The EID Fellowship is a bad program in my opinion. I applied last year, and so they invited the finalists and told us around 40 people would be chosen. When we got to the conference, they sprung it on us that funding had been cut and only 20 would be chosen. Furthermore, I was surprised to find out from many of the previous participants that there were a lot of hindrances to letting them get involved in the labs. You really don't have a decision about where you will be placed (they could send you to any state public health laboratory in the country, let you stay in Atlanta, or go to some other random lab). Don't dare tell them that you want to go to medical school in your interview. They will jump all over that considering they really want people to do it for several years. I was totally unimpressed.
