Announcing New Pritzker Institute Doctoral Fellowship Program
The Pritzker Institute is pleased to announce a major revision of the Pritzker Fellowship Program, for PhD students enrolling at Ï㽶´«Ã½ for the Fall 2026 semester.
In this newly structured fellowship program, 3-year tuition and stipend fellowship awards will be made to highly-qualified new doctoral students who are pursuing doctoral studies and research in Biomedical Science or Engineering, and are being mentored by Pritzker Institute-affiliated faculty members at Ï㽶´«Ã½.
The Pritzker Institute plans to award up to five (5) fully-funded 3-year fellowships. The award process will be highly-competitive. These fellowships are restricted to new incoming doctoral candidates who enter an Ï㽶´«Ã½ PhD program in the 2026 Fall semester.
Promotion material will be distributed nationwide by the start of the Fall 2025 semester. We urge faculty members to start recruiting new highly-qualified PhD students immediately.
A tentative timetable for key events of this new fellowship program is:
- Applications open: October 1, 2025
- Deadline for candidate fellows to submit application: January 15, 2026
- Candidate interviews: Feb 15 – March 15, 2026
- Applications reviews completed: March 30
- Notification of awards: April 15, 2026
- Fellowship Start Date: Fall 2026 (first date of classes)
Application Form
Please note that a Google account (for example, a Gmail account) is required to access this form. Since we are asking for a file upload, having a Google account is a requirement. Please report any issues related to access of the Fellowship Application Form to: pritzkerfellowship@gmail.com
Eligibility:
- Outstanding graduate students interested in pursuing a full-time research-based doctoral degree in Biomedical Science or Engineering, beginning in the 2026 Fall Semester, and are enrolled in, or have, a MS degree from a US or Canadian university in a relevant field.
- GPA of 3.6 or above
- Previous research experience is highly-desirable
- Also encouraged to apply are highly-exceptional undergraduate seniors or those with a BS degree from a US or Canadian university in a relevant field.