PhD students will have access to the resources of the University of Cambridge and the National Institutes of Health through a proposed new partnership.

Under the new Scholars Programme students can register, study, and submit for PhDs at Cambridge but receive co-supervision at both Cambridge and NIH. It is envisaged that students on the programme will spend half their study time at each institution.

The programme will start as a pilot initiative in October 2002. The students will be given positions at the NIH, have access to all NIH facilities and their salaries will be paid directly by the NIH.

"We hope that the Scholars Programme will promote ground-breaking research in fundamental areas of biology and medicine that could lead to a better understanding of the natural world as well as provide new diagnosis and treatment of human disease in the future," says Dr Michael Lenardo of the NIH.

"Both partners have a shared interest in fostering collaborative research in mutual areas of excellence at our institutions and a common interest in educating highly talented individuals for careers as professional scientists," says Dr Barbara Sahakian of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge.

It is envisaged that initially the programme will mainly focus on research opportunities in the departments of the School of Clinical Medicine.

The National Institutes of Health is one of the world's foremost medical research centres, and the Federal focal point for medical research in the US.


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