Hearth Rhythm Society (HRS) Research Fellowship Awards
The mission of HRS is to improve the care of patients by promoting research, education, and optimal healthcare policies and standards. To this end, HRS has established a post-doctoral research fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology to encourage and support the research training of MDs, DOs, and PhDs in either basic or clinical electrophysiology. These fellowships assist awardees in initiating careers in electrophysiology research while obtaining significant research results.
The HRS Research Fellowship is a very competitive award with a review process that ensures NIH-like rigor and transparency. Award recipients over a 10-year period have co-authored at least 1,200 manuscripts after completing their fellowship, and many have become program directors and leaders in the field of cardiac electrophysiology.
The applicant is responsible for submitting all materials, including sponsor letters, to the website no later than
Sunday, January 22, 2023, at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
One year. Awardees are permitted to submit a new application for a second year.
$50,000 (inclusive of indirect costs)
The applicant should intend on pursuing a career in independent research and have an interest in additional training under the supervision of a sponsor or mentor prior to a career in independent research. Fellowship recipients should use this award to promote their long-term goals in the field. HRS values the contributions of applicants who demonstrate an interest and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Specific criteria include:
• Applicants must have an MD, PhD, DO, DVM, or equivalent doctoral degree at the time of award activation.
• Applicants may not hold this postdoctoral fellowship while enrolled in a degree-granting program unless they are in the ABIM Clinical Investigator Pathway residency.
• Applicants currently enrolled in graduate or medical school may only apply if they will graduate prior to award activation. These candidates need to provide a letter from their current institution verifying their graduation date.
• Individuals with current or prior faculty/staff rank, with the exception of MDs or MD, PhDs who hold a title of an instructor, or similar, due to patient care responsibilities (e.g., residents, clinical fellows, or those who have taken a year out to work as clinicians between residency and fellowship), will be excluded from consideration for this award.
• Candidates with a current or prior job title of Assistant Professor or higher from any institution are not eligible for this fellowship.
• At the time of award activation, the candidate cannot have completed three or more years of research experience cumulative of post-medical school or post-graduate school (whichever degree is applicable).
• We encourage international post-doctoral fellows. However, the applicant must be able to effectively communicate their results in English.
• Applicants must devote at least 80 percent (80%) of their effort to research or activities directly related to the proposed research
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