Whitaker International Fellows and Scholars Program

The Whitaker Program selected 20 Fellows and 17 Scholars to take part in the program. Of the 23 proposed host countries, the Whitaker Program selectees went to 14 countries, including 3 countries not represented in the program before (Austria, Kenya, and Vietnam).

The Whitaker Program

The Whitaker Program is a funding opportunity for emerging U.S. leaders in biomedical engineering to build collaborative ties with individuals and institutions overseas.

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Whitaker Fellows

Whitaker Fellows are recent BS recipients, graduate students, or professionals with less than a PhD degree, within three years of the degree.

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Whitaker Fellows Awards

Fellows are awarded grants for up to one year to take on a meaningful career-enhancing biomedical engineering project, including partial coverage of tuition.

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Whitaker Scholars

Whitaker Fellows are recent PhD recipients (post-docs) within three years of the degree.

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Whitaker Scholars Awards

Scholars are awarded up to two years to take on a meaningful career-enhancing biomedical engineering project, with funding competitive with post-doc salaries.

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Who should apply?

U.S.-based biomedical engineers who are graduating seniors, graduate students, post-docs or early-career professionals. Applicants should be either currently-enrolled or no more than three years from their most recent degree.

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Where can Fellows and Scholars go?

Any host organization outside the U.S. and Canada at which Fellows or Scholars can undertake a substantive BME project to enhance their careers.

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What is included?

Benefits include maintenance allowance, airfare, accident and sickness insurance, partial tuition reimbursement (Fellows only), and access to grantee events, as well as membership in an elite alumni resource network.

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Who is The Whitaker Foundation

From 1975 until 2006, The Whitaker Foundation supported the development and enhancement of biomedical engineering (BME) in the United States, contributing nearly $700 million to universities. When they closed, The Whitaker Foundation committed its remaining funds to the Institute of International Education to create the Whitaker International Fellows and Scholars Program, with the goal of enhancing international collaborative ties between the emerging leaders in the U.S. BME community and their counterparts abroad.

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Deadline: Fall/Academic Year 2012-13 Undergraduate Progam Application
Applications must be submitted both electronically by the following date:
April 2, 2012

THIS PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY IIE

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U.S. student Elaine Hillenmeyer pursued a doctorate in biomedical engineering with the help of a Whitaker International Fellowship.
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