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The Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine - National Library of Medicine The NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine provides individual awards of up to $10,000 to U.S. citizens and permanent residents to support research in the collection of the National Library of Medicine.
The NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine was established in 2016 with support from The DeBakey Medical Foundation. The NLM collection spans eleven centuries, encompasses a variety of digital and physical formats, and originates from nearly every part of the globe.
It includes the Michael E. DeBakey papers —representing the diverse areas in which DeBakey made a lasting impact, such as surgery, medical education, and health care policy—along with the papers of many other luminaries in science and medicine.
Supported research can be done onsite at the NLM in the NLM Reading Room , or remotely using NLM digital resources, including not only its digitized and born-digital collections but also its datasets. Projects embracing methods and tools of the digital humanities are welcome. Applicants should expect to complete their work according to their proposal and within their fellowship year.
Support for research in collections that are intellectually related to those of the NLM will be considered, but the overall proposed research must be primarily rooted in the NLM collection.
For the 2027 cycle of the fellowship, we welcome applicants justifying support for their research using the NLM collection based on needs such as: dedicated time to complete research and/or writing, including organizing, reviewing, and preparing collected research materials for a scholarly/interpretative publication. securing research and/or technical assistance for data and/or database analyses.
analyzing and interrogating NLM’s digitized collections, web archive collections and/or historical datasets. preparing an open-access scholarly/interpretative digital publication, including work associated with incorporating images, video, audio, and/or manipulatable element(s) intended to enhance access and understanding by readers.
payment of reproduction and/or permission fees for images of unique or rare materials essential for the applicant’s research. We encourage applicants seeking support for digital and data-driven research to consult with the appropriate colleagues in their institution, or the CORE repository of Humanities Commons , to meet the terms of the NIH Public Access Policy for NIH supported work.
Requirements of the Fellowship Fellows receiving an award for onsite research at the NLM are expected to make at least one visit within their fellowship year. Within a year following completion of their research, all fellows are expected to author one guest article for NLM’s Circulating Now blog based on their research. Additionally, NLM Michael E.
DeBakey Fellows are required to: consult with NLM staff to improve the library’s existing finding aids and related resources by enhancing the Library’s knowledge of its collection and ability to provide informed access to it; meet the terms of the NIH Public Access Policy for NIH supported work, and acknowledge the NLM Michael E.
DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine in any resulting publications; respond to requests for interviews and information, in cooperation with the NLM. Selected fellows may be invited to present an annual NLM Michael E. DeBakey Lecture in the History of Medicine, as part of the NLM History Talks .
The application period for the 2026 Fellowship awards has closed. Selected Fellows will be notified and awards announced in December 2025. Watch this page to learn details of the 2027 fellowship cycle.
Congratulations to the 2026 Fellows! Consult the list below for details. The call for applications to the 2027 Fellowship will open in Spring 2026.
Submit all required materials to the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES) via the online application portal by midnight ET, September 30, 2026. Selected fellows will be notified and awards will be announced in December. Any U.S. citizen or permanent resident age eighteen or over, of any academic discipline and status, and who has not previously received this Fellowship, is invited to apply.
Fellowships will be awarded to individual applicants, not to institutions. Group applications will be considered but will be subject to a maximum award of $10,000 for the entire project regardless of the number of participants. Group applications should be submitted under the name of a single principal researcher.
Your application package must include the following: CV including your preferred email address (not more than three pages) Research Project Abstract, Methods, and Anticipated Outcomes, including how you became aware of the NLM DeBakey Fellowship program, a description of any anticipated publications and, if applicable, your planned approach to data preservation (not more than 750 words) Bibliography (not more than two pages, including the specific NLM collections you plan to study, onsite and/or digital, and selected (4-5) key secondary works which directly inform your research) Proposed Research Budget (include all anticipated costs, use the General Services Administration (GSA) Per Diem Rates as a helpful guide for expenses, note that the awarded funding for selected fellows will be based on the expenses listed in the submitted research budget including those based on core needs) Transcript (required for currently enrolled students only) Two Letters of Support (at least one of which must be from someone familiar with the proposed project) Explore NLM historical collections, web archives , and related datasets , and use our research tools .
For all other inquiries e-mail nlm-support@nlm. nih. gov .
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DeBakey Fellows in the History of Medicine Associate Professor, Department of History Colorado State University Research Project: Agriculture as Medicine in an Age of Exploration Doctoral Student, Department of the History of Medicine Research Project: Diagnosing Uncertainty: Non-Specificity, Uncertain Knowledge, and the Management of Autoimmune Diseases Between the Laboratory and the Clinic Professor, Department of History Research Project: Knowledge, Innovation, and Uncertainty in the Evolution of Modern Resuscitation Techniques Associate Professor, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation Research Project: Surgical Humility – Complications, Confidences, and Counsel in the Education of American Cardiovascular Surgeons, 1940–1980 George Washington University Research Project: The Rise of Quarantine in Late Medieval Spain Claire D.
Clark, PhD, MPH Departments of Behavioral Science and History Research Project: Addiction Treatment Research Before and After the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1966: The View from the US Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine Research Project: In the Middle of the Stream: Henry Leber Coit and the Formation of American Pediatrics Brigham and Women's Hospital Research Project: Aid to Thought: A History of the Peripheral Brain in Medicine Research Project: The Success of Female Cardiac Surgeons—A Historic Review of Mentorship Research Project: Oral, Visual, and Textual Cultures of Medicine: An Examination of Early Modern Texts in the Collection of the National Library of Medicine Academic Researcher, Department for History of Science and Pharmacy Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany Research Project: European Medical Sources in the Manuscripts of Ibn Sallūm al-Ḥalabī Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Division of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine University of California, San Francisco Research Project: Dying to Make a Living—A Global History of the Way Work Sickens, Maims, and Kills Professor, Department of Religious Studies Claremont McKenna College Research Project: Democratization of Medicine—Access to Health Care in Early Modern Europe City University of New York Research Project: Conceptualizing Disease and New Approaches to Public Health in Iraq, 1946–1958 Brittany Rhoades, PhD, APRN, CCNS, FCNS Clinical Nurse Specialist, Michael E.
DeBakey Department of Surgery Baylor College of Medicine Research Project: The Heart of Surgery—How the Humanities Influenced Legendary Surgeon Michael E. DeBakey Research Project: “Health Centers Come out of the Cellar”—The United States Public Health Service and the Design of Public Health Centers in Post War America Gatto Chair of Christian Studies St.
Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada Research Project: Medieval Medicine in Transition: The Manuscript Evidence from Twelfth Century England PhD Candidate, Department of History University of Maryland-College Park Research Project: Topic Modeling of Historical Biomedical Technology Research Literature PhD Candidate, Department of History University of Bristol, United Kingdom Research Project: Infant Blindness, A Social History of Retrolental Fibroplasia Marina Pérez de Arcos, DPhil, FRHistS Head of Politics and History, Assistant Professor Forward College—Europe/London School of Economics and Political Science Research Project: Medicine and Diplomacy in and Beyond First World War Camps: Knowledge Transfers, International Humanitarian Law, and Internment Assistant Professor, Department of History and Department of Medical Humanities Research Project: Dying to Bring Life: A Social History of Maternal Deaths in Nigeria PhD Candidate, History of Medicine Johns Hopkins Medical School Research Project: Everyday Medicine: Prescribed Diets in Early Modern China Associate Professor, Steven J.
Green School of International & Public Affairs and Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Florida International University Research Project: Minimal Standards of Adequacy: A History of Health Care in U.S. Prisons Scottie Hale Buehler, CPM, PhD Visiting Research Affiliate, Institute for Historical Studies University of Texas at Austin Research Project: Being and Becoming a Midwife in the French Atlantic (1750–1820) Kirsten Ostherr, PhD, MPH Gladys Louise Fox Professor and Chair, Department of English and Director of the Program in Medical Humanities Research Project: The Visual History of Computational Health Christopher Crenner, MD, PhD Department of the History and Philosophy of Medicine University of Kansas Medical Center Research Project: Ulcers: The Rise and Decline of a Surgical Disease Casa Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Research Project: Global AIDS and Brazil Research Project: Social Determinants of Health in Baltimore Allison A.
Hill-Edgar, MD, MFA Artist and Independent Scholar New York Academy of Art, and the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY Research Project: Reframing Anatomical History Through the Female Body Department of Health Policy and Management Research Project: Mission and Mandate: Biomedical Politics and Science Administration at the National Institutes of Health Christopher J.
Phillips, PhD Carnegie Mellon University Research Project: Number Doctors: Health, Statistics, and the Reformation of Medical Knowledge Research Project: Baghdad and Beirut in Baylor: Surgical Pedagogies and the Internationalization of Medical Education, 1945-1970 Read DeBakey in the Middle East on Circulating Now Michael E.
DeBakey Department of Surgery Baylor College of Medicine Research Project: The Development of the DeBakey Classification of Aortic Dissection Read The Development of the DeBakey Classification of Aortic Dissection on Circulating Now Michael Kronenfeld, MLS, MBA, AHIP, FMLA University Librarian, A. T. Still Memorial Library A.
T. Still University of the Health Sciences Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, PhD Professor Emerita, Arizona State University Research Project: The History of Health Science Librarianship Read Al Gore and the National Library of Medicine on Circulating Now Kelly S.
O’Donnell, PhD College of Humanities and Sciences Thomas Jefferson University Research Project: How the Doctor’s Wife Transformed American Medicine Read MD’s Wife: Subscriptions and Prescriptions About Medical Marriages Across the Twentieth Century on Circulating Now Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine Research Project: Bacteriology and Wound Care during World War II Read Airborne Infection Control in 20-Century Peace and War on Circulating Now Humanities Research Centre Sheffield Hallam University Research Project: Civilian Internment during the First World War: Humanitarian Relief and Medical Interventions Read ‘Barbed-wire disease’ during the First World War on Circulating Now MD/PhD Trainee, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Research Project: The DeBakey Method for Today's Aspiring Surgeon-Scientist Read Letters Shed Light on Huey Long’s Murder Mystery on Circulating Now Professor and Director Emeritus Biomedical Communications Center Research Project: Biomedical Communication: The Evolution of a Paradigm Read From Discovery to Digital Science: The U.S. National Library of Medicine on Circulating Now Undergraduate, Senior, Class of 2018, History Honors Program University of Maryland, College Park Research Project: Understanding Dr. DeBakey’s Development and Implementation of His Aneurysm Repair Methods and External Ventricular Assist Devices Read Sign of the Times: How An Environment for Innovation Helped Transform Cardiovascular Surgery on Circulating Now U.S. Army Center of History and Heritage Research Project: Uncovering Michael DeBakey’s War Years Read Detailing Michael DeBakey’s War Years: Puzzle Pieces on Circulating Now Duke University Medical Center Research Project: Michael E.
DeBakey and his Seminal Role in the Creation, Adoption, and Application of Arterial Repair Read Michael DeBakey and the Education of American Surgeons on Circulating Now President & CEO, GeNO LLC Research Project: Inside the Creative Mind of Dr. Michael E. DeBakey and His Everlasting Impact on Medical Technology Read Inside the Creative Mind of Dr. Michael E.
DeBakey on Circulating Now Scholar-in-Residence, Medical Cultural Heritage Center The Ohio State University Research Project: A Comprehensive Biography of Michael E. DeBakey Read A Time for All Things: Michael E.
DeBakey—The Tulane Years on Circulating Now PhD Candidate in History, Department of the History of Medicine The Johns Hopkins University Research Project: Making Technology Appropriate: Health, Development, and Modernization in the Global Cold War Read Tinkering with Profitability: DeBakey and the Affordable Blood Transfusion Instrument on Circulating Now Assistant Professor of History, Department of History Research Project: Making the Medical Metropolis: Health Care and the Post-Industrial Transformation of Pittsburgh and Houston Read The Power of a Name: Michael DeBakey ad the Changing Business of American Medicine on Circulating Now “ Medical Diagnosis and the Contours of the Carceral State: Health, Power, and Protest in a World War II-Era Prison Hospital ,” in Journal of American History , 111 (4), 2025.
“ Reciprocal Learning Between Military and Civilian Surgeons: Past and Future Paths for Medical Innovation ,” with C. W. Schwab, C.
F. Barker, and A. N.
Naji, in Annals of Surgery , 274 (5), 2021. “ The Influence of European Medical Sources on 17th Century Ottoman Writings ,” in Erken Modern Dönem Osmanlı Tıbbı , ed. E Aksoy, Ankara: Türkiye Klinikleri, 2025.
Of Life and Limb: Surgical Repair of the Arteries in War and Peace, 1880-1960 , Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2019. “ The Role of the American Board of Surgery on the Development of Surgical Residencies in Post World War II America ,” with T. N.
Pappas, in The American Surgeon , 85 (3), 2019. “ Education of American Surgeons and the Rise of Surgical Residencies, 1930-1960 ,” in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences , 73 (3), 2018. “ Faith in Medicine: Christianity’s Legacy of Medical Charity ,” in Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture , 94 (1), 2025.
Uma História Global e Brasileira da Aids, 1986-2021 , Rio de Janeiro: Editora Fiocruz, 2023. Medical Education and the Making of Iraqi Doctors, 1869-1959 , Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2025. “ Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: From an Era of Revolution to an Era of Evolution ,” with A.
L. Huu and J. S.
Coselli, in Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery , 31 (4), 2019. “ Tracing War and Disease in Iraqi Kurdistan: The Meaning of Failure in the Malaria Eradication Campaign, 1953–68 ,” in Social History of Medicine , 2026. Michael Kronenfeld and Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld A History of Medical Libraries and Medical Librarianship From John Shaw Billings to the Digital Era , Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2021.
“ Corpus Christi’s U.S. Army General Hospital No.15, 1918-19 ,” in Journal of America’s Military Past , 45 (1), 2020. “Two Professions, Two Ethics: Brig. Gen. Frederick Blesse and Adapting Military Medicine in World War II,” in Maintaining the High Ground: The Profession and Ethic in Large-Scale Combat Operations , Fort Leavenworth, KS: Army University Press, 2021.
Genius Unbroken: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Charles R. Drew , Georgetown University Press, 2025. A Time for All Things: The Life of Michael E.
DeBakey , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. “ Genesis of an Innovator: Michael E. DeBakey and the Development of the Sleeve-Valve Transfusion Syringe ,” in Journal of the Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science , 1 (1) 2019.
“ Modeling the Epidemiologic Individual ,” in History of the Human Sciences , 0 (0), 2025. “ The History of Statistics in Statistically Valid Regulation ,“ in British Journal for the History of Science Themes , 2026. The Medical Metropolis: Health Care and Economic Transformation in Pittsburgh and Houston , Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019.
“ Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Reflections from the Covid Era on Social Knowledge and Medical Thinking in Adolf Lukas Vischer’s ‘Barbed Wire Disease’ ," in Immigrants & Minorities , 2024 Civilian Internment during the First World War: A European and Global History, 1914-1920 , London: Palgrave, 2019.
Birth Politics: Colonial Power, Medical Pluralism, and Maternity in Nigeria , Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025. NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship | Circulating Now Michael E.
DeBakey (1908–2008) was a legendary American surgeon, educator, humanitarian, and medical statesman. During a career spanning 75 years, his work transformed cardiovascular surgery, raised medical education standards, and informed national health care policy.
He pioneered dozens of operative procedures such as aneurysm repair, coronary bypass, and endarterectomy, which routinely save thousands of lives each year, and performed some of the first heart transplants. His inventions included the roller pump (a key component of heart-lung machines) as well as artificial hearts and ventricular assist pumps.
He was a driving force in building Houston’s Baylor University College of Medicine into a premier medical center, where he trained several generations of top surgeons from all over the world.
He was a visionary supporter of the NLM, playing a pivotal role in its transformation from the Armed Forces Medical Library in the 1950s, in the establishment of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine in the 1960s (today called the Network of the National Library of Medicine), in launching NLM outreach initiatives in the 1990s, and in promoting the digitization of its indexes to pre-1960s journal articles.
Learn more about Michael E. DeBakey from NLM’s Profiles in Science . Last Reviewed: May 28, 2026
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Any U. S. citizen or permanent resident age eighteen or over, of any academic discipline and status, and who has not previously received this Fellowship, is invited to apply. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
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