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<title>Fully funded NIH-Oxford-Cambridge Ph.D. Scholarships in
Biomedical Research</title>
<font size="4"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Dear
Colleague, <br>
<br>
We are now soliciting applications for the National Institutes of
Health-Oxford University-Cambridge University Scholars in Biomedical
Research programs. Fully-funded scholarships for outstanding students
are available for accelerated Ph.D. or M.D. Ph.D. combined training.
Would you please forward the message below to outstanding students
interested in pursuing doctoral training in biomedical research. Also,
we would be grateful if you could post the attached one-page poster on
student affairs bulletin boards at your school.<br>
<br>
Thank you very much for your assistance!<br>
<br>
Best wishes,<br>
</span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12px;"><br>
</span></font><span style="font-size: 12px;"><font face="Arial">Bridget
Lampert, M.S. Ed<br>
Managing Director<br>
NIH/Oxford/Cambridge Scholars Program<br>
National NIH-MD/PhD Partnership Program<br>
National Institutes of Health<br>
Building 2 (Room 2W17)<br>
9000 Rockville Pike<br>
Bethesda, MD 20892-1892 USA<br>
301.272.5174<br>
<font color="#0000ff"><b><u><a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxcam@mail.nih.gov">oxcam@mail.nih.gov</a><br>
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<b>Program Website<br>
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href="http://oxcam.gpp.nih.gov">http://oxcam.gpp.nih.gov</a></u></font>
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</font></b><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">Dear Prospective
Scholar:<br>
<br>
As an outstanding student, I’m writing to tell you about two
groundbreaking new doctoral programs in biomedical research, the Oxford
University-National Institutes of Health (NIH) Scholars in Biomedical
Research and the Cambridge University-NIH Health Sciences Research
Scholars. <b>The application deadline of January 1, 2008 is fast
approaching.</b> These programs are built on a unique arrangement in
which students spend approximately two years at either Oxford or
Cambridge and two years at the NIH working on a collaborative research
project. Oxford and Cambridge have for centuries been two of the most
prominent universities internationally and the NIH is the largest
biomedical research facility in the world with most of its activities
located in Bethesda, MD, a suburb of Washington, D.C.<br>
<br>
There is no standard curriculum in these programs and each student
pursues an individualized course of study in which thesis work is
initiated at the beginning of the first year. Because these are
accelerated programs, students typically receive a Ph.D. or D. Phil.
degree from Oxford or Cambridge in 3 to 5 years. These innovative
programs grew out of the realization that the next generation of
research scientists will increasingly need to think in an
interdisciplinary fashion and to surmount the intellectual and
experimental barriers that presently exist between traditional
disciplines. All students become members of a college at Oxford or
Cambridge and have an opportunity to immerse themselves in British
academic life. <br>
<br>
All students are <b>FULLY FUNDED</b> by the NIH for the duration of
their doctoral work and receive a stipend. We now also offer support
for combined M.D./PhD training in which the PhD is obtained at Oxford
or Cambridge and the M.D. is obtained from one of the 41 top American
medical schools that have Medical Scientist Training Programs. <br>
<br>
The application is available online and easy to complete. There is no
application fee and the application can be found at our newly launched
website: </font></span><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><font
color="#0000ff"><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><b><u><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://oxcam.gpp.nih.gov/index.asp">http://oxcam.gpp.nih.gov/index.asp</a></u></b></span></font></font><font
size="5"><span style="font-size: 16px;">. <br>
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Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. We hope to
hear from you soon!<br>
<br>
Best wishes,<br>
<br>
</span></font><span style="font-size: 12px;"><font face="Arial">Bridget
Lampert, M.S. Ed<br>
Managing Director<br>
NIH/Oxford/Cambridge Scholars Program<br>
National NIH-MD/PhD Partnership Program<br>
National Institutes of Health<br>
Building 2 (Room 2W17)<br>
9000 Rockville Pike<br>
Bethesda, MD 20892-1892 USA<br>
301.272.5174<br>
<font color="#0000ff"><b><u><a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxcam@mail.nih.gov">oxcam@mail.nih.gov</a><br>
</u></b></font> <br>
Program Website<br>
<font color="#0000ff"><u><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://oxcam.gpp.nih.gov">http://oxcam.gpp.nih.gov</a></u></font>
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