Student Research Funding Opportunities

The student research award and funding opportunities listed below may be subject to change and should not be regarded as a comprehensive source of information.

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WEBSITE/CONTACT

TYPE

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology http://www.aaaai.org/ Summer research fellowships for students
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/ Summer research fellowships for students
American Academy of Dermatology www.aad.org Young Investigator Awards (dermatologists in training)
Summer Internship and Mentor Program for Minority Medical Students
American Academy of Family Physicians www.aafp.org Med student travel awards to the National Conference of Family Practice
Research Externship Matching Grants Program (medical students)
Resident Repayment Program
American Academy of Neurology http://www.aan.com/
professionals/index.cfm
AAN sponsors several grants for medical students
American Society of Microbiology www.asmusa.org Sustaining Member Undergraduate Research Fellowship
ASM Minority Undergrad Research Fellowship
Robert D. Watkins Minority Graduate Fellowship
Sustaining Member Student Travel Grants
American Association of Anatomists http://www.faseb.org/meetings/
eb2002/call/awd_aaa.pdf
Travel to participate in annual AAA meeting
American Association for Cancer Research www.aacr.org Scholar in Training Awards (travel award for postdoc/student presenters at the AACR annual meeting)
American Association of University Women www.aauw.org Dissertation Fellowships
Career Development Grants for Students
Selected Professions Fellowships (support in either 3rd or 4th year for minority medical students)
American Brain Tumor Association www.abta.org Medical Student Summer Research Fellowships
American Cancer Society www.cancer.org Several programs, including Medical Student Summer Research Fellowships
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology http://www.acnp.org/ Several (Minority) Fellowships
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists www.acog.org Undergraduate Medical Education Awards
American College of Rheumatology http://www.rheumatology.org/
membership/awards.html
Medical Student Summer Research Fellowships, Achievement Awards
American College of Sports Medicine www.ascm.org ACSM Grants to grad students and above in sports medicine and exercise science)
American Diabetes Association www.diabetes.org Medical Scholars Program Awards (1 year of research support for medical students)
Physician Scientist Training Awards (3 years of support for doctoral portion of MD/PhD degree)
American Digestive Health Foundation www.gastro.org AGA Student Research Fellowship Awards
American Federation for Aging Research http://www.afar.org/
(212) 752-2327
Hartford/AFAR Medical Student Geriatric Scholars Program (research at a National Training Ctr or home institution)
Glenn/AFAR Scholarships (3-month scholarships for MD and PhD students)
Merck/AFAR Research Scholarships for Medical Students in Geriatric Pharmacology
AFAR Medical Student Geriatric Scholars Program
American Foundation for Urologic Disease www.afud.org Summer Medical Student Fellowship
American Gastroenterological Association www.gastro.org Student Research Fellowship Award (u'graduate, medical, graduate students);
Student Abstract Prizes
American Geriatrics Society http://www.americangeriatrics.org/ Several funding opportunities
American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/ Several funding opportunities
American Liver Foundation www.liverfoundation.org Student Research Fellow (u'graduate, MD or PhD)
American Lung Association www.lungusa.org/research Lung Health Research Dissertation Grants
American Medical Association Foundation http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8245.html Seed Grant Research Program for medical students and residents
Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Scholarship (junior or senior MD student)
Rock Sleyster, MD, Memorial Scholarship for 2000 (medical students planning to specialize in psychiatry)
Johnson F. Hammond, MD, Memorial Scholarship for 2000 (for MD students entering journalism)
American Medical Student Association

http://www.amsa.org/premed/

Several funding opportunities
American Nurses Foundation www.nursingworld.org ANA Ethnic/Racial Minority Fellowships
American Occupational Therapy Foundation www.aotf.org Student Awards
Dissertation Research Awards
American Otological Society http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~ajo/
AOS/AOS.html

 

Fellowship and Medical Student Training Grants (students and residents, related to Otosclerosis and Meniere's Disease)
American Parkinson Disease Association http://www.apdaparkinson.com/ http://www.biochem.northwestern.edu/
funds/medstud.general.pdf
George C. Cotzias Memorial Fellowships (MD working on Parkinson's)
Medical Student Summer Fellowships
American Physiological Society www.faseb.org/aps/ Several awards
American Psychiatric Association www.psych.org Minority Research Training in Psychiatry (medical students, residents, fellows)
American Psychological Association www.apa.org APA Minority Fellowship Program and National Institute of Mental Health (graduate students in mental health research or neuroscience)
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics www.faseb.org/aspet ASPET Graduate Student Travel Award
American Society of Hematology www.hematology.org Summer Medical Student Scholarship Program
Travel Awards for ASH annual meeting
Association for Gerontology in Higher Education http://www.aghe.org/

 

Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships (research on aging)
Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/
(212) 984-871
New York Chapter
Doctoral Dissertation Award
Summer Student Fellowship 2001
National Office
Doctoral Dissertation Award (not for lab)
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics www.apgo.org Several grants/awards, including academic training fellowships & scholars awards for 3rd and 4th year medical students
Bristol-Meyers Squibb http://www.bms.com/landing/
data/index.html
Fellowship Program in Academic Medicine for Minority Students
Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration www.hrsa.gov/bhpr Predoctoral Training in Primary Care
Cancer Research Institute www.cancerreearch.org Pre-doctoral
Council for High Blood Pressure Research (American Heart Association) http://www.americanheart.org/
(214 ) 373-6300
Marion Roussel Hypertension Research Clinical Fellowship Program
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation http://www.ccfa.org/ Student Research Fellowship Awards
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation www.cff.org/research.htm Student Traineeships (graduate or medical students)
Emergency Medicine http://www.acep.org/
http://www.emra.org/index.cfm?page=91
Medical Student Research Grant
Epilepsy Foundation of America www.efa.org Predoctoral PhD research training fellowship
Health Sciences Student Fellowships (graduate students)
Fight for Sight www.preventblindness.org Student Fellowships (undergraduate, medical and graduate students)
Foundation for Physical Therapy http://www.apta.org/foundation  
(703) 684-5984
Post professional Doctoral Scholarships (doctoral students)
Grass Foundation http://www.mbl.edu/labs/grassfdn/
programs.htm

(781) 843-0219
Grass Fellowship in Neuroscience (late predoc/early postdoc applicants)
Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation http://fdncenter.org/
grantmaker/pfeiffer/
  
Student Scholarships
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

http://www.hhmi.org/medstudent

Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students
HHMI-NIH Research Scholars Program
Huntington’s Disease Society of America http://www.hdsa.org/

 

Research Fellowship
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation www.josiahmacyfoundation.org Minority Summer Research Fellowships
Medical Student
Training
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International http://www.jdrf.org/research/
homepage.php
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Leukemia Research Foundation http://www.leukemia-research.org/ Postdoctoral Fellowships
Lifeline Foundation (vascular) http://lifeline.vascularweb.org/
mission/
Student Research Fellowship
Lupus Foundation of America www.lupus.org Gina Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowships (undergrad, medical, graduate students)
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation www.myasthenia.org Viets Fellowships (current medical students or medical graduate students)
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression http://www.mhsource.com/narsad/ Young Investigator Award Program
National Cancer Center http://www.nci.nih.gov/ Predoctoral Fellowship
National Institutes of Health http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm Several Individual Fellowships
National Medical Fellowships www.nmf-online.org 2000-01 Gerber Fellowship in Pediatric Nutrition
National Medical Fellowships www.nmf-online.org The Josiah Macy, Mr. Substance Abuse Fellowship Program for Minority Medical Students
National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation http://www.nmss.org/ Several funding opportunities
National Research Council http://national-academies.org/
osep/fo
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for Minorities
HHMI Predoctoral Fellowships in Biological Sciences
National Science Foundation www.orau.org/nsf/nsffel.htm NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Parkinson's Disease Foundation http://www.pdf.org/index.cfm
Summer Fellowships (medical students and undergraduates)
Pediatric AIDS Foundation http://www.pedaids.org/
Student Intern Award
Pediatric Academic Society http://www.pas-meeting.org/
Awards.htm
Student Research Program
Pharmaceutical Research Manuf. Of America Foundation www.phrmaf.org Medical Student Fellowships for Careers in Clinical Pharmacology
Medical Student Research in Pharmacology or Clinical Pharmacology
Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Pharmaceutics
Advanced Predoctoral Fellowships in Pharmaceutics
Fellowships for Advanced Predoctoral Training in Pharmaceutics/toxicology
RSNA (Radiological Society of NA) www.rsna.org Medical Student/Scholar Program
Medical Student Department Grant Program
Sarnoff Fellowship Program www.sarnoffendowment.org Medical Student Cardiovascular Research
Sigma Delta Epsilon http://www.gwis.org/grants/SDE.htm Fellowships for women
Sigma Xi www.sigmaxi.org/giar/guidelines.htm Student & Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plasma Research
Smithsonian Institution

http://www.si.edu/

Predoctoral dissertation fellowships; 10-week grad student Fellowship; funding in animal behavior/pathology
Society of Nuclear Medicine Education and Research Foundation http://www.snm.org/

 

Student Fellowship Awards
Susan G. Komen Fund www.komen.org Dissertation Fellowships
United Negro College Fund www.uncf.org - UNCF/U.S. Healthcare Scholarship (for medical students)
- The UNCF/Merck Science Initiative (graduate and postdoctoral levels)
Wilderness Medical Society http://www.wms.org/
(719) 572-9255
- Medical and Graduate Student Fellowships
- Postdoctoral Fellowships
World Health Organization http://www.who.int/tdr/index.html Postdoctoral Fellowships
Woodrow Wilson-Johnson & Johnson Dissertation Grants in Women's Health www.woodrow.org Graduate Fellowships