Schwartz Fellowship Requirements

Drew Schwartz Fellowship

Established by Professor Drew Schwartz, who served on our faculty for over 40 years.

Read about Drew Schwartz and the recent recipient of the Drew Schwartz Fellowship.

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Eligibility

An IUB Department of Biology graduate student who is pursuing a Ph.D. in Genome, Cell, and Developmental Biology. In order to be considered, the nominee’s dissertation research interests or current research MUST be on fundamental genetic phenomena.

Notes

This fellowship will be awarded in the fall semester periodically as funds accrue. The fellowship is not open for student applications. The GCDB admissions committee will be asked to identify a qualified student from the applicant pool when funds are available.

Recommendations and nominations

Department of Biology faculty and postdoc fellows will be emailed a link to a web page where they may upload their recommendation letters. Non-departmental science faculty and science postdocs should contact the Department of Biology’s undergraduate advising office for assistance.

Student awards ceremony

Recipients of this award will be recognized at an online student awards ceremony at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, 2021.