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The Chicago Fellows Winter 2027 Cycle is now open! 

 

All application materials must be submitted online via the InfoReady application portal linked below. If you do not have a UChicago email address, you will first have to register for an InfoReady account.  Please read all of the instructions below before proceeding to the application. 

Required Application Materials

  1. CV - please include the exact dates of your PhD conferral and/or current postdoc position (if applicable).
  2. 1-page summary of applicant’s graduate research
  3. Copy of applicant’s most important publication - either published or in press or uploaded to a pre-print server (e.g., bioRxiv.org). Only one publication may be submitted.
  4. Two-page research proposal (maximum) describing the innovative, impactful research project the candidate proposes to do at the University of Chicago. Figures and references may exceed this limit, but please keep any associated text concise.
  5. Please include a statement of author contributions at the end of the research proposal. The expectation is that the research proposal will be substantially written by the fellow candidate, in consultation with the University of Chicago faculty mentor. If this is not the case, then please describe how the candidate contributed to this research proposal, and how the proposed research differs and builds upon the candidate’s graduate research experience.
  6. Support letter from a University of Chicago faculty mentor (with a primary or secondary appointment in a department in the Biological Sciences Division), including a statement confirming that the mentor’s lab has the necessary resources to support the proposed research project and that the candidate has not started in their lab before the eligibility cutoff date. The mentor’s letter should describe the strengths of the candidate relative to other postdoctoral scholars and why the University of Chicago is the ideal training environment for this fellow.
  7. Two letters of reference. Both the mentor and reference letters must be signed, dated and on letterhead. Note that letter requests must go out to letter writers directly from the InfoReady application portal. Once you have submitted or saved a draft, you will see an option to send out the requests and set up reminders. 

 

Application Portal

To apply, go to Chicago Fellows Application Submission Portal.