ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for admission to the program, applicants must have an M.D. or D.O. degree, completed two or more years of postgraduate clinical training and eligible to practice in the U.S. The most important criteria for selection to the program are commitment to rigorous training in clinical investigation and evidence of high academic achievement in undergraduate and medical school courses. Test scores from the USMLE and relevant subspecialty disciplines will be requested. The program is designed in part for those candidates at the Yale School of Medicine that are enrolled in a residency or fellowship program.

For candidates whose decision about selecting Yale School of Medicine for residency or fellowship is tied to the Investigative Medicine Program, application to the program may be made concurrently with application for residency of fellowship training in a clinical department at Yale School of Medicine. Special arrangements will be made for a deferred acceptance by the Graduate School.

STUDENT STIPENDS
For admission to the program, applicants must have two years of guaranteed stipend support. The majority of student stipends during the first two years in the program are covered by T32 training grants to a subspecialty section/department. In other cases, stipends are provided by the department, or as part of the residency training program. Most students in the program are US citizens or permanent residents, permitting support by T32 training grants and application for NIH K awards. During the final years in the program, most students are funded either by grants awarded to the thesis advisor, by government or private foundation fellowships to the students or by external funds.

TUITION
Tuition is covered by funds from training grants and career development (K) awards and/or the medical school and will be guaranteed throughout the course of study, subject to the satisfactory progress toward the Ph.D. degree.