{"id":21665,"date":"2024-05-08T21:42:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T02:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medschool.prd.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/?p=21665"},"modified":"2024-05-08T21:42:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T02:42:15","slug":"hertz-foundation-graduate-fellowships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/2024\/05\/08\/hertz-foundation-graduate-fellowships\/","title":{"rendered":"Hertz Foundation &#8211; Graduate Fellowships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"description\">\n<p><strong>Deadline: <\/strong>October 27, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>URL:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertzfoundation.org\/the-fellowship\/apply-for-fellowship\/\">Apply for the Hertz Fellowship | Fannie and John Hertz Foundation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fellowships\u00a0support doctoral students in the applied physical, biological, and engineering sciences, including applied mathematics, statistics, and quantitative aspects of modern biology (see eligibility\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertzfoundation.org\/the-fellowship\/about\/#section-fields-of-study\">fields<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertzfoundation.org\/the-fellowship\/about\/#section-participating-schools\">participating universities<\/a>). With only 10-12 awardees each year, the Hertz is perhaps the most prestigious of all fellowships offered for graduate study in the US.\u00a0Through a rigorous application and interview process, the Hertz Foundation seeks to identify young scientists and engineers with the potential to change the world for the better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong><br \/>\nApplicants must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.<\/li>\n<li>Be college seniors, first-year graduate students, or in a gap year preparing to apply to graduate school.<\/li>\n<li>Intend to pursue a PhD in the applied physical and biological sciences, mathematics, or engineering.<\/li>\n<li>Intend to direct their studies toward understanding and solving major, near-term problems facing society.<\/li>\n<li>Be willing to morally commit to make their skills available to the United States in time of national emergency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Award amount:<\/strong>\u00a0Fellows have the choice of two\u00a0options:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Option 1: Five-Year Hertz<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$38,000 stipend for nine months.*<\/li>\n<li>Full tuition.<\/li>\n<li>Renewable for up to 5 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Option 2:\u00a0Five-Year Coordinated<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hertz Period: Two Years:\n<ul>\n<li>$44,000 stipend for nine months.*<\/li>\n<li>Full tuition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Other Fellowship Period: Up to Three Years:\n<ul>\n<li>$9,000\/year supplemental stipend from Hertz.*<\/li>\n<li>Requires Awardee to accept a 3-year Fellowship from another source.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* $5,000 additional per year for dependent childcare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>If this information is out of date, please email <a href=\"mailto:bret.career.development@vanderbilt.edu\">bret.career.development@vanderbilt.edu<\/a> to let us know.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadline: October 27, 2024 URL:\u00a0Apply for the Hertz Fellowship | Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Description: Fellowships\u00a0support doctoral students in the applied physical, biological, and engineering sciences, including applied mathematics, statistics, and quantitative aspects of modern biology (see eligibility\u00a0fields\u00a0at\u00a0participating universities). 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