Fellowships and Grant Awards

The Meyerhoff Graduate Fellows receive stipends - currently $22,000 per year - during their first two years of graduate study. In subsequent years, students are generally supported by grants of their PhD advisors. However, during their second year of graduate study, all Meyerhoff Graduate Fellows submit proposals for individual predoctoral fellowships, and several students have received these competitive awards. Most fellowships have been awarded by the NIH- see www.nih.gov. The following is a list of the IMSD Meyerhoff Graduate Fellows who have received independent research grants and fellowship awards.

Jorge Velarde (2001) NIH National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship for Minority Students.

Shardell Hawkins (2003) MARC Predoctoral Fellowship.

Kimberly Barnett (2004) MARC Predoctoral Fellowship.

Kimberly Raines (2004) Dunning Fellowship of the Pharmaceutical Sciences department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Shahza Somerville (2004) NIH Predoctoral Fellowship.

Dwayne Taliaferro (2004) NIH Predoctoral Fellowship.

Marquis Walker (2004) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award.

Katia Jones (2005) The Leadership Alliance/Schering-Plough Fellowship.

Sampson Kyere (2005) NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Award for Minority Students.

Belinda Jackson (2006) NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Award for Minority Students.