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Initiative for Universities
HHMI awards four-year grants to research and doctoral universities to support science education at the undergraduate and K-12 levels.
Competition Schedule and Announcement
No competition is currently under way. Competitions for universities are held every four years. Information about the 2006 competition can be found in the program announcement.
Eligibility
Only invited institutions are eligible to apply. Invitations are based on an institution's classification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a research and doctoral university and on the institution's record of postbaccalaureate student achievement in the sciences. HHMI also considers each institution's record of preparing students from groups underrepresented in the sciences to pursue scientific careers.
To identify institutions invited to participate, HHMI conducts assessments covering the most recent 10-year period for which data are available. Institutions are assessed on the basis of the percent and absolute number of graduates from each institution who have
- Matriculated in medical schools (data source: Association of American Medical Colleges)
- Earned doctorates in biology, chemistry, physics, or mathematics (data source: National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences)
Please note that HHMI does not encourage and rarely funds unsolicited proposals.
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