Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship Application
Welcome to the application portal for the NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine. This portal is maintained by FAES in cooperation with the NLM.
The NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine provides individual awards of up to $10,000 to support research in the collection of the NLM.
The collection spans eleven centuries, encompasses a variety of digital and physical formats, and originates from nearly every part of the globe. It includes the Michael E. DeBakey papers — representing the diverse areas in which DeBakey made a lasting impact, such as surgery, medical education, and health care policy — along with the papers of many other luminaries in science and medicine.
For details of the 2025 application cycle, including the Fellowship requirements, eligibility, application process, and information about Michael E. DeBakey, please visit the website dedicated to the fellowship program.
To receive consideration, applicants must upload all required materials to FAES via this online application portal by 11:59 pm EDT on September 30, 2024.
Selected Fellows will be notified, and awards will be announced in December.
The NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine was established in 2016 and is supported by The DeBakey Medical Foundation.