The Pew Charitable Trusts worked through the Foundation for NIH to award grants totaling $225,000 to three postdoctoral fellows at NIH. The Pew Latin American Fellows Program in Biomedical Sciences aims to help develop a generation of highly trained researchers who can stimulate and contribute to the growth of important biomedical research and to foster collaboration between scientists in Latin America and the United States.  

The grants support the salaries of three young scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Cancer Institute for two years of training.

Upon completion of their training, the fellows are eligible for an additional grant payment to purchase essential equipment to continue their research in their home countries.