Programs

Application Fee Waiver Requirements

Application Fee Waiver Information 

Eligibility 

Application Fee Waivers are available for applicants to MMI graduate programs (PhD, ScM, MHS) who: 

  • Are U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents and meet additional eligibility criteria (see below). 

Prospective MMI students who do not meet the above criteria may still request an application fee waiver by providing a justification. 

How to Apply for an Application Fee Waiver 

  • E-mail Professor Alan Scott with your request at ascott5@jhu.edu
  • Include “SOPHAS Fee  Waiver" in the subject line of your email. 

Deadlines by Program for the Application Fee Waiver 

  • PhD applicants: Request must be submitted by November 15, 2024.
  • MHS and ScM applicants: Request must be submitted by May 1, 2025.

Important: Application Fee Waivers must be issued before submitting your application. Reimbursements cannot be provided under any circumstances. 
 

Applicants are Eligible for an Application Fee Waiver for one of these reasons: 

  • Documented financial hardship  - OR -
     
  • Attendance at a VTSI-eligible undergraduate institution (review list of eligible MSIs here)
  • Application to an eligible VTSI PhD program (review list of eligible VTSI PhD programs here)

  • Participation in one of the programs or organizations below:  

    Attendance at Annual Biomedical Research Conferences for Minority Students (ABRCMS) 

    Attendance at Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

    HHMI Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP)

    AAAS Entry Point!

    Explore Hopkins (EHOP) Program

    GEM Fellowship Program

    Attendance at Neuroscience Outreach Program

    Johns Hopkins Basic Science Institute Summer Internship Program (BSI SIP)

    Johns Hopkins Biophysics Research for Baltimore Teens (BRBT / CSM)

    Johns Hopkins Centro SOL Programa de Verano para Jóvenes (Centro SOL)

    Johns Hopkins Doctoral Diversity Program (DDP)

    Johns Hopkins Foundation for Advanced Research in the Medical Services (FARMS)

    Johns Hopkins Generation Tomorrow: Summer Health Disparity Scholars Johns Hopkins Initiative for Careers in Science and Medicine (CSM)

    Johns Hopkins Institute for Computational Medicine (ICM)

    Johns Hopkins Neuroscience Scholars Program (JHNSP)

    Johns Hopkins Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program(PREP)

    Johns Hopkins Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Summer Internship Program (PCCM)

    Johns Hopkins Summer Academic Research Experience (SARE / CSM)

    Laureates and Leaders Program

    Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program

    Medical Education Resources Initiative for Teens (MERIT Baltimore)

    Health Leadership Academy Meyerhoff Scholarship Program Minority Access Research Careers (MARC)

    Minority Biomedical Research Support Program (RISE)

    National Science Foundation Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation program (LSAMP)

    NIGMS Post Baccalaureate Research Education Program

    Project 1000

    Ronald McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program

    Rosetta Commons Research Experience for Undergraduates

    National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChe)

    National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP)

    National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP)

    U.S. Military

    Yellow Ribbon Program