Penn Surgery has a summer fellowship program that can include research as a component of the experience. It is an eight-week fellowship for MS1 students during the summer following the first year of medical school. This unique program affords pre-clinical students the opportunity to interact one-on-one with a surgeon on the Penn Faculty, learning about his or her day-to-day activities and helping out in the operating room, office and laboratory. The specifics of the projects involved are left to the discretion of the surgeon and student, though the student must put together a presentation summarizing the experience for the Agnew meeting of the following school.

The department provides a stipend ($2,000) for the six-week period, and applications are judged on the strength of the proposed projects as well as the students expressed interest in surgery. Contact Dr. Rachel Kelz at rachel.kelz@uphs.upenn.edu with questions. For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/surgery/dse/medicalstudents/agnew/FirstYearFellowship.html.

The purpose of the fellowships is to stimulate interest in research among medical students. Areas of research may include clinical investigation, basic research, epidemiology, and social science/health service research. Students must be in their 1st, 2nd or 3rd year.  The award can fund Scholarly Pursuit.  International research projects are generally eligible (students doing a year out of research internationally may be eligible to apply - check with the Combined Degree Office before applying).   Each fellowship provides $5,000 to the student. Applications must be submitted by January 2nd to the Combined Degree Office, not directly to AOA.  Dr. Jon Morris, Penn's AOA Chapter Councillor, will work with a selection committee to choose the most promising application. This will then be forwarded to AOA for a final funding decision. For more information, visit:  http://www.alphaomegaalpha.org/programs/StudentResearchPrize.htm. 
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The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Summer Fellowships are awarded to medical students who wish to pursue basic science or clinical research in such areas as physiology of allergic disease, cell membrane receptors, pharmacology of allergy and inflammation, basic cellular and molecular immunology, AIDS, other topics pertinent to the understanding of allergic and immune mechanisms of disease, and optimizing health care of asthma.  For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.aaaai.org/members/grants_awards/aaaaigrantsawards/fellowship_medical_student_grant.pdf (basic science) or http://www.aaaai.org/members/grants_awards/aaaaigrantsawards/medical_student_grants.pdf (clinical).

The AACAP Jeanne Spurlock Minority Medical Student Clinical Fellowship, supported by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), offers a unique opportunity for up to 14 minority medical students to explore a career in child and adolescent psychiatry, gain valuable work experience, and meet leaders in the child and adolescent psychiatry field. The fellowship opportunity provides funding for 8-12 weeks of clinical training under a child and adolescent psychiatrist mentor. Participants are required to attend the AACAP Annual Meeting to present their clinical training experiences in a new research poster session. (Complimentary registration and travel reimbursement for the Annual Meeting are included in addition to the fellowship stipend.)   For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/research_and_training_awards/jeanne_spurlock_minority_medical_student_
clinical_fellowship_in_child_and_adolescent_psychiatry

The AACAP Jeanne Spurlock Minority Medical Student Research Fellowship in Drug Abuse and Addiction, supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), offers a unique opportunity for minority medical students to explore a research career in substance abuse in relation to child and adolescent psychiatry, gain valuable work experience, and meet leaders in the child and adolescent psychiatry field. The fellowship opportunity provides funding for 8-12 weeks of summer research under a child and adolescent psychiatrist researcher/mentor. Participants are required to attend the AACAP Annual Meeting to present their research in a new research poster session. (Complimentary registration and travel reimbursement for the Annual Meeting are included in addition to the fellowship stipend.) For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/research_and_training_awards/jeanne_spurlock_research_fellowship_in_drug_
abuse_and_addiction_for_minority_medical_students.

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) through the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) is pleased to announce the new AANS Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (MSSRF) program, beginning summer 2007. The fellowship is open to medical students in the United States or Canada who have completed one or two years of medical school and wish to spend a summer (minimum of two months) working in a neurosurgical laboratory, mentored by a neurosurgical investigator who is a member of the AANS and will sponsor the student. Fifteen Medical Student Summer Research Fellowships at $2,500 each will be available each year but only one fellowship will be awarded per school. For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.aans.org/otheresearch/med_student_research.asp.

The ADHF will offer up to 20 awards for high school, undergraduate, medical or graduate students performing research in the areas of digestive diseases or nutrition for a minimum of 10 weeks. The faculty mentor must be an individual member of the American Gastroenterological Association.  For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.fdhn.org/html/pdf/descriptions/StudentResearchFellowshipAwardDescription.pdf

The AFAR program provides medical students, early in their training, with an enriching experience in aging-related research and geriatrics, under the mentorship of top experts in the field.  Students participate in an eight-to twelve-week structured research, clinical, and didactic program in geriatrics.  Students may train at an NIA-supported Nantional Training Center or, for a limited number of medical schools, at their own institution. The total stipend level will be prorated based on the duration of each individual scholarship. For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.afar.org/medstu.html.

The AHA/ASA student scholarships in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease enable medical student scholars to carry out research projects related to cardiovascular disease, stroke and basic science. It is intended that students devote a block of several months time, or intermittent periods of longer duration, to a given project. The minimum full-time commitment is two months. AHA will consider up to 5 applicants from Penn.  If more than 5 students wish to apply, a committee of Penn faculty will review applications and select the top 5 to go forward and apply directly to AHA.  AHA will typically select one of these students for funding. To apply, visit: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3018378.

The American Medical Association Foundation awards grants to medical students and residents to help them conduct small projects in applied and clinical research. The AMA supports these research areas:  arthritis and rheumatism, cardiovascular/pulmonary disease, HIV/AIDS, leukemia, neoplastic diseases and neurological disorders. The award can support research-related expenses including lab supplies, poster printing, software, and travel for international research.  It can't be used for a stipend or for other administrative costs.  For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7785.html.

The American Osler Society's William B. Bean Student Research Award supports research in the broad areas of medical history and medical humanism. The award is stipended and additional money may be available to support travel to the annual meeting. Selection criteria are as follows: 1) the project should deal with medical history and/or medical humanities, 2) the goal should be stated clearly, 3) the goal should be realistic, 4) the applicant should demonstrate familiarity with relevant literature, 5) originality and 6) scholarly approach. A letter of support from a faculty sponsor who will assume responsibility for planning and guidance of the fellowship must accompany the application form. For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.americanosler.org.

The sponsor provides support to enable a medical student to perform active supervised laboratory or clinical research designed to clarify our understanding of Parkinson's disease, its nature, manifestations, etiology, or treatment.  Eligible applicants are full time medical students in good academic standing in an approved U.S. medical school.  Proposed research must be performed in a university medical center or a recognized research institute in the U.S. and sponsored by a full-time faculty person or established institute scientist.  Either laboratory or clinical research or a combination may be acceptable.  For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.apdaparkinson.org/user/ViewFellowshipAndGrants.asp.

The PMRTP is for underrepresented minority medical students to engage in basic or clinical research including neuroscience, genetics, pharmacology, cognitive behavioral, social sciences, clinical psychiatry and mental health services research.  Training takes place at research-intesive departments psychiatry in U.S. medical schools and at other appropriate sites.  Students can receive support from two months to one year.  For more information and to apply, visit http://www.psych.org/research/apire/pmrtp5302.cfm?.

The American Skin Association invites applications from medical students who are working actively in areas related to melanoma/skin cancer.  Funds may be used for support of a new or ongoing research/clinical investigation project.  A progress report and an expenditure report are required at the end of the grant period.   Selection of the recipient will be made in early December by the ASA's Medical/Scientific/Policy Advisory Committee. Funding will begin in January of each year, unless otherwise requested.  For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.americanskin.org/frameset.htm?CFID=531878&CFTOKEN=65119857.

The ASH Minority Medical Student Award Program is an 8 - 12 week experience in hematology-related biomedical, behavioral, clinical or social science research for minority students from the United States and Canada in their early years of medical school.  Up to ten participants will be selected each year.  Awardees receive a research stipend, travel and lodging allowance, and a travel allowance to attend the ASH annual meeting.  If you are eligible and interested in applying, please contact Dr. J. Eric Russell ( jeruss@mail.med.upenn.edu), the Penn faculty member who serves as an advisor for applicants to this fellowship. For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.hematology.org/education/awards/mmsap.cfm.

The ASH Trainee Research Award program is a three-month (or equivalent) experience in hematology-related laboratory or clinical research for medical students, residents, and selected undergraduates. (Note: while the award is typically for three months, we have contacted ASH and our understanding is that they are open to applications from first year students, who only have a two month summer available). One award is available to conduct hematology research at Penn. The award includes $4,000 for research support (which can NOT be used for a stipend) and $1,000 for travel to the Society’s annual meeting. The research mentor must be an ASH member.  If you are interested in applying for this fellowship you must contact Dr. Alison Loren (Alison.Loren@uphs.upenn.edu) by February 25.  She is the faculty member at Penn who will coordinate the internal selection process, if we have several students interested in applying.  For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.hematology.org/education/awards/trainee.cfm.

The ASN Student Scholar Grants enable selected medical students with an interest in either basic or clinical research to spend from 10 to 52 weeks engaged in full-time research. The mentor must be an ASN member and must submit a program of study for the applicant. An award period can be a summer, semester, academic year, or other 10-52 week period of continuous full-time research.  Compensation includes a stipend, money for the PI's lab to cover expenses, and travel costs to attend the ASN meeting the year following the research program.  For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.asn-online.org/grants_and_funding/SSG-Grant.aspx.

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care invites 2 medical students to learn clinical pediatric anesthesia and assist with a clinical research project during an 8-week period in the summer. Candidates should be interested in anesthesiology as a possible career path. The exact 8-weeks are flexible.  Funding will be provided. The students will attend daily morning conferences of the Department and learn all aspects of perioperative management of the pediatric surgical patient. Anesthetic skills will include vascular access and airway management, including endotracheal intubation. One hour per day of reading is required. Depending on the student's interests, he or she will be assigned a research mentor and will participate in an ongoing clinical research project, with the potential for publication, depending on the degree of involvement. Interested students should contact Dr. Ron Litman, 215-590-5091, litmanr@email.chop.edu.

The Gold Foundation is accepting applications for the Student Summer Fellowship program. The Student Summer Research Fellowship grants are modeled on NIH short-term training grants, but are awarded for research in community health and cultural competency issues, rather than laboratory work. The Foundation's goal is to provide an opportunity for students to work directly with patients and to become more compassionate, relationship-centered physicians.  The student is expected to carry-out the research under the full-time oversight of a mentor. The research should have the potential to be on-going. A final report is due at the conclusion of the ten weeks.  The grant award includes a stipend for a 10-week period, but the award can be prorated for an 8-week research period.  Alternatively, students can complete the 8-week research period and finish the remaining 2 weeks post-fellowship.   For more information, click here.

In 2004, the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB) initiated a research fellowship for medical students interested in working on a clinical research project during the summer between their first and second years of medical school.  The primary intent of the fellowship is to support medical students to work on campus under the sponsorship of a Penn faculty mentor in the CCEB (includes Senior Scholars and Associate Scholars). To apply, you must submit a 2-3 page research proposal, along with your Curriculum Vitae and a letter of support from the proposed mentor.  The research proposal should include:  a brief description of the clinical problem to be investigated and the specific aims for the project; a basic description of the study design and methods, including sources of data and plans for analysis; and a discussion of the role of the student in the project.  The letter from the proposed mentor should indicate a commitment to supervise the student during the summer fellowship and a brief discussion of what resources are available to support the research activities over the summer.  For more information, click here.  Complete applications should be submitted to Dr. John T. Farrar at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, c/o Felicia Oliver, 808 Blockley Hall, 215-573-6116.  Two to four fellowships will be awarded annually in the form of a $1500 monthly stipend for up to two months.  Awards will be announced by March 14, 2008.

The Center of Excellence on Minority Health is inviting applications for small research awards to Minority Medical Students engaged in on-going research projects. The Center will provide a limited number of awards in a maximum amount of $2500.00 to supplement research projects in progress. These funds are aimed at students who have an active role in a project focusing on minority health research that will lead to acquisition of research skills and knowledge. The research experience must be at least eight weeks and at most 12 months in duration. The research must have a minority health focus - meaning specific aims or hypothesis should address a minority health topic or at least one half of the subject population must be minority (African-American, Latino or Native American). For more information contact Patricia Rainey at prainey@mail.med.upenn.edu.

The Wilderness Medical Society sponsors a grant which will be awarded to a student of an accredited American or Canadian medical school who submits a project proposal most likely to result in a substantive contribution to the field of wilderness and environmental medicine.  Annual Meeting travel expenses will be provided.  A wide variety of research projects are acceptable for submission including clinical investigation, basic science, epidemiological surveys, development of new techniques, novel application of existing techniques, improvements in equipment design or use, methods for public information, and injury prevention programs.  For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.wms.org/research/grants.asp.

The Summer Oncology Research Fellowship Program, sponsored by CHLA and USC for more than 30 years, is intended to provide the highest quality experience for first-year medical school students pursuing interests in oncology research.  Fellowships have traditionally gone to students from universities and medical schools throughout the United States. While the program has traditionally been designed for those students who have completed their first year of medical school, highly qualified undergraduates majoring in the health science fields have been considered.  Faculty mentors are located both at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and at the USC Keck School of Medicine. The students are paid a weekly stipend for a minimum of six weeks or maximum of ten weeks. Reimbursement for travel and housing are offered on a case by case basis for those students from outside the greater Los Angeles area. While participating in the program, students will be expected to attend a lecture series on aspects of pediatric oncology at CHLA designed specifically for them and will be encouraged to attend other scientific lectures in their area of research.  For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.chla-sof.nant.org/index.shtml.

The Community Medicine Summer Assistantship (CMSA) is a 7 week community oriented learning opportunity for medical students who have completed their first year of training.  It is sponsored by the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Penn.  Course Directors are Ian Bennett, MD, PhD and Peter Cronholm, MD, MSCE.  The stipend is $1,800 for the full-time commitment of 7 weeks in Summer 2007. The CMSA will be linked to the new Sayre Health Clinic, a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded community medical healthcare site developed in and coordinated with the Sayre High School of West Philadelphia.  The CMSA is a learning opportunity that will involve a structured educational program in community medicine as well as the development and implementation of students' individual community medicine projects.  The Sayre Health Clinic site is a newly funded initiative that provides a unique opportunity to learn about community partnerships for health and directly affect the initial development of a novel school-based healthcare site.  Weekly lectures in the development and execution of community medicine will be provided by the course directors and invited lecturers.  Student-directed community medicine projects will be developed by CMSA participants with support of the course directors.  A final presentation and paper reporting the product of these efforts are to be presented to CMSA course directors and the Sayre community advisory board for successful completion of the CMSA.  Participants will be expected to dedicate full-time to this effort for the duration of the summer recess with allowance for vacation time to be worked out on an individual basis. To apply, please submit a letter of interest along with your Curriculum Vitae by March 15, 2007. For more information, please contact Peter Cronholm, MD at peter.cronholm@uphs.upenn.edu.

This program offers financial support for students to spend time performing research on topics relevant to inflammatory bowel disease. The objective of the Fellowship is to stimulate interest in research careers in inflammatory bowel disease by providing salary support for research projects. Stipended fellowship awards will be available for full-time research with a mentor investigating a subject relevant to the disease. The duration of the project is a minimum of ten weeks. For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.ccfaprofessionals.org/site/c.fqKLLSOvElH/b.1310079/k.6E0B/Student_Fellowship_Awards.htm.

These awards are offered to students in or about to enter a doctoral program (i.e., Ph.D., M.D., M.D./Ph.D. Senior-level undergraduate students planning on pursuing graduate training also may apply). Applicants must work with a faculty sponsor on a research project related to cystic fibrosis, the duration of which should be 10 weeks or more.  The traineeship is stipended and students may reapply for support for more than one year. For more information or to apply, visit:  http://www.cff.org/research/ForResearchers/FundingOpportunities/TrainingGrants/#Student_Traineeships.

The purpose of the Fellowship is to stimulate individuals to pursue careers in epilepsy in either research or practice settings. Fellows are awarded a stipend to work on a three-month epilepsy study project. Students may propose a project to be undertaken in either a clinical or laboratory setting where there are ongoing programs of research, service or training in the field of epilepsy. The project may be conducted at a U.S. institution of the student's choice, and be carried out during any free period of the student's year.   For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/research/grants.cfm.

The EMF/ Society for Academic Emergency Medicine encourages medical students to engage in and to be exposed to emergency medicine research. Emergency Medicine research is broadly defined as scientific investigation designed to furnish new knowledge relevant to emergency medical care.  Such investigations may focus on basic science research, clinical research, preventive medicine, epidemiology, cost-containment, and research in emergency medicine teaching and education.  A preceptor with a primary appointment in the given department or division of Emergency Medicine must be involved in the project.  The minimum length of research is 3 months (or equivalent) and maximum is one year.  The stipend can be supplemented by other funding.  Five to six awards are available nationally.  For more information and to apply, visit:  http://my.acep.org/site/PageServer?pagename=wp2_research_grant_overview.

The Endocrine Society offers Summer Research Fellowships to encourage promising medical students to pursue careers in endocrinology.  The Society provides each student recipient with a stipend to participate in research projects under the guidance of a Society member for ten to twelve weeks during the summer.  Projects must be relevant to some aspect of endocrinology and are expected to have clearly defined research goals.  For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.endo-society.org/awards/awardsgrants/ResearchFellowships/summer.cfm.

The department of Family Medicine at Penn has several ongoing research projects:

1) Depression treatment in primary care patients.  Explore the role that the doctor-patient relationship plays in treatment decisions.  The PI, Dr. Marsha Wittink, has a career development grant from NIMH to tailor mental health treatment services to older adults by incorporating treatment preferences and explanatory models of disease.  This research opportunity is open to all Penn Med students and funding may be available. For more information, contact Marsha Wittink, MD, MBE, at wittinkm@uphs.upenn.edu or at 215.615.0212.

2)  Depression in older adults with cardiovascular disease.  The goal of this project is to develop treatment for depression that is integrated with the treatment of chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease.  The PI, Dr. Hillary Bogner, was awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Award to study family factors in adherence to treatment for depression.  Her future goal is the development of an intervention integrating depression treatment with medical treatment for cardiovascular disease.  This research opportunity is open to all Penn Med students and funding is available.  For more information, contact Hillary Bogner, MD, MSCE at hillary.bogner@uphs.upenn.edu or 215.615.0851.

FOCUS on Health & Leadership for Women, a School of Medicine program in Penn's Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), invites applications for two women's health experiences, the FOCUS Medical Student Fellowship in Women's Health and the Bertha Dagan Berman Award in Women's Health.  These initiatives offer men and women medical students funding for 6 months to work full-time with a faculty mentor conducting clinical or basic science research or participating in a community-based program centered around issues of women's health. Students have the option to work with a faculty member actively engaged in women's health research or to work in a community-based agency providing women's health related services, also under the guidance of a faculty mentor. More information is available at http://www.focusprogram.org/StudentFellowships.html or by contacting Pat Scott  at pscott@cceb.med.upenn.edu.

The Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) invites applications for the Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship program.  The program supports students for 8-12 weeks of anesthesia-related research.  FAER offers student grant funding per week (up to 12 weeks), additional grant money for student presentation at the annual meeting, and a host department grant per student to cover administrative and other expenses.  For more information and to apply (application will be available online by early January), visit:  http://www.faer.org/programs/students/index.html.

Four student research fellowships are available for 10-12 weeks of summer research training in molecular and cell biology, biomechanics, coagulation and thrombosis, and angiogenesis, with a focus on clinically relevant problems such as atherogenesis, intimal hyperplasia, prosthetic/host interactions and thrombosis. Trainees will pursue a program of intense research activity. This training program, Harvard-Longwood Research Training in Vascular Surgery, is designed to provide medical students with an initial exposure to vascular surgery research. Students will carry out their research projects under the guidance of a faculty advisor, selected from renowned vascular researchers based at four Harvard Medical School hospitals: the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's, Children's Hospital (Boston), and the Joslin Diabetes Institute, as well as The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The fellowship has a summer stipend.  For more information, visit their website: http://home.caregroup.org/templatesnew/departments/BID/vonliebig/uploaded_documents/vonliebig.htm.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Student Program offers students a chance to further their education and training through meaningful exposure to research in the laboratory of an HHMI investigator. Medical students who are not enrolled during the summer may participate in the program. Investigators select individual students to work in their laboratory primarily based on the student's educational qualifications, experience, and research interests. For more information on the program, visit: http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/summer_student.html.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America offers summer scholarships for medical students. The scholarship activity must focus on pediatric or adult infectious diseases and may involve either clinical or research activities. Acceptable clinical activities can range from a preceptorial relationship with an ID consultant to participation in clinical trials or any other appropriate variant of clinical activities. Clinical project scholarships will require a minimum of one year of clinical clerkships prior to initiating the scholarship activity. Acceptable research activities include all facets of infectious diseases, including epidemiology, microbiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Each student must have a mentor who is an IDSA member or fellow. For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.idsociety.org/Content.aspx?id=1852.

The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) Gina Finzi Memorial Student Stummer Fellowship is for medical students to conduct research on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) through support of basic, clincial, or psychosocial research under the supervision of an established investigator.  This fellowship is stipended.  For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.lupus.org/research/studentproginfo.html. 

The Mazess Student Fellowship is designed to develop the interest of MD and PhD students in basic or clinical research in osteoporosis while conducted under the supervision of an established investigator. For complete information and application forms go to the National Osteoporosis Foundation homepage, http://www.nof.org.   More information will be available in September.

The Medical Student Summer Biomedical Research Program (MSSBRP) combines an organized program of noontime conferences with a translational research experience in the laboratory of an expert investigator in the NIH Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases at the University of Pennsylvania.  The noontime conferences focus on research techniques and methods.  This new program is an extension of the highly successful Undergraduate Student Scholars Program  (USSP).  The MSSBRP is open to all University of Pennsylvania medical students and is designed specifically for students with an interest in biomedical research who are considering a career in academic medicine.  For the research experience, students work with one of the Center investigators, who come from departments and divisions throughout the School of Medicine including Cardiology, Endocrinology, Genetics, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, Oncology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Radiation Oncology, and Surgery.  Research interests of faculty members are available at http://www.med.upenn.edu/gastro/faculty.shtml and http://www.med.upenn.edu/molecular/investigators.shtml.   The full-time summer program can accommodate up to 5 Penn Med students. The program director, Dr. John Lynch, will work with students to match them with appropriate mentors.  Students will be encouraged, with assistance from the program, to seek out funding from local and national organizations for stipend support.  Stipends are not guaranteed by the program at the present time.  To apply for this program, submit a CV with a cover letter describing your background experiences and future plans directly to Dr. John Lynch (lynchj@mail.med.upenn.edu).  All application materials must be received by January 18, 2008.

The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Summer Student Fellowship Program offers experience in research and clinical oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Fellowships are scheduled for an eight week period between June and August. Applicants will apply to work with Memorial Sloan-Kettering physicians from a list of proposed projects. First and second year medical students are eligible to apply. For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/2637.cfm.

The Department of Community and Preventive Medicine of Mount Sinai School of Medicine offers medical students the opportunity to work on a summer research project under the supervision of experienced faculty in occupational and environmental medicne, epidemiology, or toxicology.  Emphasis is on learning methods of research and understanding the context of the research.  In the past, students have worked on projects including environmental determinants of breast cancer, Parkinson's disease, hypertension, onset of puberty, occupational lung disease, health effects from World Trade Center exposures, and lead and mercury toxicity. This program is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.  These research traineeships are available for periods of eight to ten weeks during June, July, and August.  A standard NIH stipend is provided.  To apply and for more information, visit http://www.mssm.edu/cpm/education/eoh_summer_prog/. 

The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation offers a stipend to medical or graduate students interested in the scientific basis of myasthenia gravis or related neuromuscular conditions, serving to both further scientific inquiries in to the nature of these disorders and to encourage more research.   For more information or to apply, visit:   http://www.myasthenia.org/hp_fellowships.cfm.

This short-term grant is funded by the NHLBI and is specifically dedicated to underrepresented minority students. The grant is primarily intended for basic science research in areas related to heart, lung, and blood, but the grant can also support a limited number of students doing clinical research. The stipend is $1,731 per month.  The Program Director is Dr. Horace DeLisser and interested students should contact him directly. The application is available here.   Submit your application to Amy Nothelfer in the Combined Degree Office, Suite 100 Annex Stemmler Hall (Room 104).

The program is funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and has a special emphasis on supporting research relevant to the Institute's mission including diabetes, obesity, endocrine disorders, metabolic diseases, cystic fibrosis, liver and intestinal diseases, nutrition, kidney disease, urologic disorders, hematologic diseases, stem cell research, basic biology of organ systems, and developmental and structural biology.  Proposals outside of NIDDK priority areas will be considered as well.  The program is primarily geared toward basic science research but some clinical research may also be supported. The stipend is $1,731 per month.  The Program Director is Dr. Bryan Wolf and interested students should contact him directly.  Visit the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism website for potential faculty mentors at http://www.med.upenn.edu/idom/members.html. The application is available here. Submit your application to Amy Nothelfer in the Combined Degree Office, Suite 100 Annex Stemmler Hall (Room 104).

African-American, Hispanic/Latino and Native American students are eligible. This program allows faculty members who hold specific, commonly held types of NIH research grants to request additional money to fund an underrepresented minority student for a research experience that it an integral part of the parent grant. A three to four page research description must be submitted, along with additional documentation, to the institute which funds the parent grant. The proposal must be submitted at least eight weeks prior to the start date of the project. Funds may be requested for a short term or long term projects. See the information on the NIH website for complete details, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/pa-05-015.html, or drop by the Combined Degree Office.

The National Institutes of Health Summer Research Fellowship Program is open to first-, second-, and third-year medical and dental students. With the guidance of a preceptor from one of the Institutes, students conduct research in a selected area at NIH laboratory facilities on or near the campus. The essence of this educational experience is exposure to biomedical procedures. Students also attend lectures and seminars. The Program lasts a minimum of eight weeks, usually from June to August; some flexibility in scheduling permits consideration of individual needs. A stipend is offered. Students are responsible for their housing and travel expenses to and from Bethesda (and other NIH locations). For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.training.nih.gov/student/srfp/index.asp.

The NASPGHAN/CDHNF Mentored Summer Student Research Program is a 10-week research experience under the mentorship of basic or clinical scientists with a research focus in pediatric gastroenterology/hepatology/nutrition for medical students between their first and second year of medical school.  This program is stipended.  For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.naspghan.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=302. 

The scholarship supports a summer semester of research under the supervision of a neurosurgical mentor at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and resident expenses in Portland, OR. Scholars will receive $5,000 for support of travel to and living expenses in Portland. Students in their first or second year of study are eligible to apply. While the fellowship guidelines say the program is 10 weeks, we have checked and they will permit Penn students to participate, even though our summer break is closer to 8 weeks. Third year students may also apply as long as they get a letter from the Dean confirming that they can have 10 weeks at OHSU. For more information, click here.

OREF provides stipended summer research fellowships for medical students with an interest in orthopaedics.  The medical student needs to identify an investigator with an ongoing orthopaedic research project who is willing to accept the student as a research assistant and act as his/her mentor.  A minimum of eight weeks, full-time work as a research assistant is required.  For more information and to apply, visit: http://oref.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=grants_homepage.  

The Division of Cardiology of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia announces 6-8 weeks funded summer clinical research fellowships available for medical students between their first and second years and for premedical students for the summer of 2008.  There are opportunities for continued research during the academic year.  The research fellow will work with a mentor in the Electrophysiology (Arrhythmia) Section of the Pediatric Cardiology Division at CHOP on a project related to conditions that can result in sudden cardiac arrest in children or associated areas.  Two to three fellowships will be available with a $1500 monthly stipend for two months. For more information on the fellowships, potential projects, and application process, click here. Interested individuals with questions should contact Dr. Victoria Vetter, Pediatric Cardiology Division, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 215.590.3529 or vetter@email.chop.edu.

The RSNA Research Medical Student Grant aims to make radiology research opportunities possible for medical students and to encourage them, early in their medical careers, to consider academic radiology. Students are expected to complete a 3-month, full-time (or equivalent) research project under the guidance of a scientific advisor in the department of Radiology or Radiation Oncology at Penn. Funding is $3,000 from RSNA and $3,000 from the department of Radiology or Radiation Oncology at Penn for a total stipend of $6,000 for the medical student. Students interested in Radiology should contact Scott Trerotola, MD, at streroto@uphs.upenn.edu, and submit applications to him for review before applying to RSNA.  Students interested in Radiation Oncology should contact Neha Vapiwala, MD at vapiwala@xrt.upenn.edu, and express interest in applying. For best chance of funding, submit your application to RSNA beginning January 1, 2007.   There are 20 awards available from RSNA.  For more info. about the RSNA and to download the application, visit: http://www.rsna.org/Foundation/ResearchMedicalStudentGrant.cfm. 

The Robert L. Mayock Student Research Fellowship provides basic science and translational research opportunities for medical students and senior undergraduates to work full-time for 8-10 weeks during the summer in one of the Pulmonary & Critical Care Research Laboratories. Students from the University of Pennsylvania as well as other institutions are eligible to apply.  Accepted applicants will receive a stipend of $3,500 and support to attend a national scientific meeting. For more information and to apply, visit:
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/lungctr/paccd/pulmonary/education/mayockfellowship/mayockteachingfellowship.htm

The New York Academy of Medicine invites applications for the David E. Rogers Fellowship Program from first-year medical students for support of a project executed during the summer between the first and second years of medical school. The Rogers Fellowship is meant to enrich the educational experiences of medical students through projects that bear on medicine as a social enterprise--that is, as an enterprise devoted to the capacity of medicine in any and all of its expressions to serve human needs--particularly the needs of underserved or disadvantaged patients or populations. The content of the Fellowship might include clinical investigation, health policy analysis, activities linking biomedicine, the social infrastructure and human need, or community activities. Half the fellowships awarded are dedicated to projects focused on HIV/AIDS prevention or care. Special consideration will be given to projects carried out within New York City. A completed application form is available online or by request. The fellowship is stipended.  For more info. and to apply, visit: http://www.nyam.org/grants/rogers.shtml.

The Roswell Park Cancer Institute Summer Oncology Research Program provides competitive stipend support for medical students who wish to engage in clinical and/or basic scientific cancer research for an 8 week period at Roswell Park in Buffalo, NY.  Approximately 25 fellowships will be awarded. For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.roswellpark.org/document_5146.html.

The program awards grants of $1,000 or less to students from all areas of the sciences and engineering. Designated funds from the National Academy of Sciences allow for grants of up to $2,500 for astronomy or vision related research. Students use the funding to pay for travel expenses to and from a research site, or for purchase of non-standard laboratory equipment necessary to complete a specific research project. While membership in Sigma Xi is not a requirement for applying for funding from the Grants-in-Aid of Research program, approximately 75% of funds are restricted for use by dues paying student members of Sigma Xi or students whose project advisor is a dues paying member of Sigma Xi. Students from any country are eligible to receive funding.  For more info. and to apply, visit:  http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/index.shtml. 

The purpose of the Medical Student Research Training Program is to encourage and introduce students to consider careers in research related to pediatrics. The program is specifically designed for students seeking a research opportunity at an institution other than their own Medical School. For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.aps-spr.org/Student_Research/Info.htm.

Each year the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) awards two grants of $1,000 each to students who are doing human sexuality research.  Applicants must be enrolled in a degree-granting program and a member (student) of SSSS.  Funds to support these grants are provided by the Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (FSSS), a nonprofit organization devoted exclusively to supporting scientific research related to sexuality. The names of all award winners are announced during the November SSSS Annual Meeting.  For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.sexscience.org/awards/index.php?category_id=427&subcategory_id=261.

Strong Children's Research Center in Rochester, NY, funds a 10-week summer program for students who plan to pursue a medical education and a biomedical research career.  The program supports basic and clinical research directed to the cause, prevention, and treatment of the diseases of infants, children, and adolescents, as well as studies of developmental biology, child and adolescent development, the delivery of health services, and interventions designed to improve the outcomes of clinical pediatric practice.  Student trainees will participate in research and clinical seminars, and will associate with each other as well as trainees enrolled in similar programs in the Medical Center.  At the end of their training, the students will be asked to complete a written report as well as present the results of their research at a poster session held in August for all summer scholars.  Participants receive a stipend and housing for out-of-area applicants is available at a Residential Life facility.  For more information and to apply, visit:  http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/pediatrics/research/Summer_Program/summerprogram.cfm

The Summer Training on Aging Research Topics - Mental Health (START-MH) Program, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and administered by the University of California San Diego, offers scholarships to medical students interested in aging and mental health research.  Training may occur in a variety of institutions across the country. Penn is a training site and there are a number of mentors in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.  The training is designed for students at all research levels and no formal research experience is necessary.  Students will learn research methods relevant to geriatric mental health. In addition to research, students will be encouraged to attend educational opportunities at their host institution such as research seminars, journal clubs, and case conferences. This stipended, summer program is full-time for 8 weeks (the program is actually 10 weeks but Penn Med students are allowed to work for 8 weeks given the time frame of the Penn Med summer break).  Students work on specific projects developed by, or in conjunction with, a mentor.  Contact Joseph Gallo, MD with questions.  For more information and to apply, visit:  http://startmh.ucsd.edu. 

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville invites second or third year students to apply for the Student Research Training Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases. The objectives of this 12-week program are:  to provide the opportunity for the student to conduct diabetes-related research in order to gain an improved understanding of research and career opportunities in biomedical research; to provide an atmosphere that encourages and facilitates student interaction with a diverse group of established investigators and clinicians; and to give participants a comprehensive and current understanding of diabetes mellitus, its clinical manifestations, and its unsolved problems.   Each student receives a stipend from which expenses for travel, food, and housing may be paid. For more information and to apply, visit:: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=diabetessummermedicalstudentprogram