HHMI will make annual payments during the four years of the grants. Proposals were invited from 205 research and doctorate-granting universities. The 191 proposals received were reviewed by a panel of distinguished scientists and educators to provide guidance to HHMI's staff, which submitted a recommended list of awards to the Institute's' Trustees for their approval. Every year the Institute hosts a conference at which program directors from several dozen colleges and universities get together with other HHMI grantees to share experiences and trade ideas. The sessions are spirited, bringing together many of the country's most innovative and dedicated professors of biology and related disciplines.
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