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University of Cambridge program: http://gpp.nih.gov/Applicants/ProspectiveStudents/Cambridge/

University of Oxford program: http://gpp.nih.gov/Applicants/ProspectiveStudents/Oxford/

The National Institutes of Health--University of Cambridge Health Science Research Scholars and the National Institutes of Health--University of Oxford Scholars doctoral programs permit American students to pursue collaborative biomedical research projects between a laboratory at NIH and either Oxford or Cambridge University, leading to a Ph.D. from that university.

The Oxford/Cambridge program allows students to complete a Ph.D. in any area of biomedical research in three or four years. Roughly half of their thesis work is done on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, and the other half is done at Oxford or Cambridge, where they are members of colleges and participate fully in university life.

The Oxford/Cambridge program has attracted outstanding students (the average GPA for the 2006 entering class was 3.9) and the program accepts the top 9% of the applicant pool. About one-third of the program's students come from medical schools.

Students in the program are fully funded for their tuition, college fees, health insurance, and stipend. They also receive a laptop computer and a generous travel allowance. Financial support has just been approved for students desiring to complete combined M.D./Ph.D. degrees through the program.

The application deadline is in January. Oxford and Cambridge are formally separate programs but admissions are combined, so students choose after acceptance.