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 Illinois Tech for the fall 2026 semester.
In this newly structured fellowship program, three-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 Illinois Tech.
The Pritzker Institute plans to award up to five fully-funded three-year fellowships. The award process will be highly competitive. These fellowships are restricted to new incoming doctoral candidates who enter an Illinois Tech Ph.D. program in the fall 2026 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 Ph.D. 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: open
- Candidate interviews: To be determined based on application submission date; starts on March 15, 2026, for applications received by January 15, 2026
- Applications reviews completed: Within 10 weeks of receiving complete applications
- Notification of awards: As early as April 15, 2026, for applications received by January 15, 2026
- Fellowship Start Date: Fall 2026 (first date of courses)
Application Form
Pritzker Institute Fellowship 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 who are enrolled in or have earned a M.S. degree from a United States or Canadian university in a relevant field. Highly exceptional undergraduate seniors or those with a B.S. degree from a U.S. or Canadian university in a relevant field are also encouraged to apply
- Open to outstanding international doctoral candidates with endorsement of a Pritzker Institute-affiliated faculty. Interested applicants are required to contact Pritzker Institute-affiliated faulty before applying. Those holding a M.S. degree and/or with exceptional undergraduate studies record in a relevant field are encouraged to apply. Applications without Pritzker Institute faculty endorsement won’t be considered
- Grade-point average of 3.6 or above
- Previous research experience is highly desirable