Funding Opportunities
Travel Funds
2009 STFM NorthEast Region Meeting
The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine's Northeast Region Meeting is being held in Rye Brook, New York from October 30 - November 1, 2009. Students who are interested in attending can apply for a scholarship to help cover tuition, meals and overnight accommodations at the Rye Town Hilton in Rye Brook, New York.
Eligible Applicants: All medical students
2009 STFM NorthEast Region Meeting
58th annual session of the University of Utah School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies – Training Scholarship
The University of Utah is providing assistance for medical students who wish to attend the Physicians Section of the 58th annual session of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies to be held from June 21 – 26, 2009. Assistance to attend this training session includes $390 for tuition, $180 housing allowance in dormitory housing and up to $350 travel allowance. Sessions include general and group sessions for training. Scholarships are awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis to qualified students and applications should be submitted as soon as possible.
Eligible Applicants: All medical students
58th annual session of the University of Utah School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies – Training Scholarship
Annual Senior Medical Student Travel Award
This is a travel award for students interested in attending The 25th Annual Schizophrenia Conference being held at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine on Friday, November 21st, 2008. This conference is the nation's longest running scientific meeting devoted to exploring research findings related to schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Awardees will receive $150 as well as have their travel and lodging expenses covered.
Eligible Applicants: Medical Students
Deadline: October 6
Contact: Send a one-page statement outlining your interest in schizophrenia and e-mail it to:
Dr. Jason Rosenstock, Director of Medical Student Education
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Office of Medical Student Education, TDH Room E-505
3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
e-mail: rosenstockjb@upmc.edu
Annual Senior Medical Student Travel Award
Charles Carpenter Traveling Fellowship
This medical student travel fund has been established to honor Dr. Charles Carpenter, Professor of Medicine and Principal Investigator Center for AIDS Research. The fellowship assists to defray the expenses incurred by Brown medical students attending national meetings.
The Charles Carpenter Traveling Fellowship is available to medical students who have been selected to attend national meetings in which they are presenting (oral or posters). The student MUST be the first author on the abstract. This award can be up to $500 per student and should be used for: Accommodations, Transportation, Conference fees, & General travel expenses.
The student will be required to submit original receipts upon completion of travel.
Eligible Applicants: If you would like to apply for this fellowship, please include your abstract, the letter of acceptance from the conference you plan to attend, a detailed report listing your financial requirements and a listing of all other fellowships, scholarships or grants already received for conference attendance.
Deadline: Rolling
Contact: Alexandra Morang
Director of Medical Student Affairs
Ph: 401-863-1616 / Alexandra_Morang@Brown.edu
Dean's Scholars Travel Grants
Brown Dept: Medical School-Medical Student Senate
Up to $250 travel awards to pursue scholarly projects. (10 per academic year)
Deadline: Rolling
Contact: Alexandra Morang
Director of Medical Student Affairs
Ph: 401-863-1616 / Alexandra_Morang@brown.edu.
Foreign Studies Fellowship
Brown Dept: International Health Institute
The Foreign Studies Fellowship travel award supports students who are interested in global health through engagement in scholarly research, clinical activities, or advocacy. PLME, MD, and MPH students with a focus on international health are encouraged to write proposals for travel funding from this program. Each year, the program awards a small number of competitive travel grants to students with particularly meritorious foreign study plans.
Deadlines:
February 1 for study planned for following fall semester
May 1 for study planned for fall or spring/summer semester
November 1 for study planed for following summer and fall semesters
Eligible Applicants: PLME and medical students
Deadline: February 1, May 1, November 1
Foreign Studies Fellowship
Framework in Global Health Scholarship
The Framework in Global Health at Brown University has funds available to sponsor a student up to $3,500 to support global health research, service and advocacy activities directly linked to Brown faculty scholarly projects. These scholarships will allow students to work on global health issues in foreign sites for a minimum of 10 weeks. Those receiving the scholarship will be required to participate in regular group meetings with other Scholars and faculty both before and after the proposed activities. The maximum of $3,500 is to be used for travel, living costs, and expenses related to the conduct of the proposed activity.
Applicants must
1. Demonstrate interests and/or engaged in activities related to global health
2. Taken or propose to take academic courses in preparation for global health work
3. Propose a plan for global health work with scholarly activity related to research, service, or advocacy
4. Describe the Brown faculty mentoring for the proposed global health activity and provide letter of support from the mentor.
Eligible Applicants: Any student interested in activities related to global health.
Deadline: November 1 and February 1, 2009
Contact: For more information, please contact:
Susan Cu-Uvin, MD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
401-793-4775 / scu-uvin@lifespan.org
or
Stephen McGarvey, PhD, MPH
Professor of Community Health
401-863-1354 / Stephen_McGarvey@brown.edu
Framework in Global Health Scholarship
Fulbright U.S. Student Programs
Brown Dept: Dean of the College Fellowship Office
The Fulbright Program, sponsored by the United States Information Agency and administered by the Institute of International Education, is the U.S. Government's premier scholarship program, enabling students and artists to conduct research or study in over 140 countries around the world. Congress created the Fulbright Program in 1946, right after World War II; the broad mission of the program is to foster mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchange.
Eligible Applicants: Must hold at least a bachelor's degree.
Deadline: October 19, 2009
Fulbright U.S. Student Programs
Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship
Brown Dept: Dean of the College Fellowship Office
In keeping with the mission of the organization, the primary purpose of the Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries. Students and recent graduates apply for Foundation Scholarships to study or train in any country that has Rotary clubs. Rotary International has clubs in all the major industrial nations, plus a large number of developing countries such as American Samoa, Chad, Malta, Thailand, and Djibouti.
Eligible Applicants: Undergraduates and Graduate students
Deadline: Varies by Rotary Foundation
Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship
The Osler Library Research Travel Grant
The Osler Library of the History of Medicine at McGill University in Montreal is offering a travel grant to assist scholars who wish to use the resources of this library. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae with a description of their project and specify relevance of the Osler Library holdings in order to receive the grant of $1,500 (Canadian).
Eligible Applicants: Any individual interested in the arts and humanities of medical history
Deadline: December 31, 2009
The Osler Library Research Travel Grant
The Tung Van Dinh, M.D. Memorial Travel Scholarship
This scholarship offered through the Vietnamese American Medical Association (VAMA) is intended to encourage medical students and residents to learn about health care in developing countries. Funds will support one recipient per year to travel to and complete a project in a developing country as part of the elective curriculum of the medical school or residency. The project must be completed prior to graduation/end of residency of the funds will be returned for future VAMA scholarships. Maximum support is $2,500 per project and requires a written report to be completed within 60 days at the end of the project.
Eligible Applicants: Any medical student or resident
Deadline: June 30, 2009
The Tung Van Dinh, M.D. Memorial Travel Scholarship
Travel Scholarships
A limited amount of funds are available through the Student Affairs Office to support travel to professional conferences. Priority is given to students presenting their work and/or representing Brown in a leadership capacity.
Deadline: Rolling
Contact: Alexandra Morang
Director of Medical Student Affairs
Ph: 401-863-1616 / Alexandra_Morang@brown.edu.
Vietnamese American Medical Association (VAMA) Scholarship Program
The VAMA is providing financial assistance to needy medical students for those interested in serving the Vietnamese American community and encourage participation and leadership in the Association. A total of five scholarships will be awarded in the amount of $1,000.00. Students should demonstrate a strong interest in serving the Vietnamese community in the US when training is completed.
Eligible Applicants: Enrolled as third year medical student and already receiving financial aid from the university.
Deadline: June 30, 2009
Vietnamese American Medical Association (VAMA) Scholarship Program
Other
2010 National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students Scholarship Program
Applications are being accepted for the Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students conference scheduled for July 30-31 at the Kansas City Convention Center. Various scholarships exist in the amount of $600 in order to attend this conference.
Eligible Applicants: must be a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Deadline: May
2010 National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students Scholarship Program
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Service Project Award
The Alpha Omega Alpha organization is offering $2,000 for a student service project benefiting the medical school or the local community, and to recognize students who dedicate their time and effort to these endeavors. This award is renewable for a second year up to $1000 and a third up to $500 to fund the project.
Eligible Applicants: All medical students
Deadline: Rolling
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Service Project Award
American Federation for Aging Research
The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) is offers a variety of grants for medical students. The AFAR serves as a reference for various grant programs available for anyone interested in aging research.
Eligible Applicants: Varies
Deadline: Varies
American Federation for Aging Research
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Student-Initiated Projects
Students may apply for a grant application up to $5,000 for a research project. Proposals should include a one-page letter of intent describing the objectives of the project and a clear description of the project, methods, participants and proposed funding and timeframe. Proposals should not exceed 5 pages and should fall within the Gold Foundation's areas of interest.
Eligible Applicants: Any medical student
Deadline: Feb 11 for decision by April 15 / May 13 for decision by July 15 / Aug 12 for decision by Oct 15 / Nov 4 for decision by Jan 15
Contact: Proposals should be sent to the attention of:
Director of Programs
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation
619 Palisade Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Student-Initiated Projects
Basic and Translational Research Program
The Basic and Translational Research (BTR) Program at the Alpert Medical School gives first year students the opportunity to work with faculty and their research projects during the summer between years one and two on topics such as the molecular basis and pathobiology of cardiovascular, blood, pulmonary diseases and related conditions, and/or the outcomes of prevention and treatment of these diseases. This project is funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and is a longitudinal (four year) experience that includes a mentored research experience and required didactic training. First year medical students who are accepted into the BTR Program will receive a summer stipend of $4,370. Students may elect to do this research as part of a Scholarly Concentration. Please see the website for a list of thirty-two faculty members and their research interests who have agreed to be preceptors for this program.
Eligible Applicants: First year medical students only
Deadline: February 24, 2010
Contact: For additional information please contact Dean Gruppuso (Philip_Gruppuso@brown.edu)
Basic and Translational Research Program
Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship
An 8-10 week summer opportunity sponsored by Alpha Omega Alpha for clinical investigation, basic lab research, epidemiology or social science/health service research. Awards are in the amount of $5,000.
Eligible Applicants: Year I, II & III students. Candidates for PhD or MD/PhD not eligible.
Deadline: December 31, 2009
Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship
Charles River District Medical Society
The Charles River District medical Society Scholarship Program is available to any medical student who is a legal resident of one of the five towns comprising the district: Needham, Newton, Waltham, Wellesley, and Weston, MA. Student must be a first year.
Deadline: April
Contact: Mawya Shocair, MD (781-899-8778) for more information.
Community Involvement & Leadership Population-Based Research Scholarships
The Kaiser Permanente group is awarding six scholarships in one of two categories involving Community Involvement and/or Leadership Population-Based Research. Students must have demonstrated commitment and achievement in one of these areas and be interested in seeking a residency in Northern California. Students should also be able to participate in a one-month clerkship at a Kaiser Permanente facility in Northern California during their fourth year.
Eligible Applicants: Third year student in good standing expected to graduate in Spring 2010.
Deadline: March 1, 2009
Kaiser Permanente Scholarships
Dean's Scholars Independent Study Fund
This fund provides small independent study grants to medical students. During the AY10 funding cycle, two projects will be funded up to $850. Typically these funds are used to pay for research supplies. Proposals should follow a traditional scientific forward including background and literature review, methodology and methods of analysis. Awardees must submit receipts for expenditures and a report before the end of the fiscal year as these funds do not carry over into the following fiscal year. Awardees are also required to submit a written final report of their project.
Eligible Applicants: All medical students
Deadline: Rolling
Contact: Requests for funding should be sent to Nicole Hollingshead (Nicole_Hollingshead@Brown.edu)
Dr. Hugh Mahoney Scholarship Program
The Dr. Hugh Mahoney Scholarship, sponsored by the Middlesex North District Medical Society, is available to any medical school student who is enrolled and has completed one year at an accredited medical school in the United States or Canada.
Eligible Applicants: Applicants must be a legal resident of one of the following towns comprising the district: Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Lowell, Pepperell, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford.
Contact: Colleen A. Hennessey
Middlesex North District Medical Society
Ph: (800) 944-5562
FAX: (781) 464-4823
Grand Challenges in Global Health – Phase IV
The Grand Challenges fosters innovation in global health research through the commitment of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This Round 4 program is focusing on four areas: create new technologies for contraception, create new ways to induce and measure mucosal immunity, create low-cost diagnostics for Priority Global Health Conditions, Create new ways to protect against infectious disease.
Eligible Applicants: All medical students
Deadline: November 2, 2009
Grand Challenges in Global Health – Phase IV
Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship
The award is given to 5 outstanding students entering their third year of medical school who have shown leadership in efforts to eliminate inequities in medical education and health care and demonstrated leadership efforts in addressing educational, societal, and health care needs of minorities in the United States. Each recipient receives a $5,000 scholarship in November of the year the scholarships are awarded.
Eligible Applicants: Entering the third-year of medical school.
Deadline: May 1, 2009
Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship
IDSA Education and Research Foundation
An important part of IDSA's mission is to promote the subspecialty of infectious diseases by attracting the best and brightest medical students to the field. To further this goal, the IDSA Education and Research Foundation offers summer scholarships to medical students with mentorship by an IDSA member or fellow. Students in any year of medical school are eligible for this award. The scholarship activity must focus on pediatric or adult infectious diseases and may involve either clinical or research activities.
Each scholarship recipient will receive $2,000. The majority of the funding will be provided in July at the beginning of the scholarship activity.
Contact: Rebecca Dotson
rdotson@idsociety.org
(703) 299-0200.
Joan F. Giambalvo Memorial Scholarship Funds - AMA and WPC
The AMA and the AMA Women Physicians Congress (WPC) has established the Joan F. Giambalvo Memorial Scholarship Fund to advance the progress of women in the medical profession and identify the needs of women physicians and medical students. Research supported by this fund is essential in evaluating the impact of these issues regarding women in the medical work force, facilitating understanding of future practice needs and helping the AMA better serve women members. Applicants may be male or female and work alone or collaboratively. The award is for a maximum of $10,000.
Eligible Applicants: All medical students
Deadline: February 15, 2010
Joan F. Giambalvo Memorial Scholarship Funds - AMA and WPC
Medical Student Research Projects in Geriatrics
The Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research at Brown University, funded by a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, is offering seed grants for medical student curriculum development projects in geriatrics. Students enrolled in the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University are eligible to apply. Students who are doing scholarly concentrations in aging or have curriculum SAs from the Reynolds Program are eligible to apply, but the seed grant proposal must be different from the scholarly concentration project or SA. Each grant will need an identified faculty member who will serve as an advisor to the project. Awards will be up to $1,000. Awards are for one year. Budgets should be planned according to this timeframe. Unused funds will be transferred back to The Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research. The Awards are not transferable to other institutions. The overall merit of the project will be considered and evaluated by the Director of the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research and a selection committee.
Contact: Renee Shield at Renee_Shield@brown.edu
National Health Service Corps Scholarship
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) is recruiting over 4,000 new clinicians over the next two years who are seeking a once in a lifetime experience to serve in our Nation's needy communities. The NHSC can assist aspiring physicians who and are ready, willing, and able to answer this call to service by paying for their medical education in exchange for practicing at one of many NHSC sites across the country. Under the NHSC Scholarship Program, the NHSC pays tuition and provides a monthly stipend for the student's living expenses. After residency training, the new physician will serve at an approved NHSC site.
Eligible Applicants: Enrolled in an accredited training program and committed to practicing primary care at an approved site in one of the designated Health professional Shortage Areas
Application Months: April
National Health Service Corps Scholarship
Orazio DiMauro Foundation
This foundation is for any student studying engineering or medicine who is a resident of the greater Bridgeport, CT area (including Trumbull, Monroe, Easton, Fairfield, Shelton, & Stratford) who demonstrates financial need. A student can receive an award of up to $3,500.
Deadline: April
Contact: Applications can be secured from the Orazio DiMauro Foundation, 545 Stratfield Rd, Fairfield, CT 06432 or by email at ifidi@aol.com.
PACC Funds
The Patient Advocacy Coordinating Council (PACC) may have resources to fund student projects that support and promote the rights of the patient in the health care arena and the community at large. Activities can take a number of different forms, such as improving health care access for individuals and families through direct patient care, working with legislators to develop effective health policies, and empowering communities to take action about health-related issues through outreach and education.
Contact: Nilay Patel, MD 2012 (Nilay_Patel@brown.edu) or Joelle Karlik, MD 2012 (Joelle_Karlik@brown.edu)
PACC Funds
Petersen Fund
The Dr. Veronica Petersen '55 and Dr. Robert A. Petersen Educational Enhancement Fund supports innovative service or research initiatives designed to have a positive impact on individuals, families, and communities. These projects may positively serve a community by, for example, generating insights into barriers to quality health care or devising a solution to a recognized problem. The Fund encourages students to undertake projects in the United States or abroad that not only will foster their own development and enrich their educational experience but, just as importantly, will enable them to give back to the community at large. Such socially relevant projects embody the Alpert Medical School's mission of producing physicians and scientists who view medicine as a human service profession, as well as its tradition of student activism. In addition to support for larger projects, smaller amounts will be available to supplement projects that are in keeping with the goals of the Fund. Upon completion of projects, recipients are expected to share results and insights with peers and colleagues via a presentation, publication or other means, thereby making a concrete contribution to the Alpert Medical School community.
Eligible Applicants: All medical students
Deadline: October 28, 2009
Contact: Zoila Quezada
Manager Minority Affairs Coordinator
Zoila_Quezada@brown.edu / (401) 863-2364
RI Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Funds for Summer Projects
AHEC is looking to fund 12-15 health profession student projects for this summer. Community-based health care projects that support the RI AHEC mission can receive up-to $3,000. This organization is eager to work with students to address health care disparities and health care access issues for underserved populations.
Eligible Applicants: Medical students
Deadline: April 3, 2009
Contact: Robert M. Trachtenberg, MS
Associate Director, Rhode Island AHEC Program
Alpert Medical School
Box G-A4
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: 401-528-3261
Fax: 401-528-3211
robert_trachtenberg@brown.edu
RI Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Funds for Summer Projects
Seed Grant Research Program
The American Medical Association Foundation is providing $2,500 to conduct research in the areas of Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Disease, HIV/AIDS, Leukemia, Neoplastic Disease and Secondhand Smoke.
Eligible Applicants: Medical students, physician residents and fellows.
Deadline: December 11, 2009
Seed Grant Research Program
Summer Research Assistantships in Emergency Medicine
Three Summer Research Assistantships in Emergency Medicine (SRA–EM) are available annually on a competitive basis to PLME or medical students. Students who are awarded an assistantship carry out their research project at a Brown-affiliated hospital between June and August, under the supervision and mentorship of a Brown emergency medicine faculty member (Instructor rank or above).
For the 10-week period, medical students will be paid a stipend of $3,500. Other employment is usually not authorized during the defined work-week tenure of the assistantship, and academic credit cannot be obtained for work performed under this form of support. It is permissible to use the research done during an assistantship as an element of a thesis to be presented toward a degree, and to obtain academic credit if the student decides to develop and continue the project as independent research during the academic year. Favorable consideration for an SRA–EM is based on a well-delineated research program involving experimental methods and hypotheses which are appropriate to the student's educational and research background.
Eligible Applicants: First year medical students
Deadline: February
Contact: For more information, please contact:
Anne Cushing-Brescia, MD
Director, SRA Program
Hilary Sweigart
Manager, SRA Program
Additional information can be obtained by calling (401) 863-9790 or 863-3133
Summer Research Assistantships in Emergency Medicine
Teaching Assistant Positions
The Office of Summer and Continuing Studies may have funded teaching assistant positions for intensive introduction to medicine courses for high school students.
Contact: Office of Summer and Continuing Studies
Box T
Attn: Maria Byerly
(401) 863-6216
Maria_Byerly@brown.edu
Worcester District Medical Society Scholarship Fund
The Worcester District Medical Society is offering a scholarship award to a medical student who is in financial need and is a legal resident of Central Massachusetts (please visit their website for a listing of eligible cities and towns). Along with an application, students should submit his/her current transcript, two letters of recommendation and an essay stating reasons for selecting a career in medicine and why they deserve this award.
Eligible Applicants: second-, third- or fourth-year student enrolled in medical school who is a legal resident of Central Massachusetts.
Deadline: July 31, 2009
Worcester District Medical Society Scholarship Fund