological Sciences
Fellowships and Awards
Applicants are encouraged to apply for support from extramural agencies such as the National Science Foundation, Ford Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for Minorities, and Howard Hughes Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Biological Sciences all for U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Funds to support international applicants are very limited. International applicants are urged to seek financial support from their national governments and fellowship agencies.
Graduate Prize Fellowship
The Graduate Prize Fellowship is awarded by Harvard University's Graduate School of Arts & Sciences to qualified minority Ph.D. students underrepresented in the sciences at Harvard University. This fellowship provides full tuition and substantial stipend support.
Taplin Fellowship
The Taplin Fellowship, awarded at the Harvard School of Public Health, offers $10,000 annually toward tuition to an outstanding first or second year doctoral student via a competitive nomination process.
New England Biolabs Fellowship
The New England Biolabs Fellowship offers full tuition and partial stipend support to one qualified student per year from a developing central African country.
The Albert Schweitzer Award
The Albert Schweitzer Award is given each year at the Harvard School of Public Health to one graduating student whose past work and activities during his/her academic program have been marked by a "reverence for life" and who has sought, as expressed by Schweitzer, to "make my life an argument."