The National Institutes of Health (NIH), in collaboration with mHIMSS, will host the NIH mHealth Training Institute at the 2012 mHealth Summit on December 1-2. The mHealth Institute is designed to provide behavioral and social scientists tools to successfully add mobile health technologies to their research in a collaborative team environment with mentorship from leaders in the fields of engineering, medicine and the behavioral and social sciences.  Learn more

A limited number of scholarships, sponsored by the mHealth Summit, are available for early career researchers. Potential scholarship candidates must meet the following criteria:

• Be within 5 years of terminal doctoral degree (PhD, ScD, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.)
• Currently in a non-tenure track position (post-doc, residency, lectureship, etc)
• Be able to demonstrate financial need (see below)

To apply for the scholarship, please submit the following items:

• Current curriculum vita or resume
• Essay of no more than 600 words describing why you would benefit from the training
• Letter from a supervisor (mentor, chair, dean etc.) highlighting your need for a scholarship

Combine All three requirements into one PDF and send to mHealth.training@mail.nih.gov