The Bonner Foundation is pleased to announce a new partnership with Vanderbilt University’s Department of Biostatistics to support Bonner students and alumni on their journey with graduate education.
Adding to the growing consortium of the Bonner Foundation’s graduate school partnerships, the new partnership with Vanderbilt’s Department of Biostatistics is mutually beneficial and furthers the missions of both the Biostatistics Graduate Program and the Bonner Foundation. Bonner students and alumni receive financial assistance, such as application fee waivers, to alleviate the economic barriers to pursuing a graduate degree. While Vanderbilt University’s Biostatistics Graduate Program connects to a talented pool of predominantly low-income, first-generation students who are civically-minded, high-achieving and contribute significantly to their campuses' and communities' culture of service and higher learning.
Simon Vandekar, Director of Graduate Recruitment for the Department of Biostatistics at Vanderbilt University, said, "I am really excited at the opportunity to enrich our student body by recruiting Bonner Scholar and Bonner Leaders who can learn to apply biostatistical tools to engage and enrich their communities."
Vanderbilt University’s Biostatistics Graduate Program trains flexible thinkers to become leaders in academia, industry, and government. It features rigorous classroom training, real-world apprenticing, exceptional computational preparation, and one-to-one mentoring in the theory, methodology, and application of biostatistics in biomedical research. Vanderbilt Biostatistics is among the top 15 programs in the nation (per US News & World Report).
MS students receive an 80% tuition remission. PhD students are guaranteed full funding, which includes a 12-month stipend, a full tuition waiver, and student health insurance. Bonner Scholars and Bonner Leaders are eligible for an application fee waiver; see our Application Process page for details.
“It is critical for our collective future to support and build pathways for civically engaged STEM students. Adding to the many reasons we are excited to add Vanderbilt University’s Biostatistics Graduate Program to the Bonner Foundation’s portfolio of graduate school partnerships,” said Liz Brandt, Community Engagement Director at The Bonner Foundation, who helps build and sustain the Bonner Foundation’s graduate school partnerships.
Learn more about the program at Vanderbilt’s Department of Biostatistics website, and apply by January 15 to be considered for the following fall.