OUTSIDE OPPORTUNITIES
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UMass programs for research can be found at http://umassmed.edu/ome/stu_research/index.aspx?linkidentifier=id&itemid=8976.   The list below provides information regarding various outside fellowships, research programs, scholarships, awards, contests, etc. that come through the Office of Student Affairs. * Please note that every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information as it is recieved from outside parties However, please refer to the contact site (last column) or person for the most accurate information for each program. 

DEADLINE*  NAME/Type Source Description/
Eligibility
 
Award/Term  

Additional Info
Email/contact 
 

Jan 10
Student/
Summer
Research Fellowship
in Vascular
Surgery
@Harvard
Harvard
Medical
School
Medical students
who have
completed at lst 
1  yr of study
at an LCME
accredited school
and M.D. degree candidates
(10-12 wks)
 
$5000 stipend Leena Pradhan, Ph.D
617-667-0096
/fax617-975-5300
lpradhan@bidmc
.harvard.edu
Jan 10
HHMI-NIH/
Research
Scholars
Program
(Cloister
Program)
 
Howard
Hughes
Medical
Institute
Medical and
Dental
Students
Annual
compenstioan
of $25,000,
health insurance
 

Melanie Daub
301-951-6708
or 1-800-424-9924
daubm@hhmi.org
www.hhmi.org/grants/
office/graduate

Jan
HHMI
Research
Training Fellowships
for Medical
Student
Program
Howard
Hughes
Medical
Institute
Medical and
Dental
students
$25,000
stipend
;fellows
allowance
of $5500 &
other exp &
$5500 research allowance

Melanie Daub
301-951-6708 or
1-800-424-9924
daubm@hhmi.org
www.hhmi.org/grants/
office/graduate

Jan.15The
William
Osler
Medal
American
Assoc. for
the History
of Medicine
Student who
are candidates
for the degree
of Doctor of
Medicine or
Osteopathy in
the US or
Canada
Medal Winner / Honorable
Mention. 
Also invited to
attend the
06 AAHM mtg 
www.histmed.org/
Awards
Jan 16) Doris
Duke
Clinical
Research
Fellowships
(CRF)
The Doris
Duke Charitable Foundation

Students
matriculated @
any U.S. med
school in
good academic
standing and have completed 2 or
more yrs of med
school

$27,000 stipend;
health ins;financial support to
attend annual
CRF mtng 
See the Foundation
at
 
www.ddcf.org/mrp-crf
Jan.18
Summer
Training
on Aging
Research 
Topics-
Mental
Health
Program
National
Institute of
Mental Health- (NIMH)/Univ.
of California
 
undergraduate,
graduate and
medical students
interested in
aging and
mental health
research
Stipend
$5000-$6250
10 wks

http://startmh.ucsd.edu 

Jan 26)Pediatric
Research
Grant
American
Pediatric
Society &
Society for
Pediatric
Research 

medical school
students in good standing. 
 
Those with
any medical
degree -not eligible.
 
First time
participants only. 

max. stipend
of $4270
(57.70/day)
www.aps-spr.org 
student-research
@aps-spr.org
Jan 30 )National
Scholarship
for
Summer
Study
Mental Health
(Start-MH)
Program
Undergraduate,
graduate and
medical student 
interested in
aging and
mental health
research /
10 weeks

Undergrads
-$5000/stipend
Graduate/
Medical
students
$6250 stipend

http://startmh.ucsd.edu 
Jan. 31
Helen H.
Glaser
Student
Essay
Awards
Alpha
Omega
Alpha
(AOA)
 
Authors
must be enrolled
at medical
schools with
active AOA
chapters

$2000-1st
$750-2nd
$250-honorable
mention

Contact:
Debbie Lancaster
(605) 329-0291
d.lancaster@
alphaomegaalpha.org

Reference style and
forms
www.alpha
omegaalpha.org
 
(click on Awards
and Programs,
the student
Essay Awards

Jan 31 
Alpha
Omega
Alpha
Research
award and
essay/Poetry competition
Alpha
Omega
Alpha
(AOA)
 
 

$40001/2 paid
immed and
1/2 half on
approval by AΩA 

 

The school can only
nominate one
student for the
research award,
please contact
Dr Drachman
directly.

Feb 06Medical
Student
Summer Orthopaedic Research Fellowship 
The
Orthopaedic
Research
and Education
Foundation
(OREF)
Medica
l students
with an
interest in
orthopaedics

OREF will
provide $2,500
as salary
support for
the student,
payable
to sponsoring institution. 

http://www.oref.org/site/
PageServer
?pagename=grants
_homepage#summer
Feb.06
Summer
Research
Program
 
Univ. of
Texas-M.D.
Anderson
Cancer Center
medical
students
 
10 week
program
Michael J. Ahearn
mahearn
@anderson.org
Summer Programs
Unit 240
713-745-1205
Feb 09
Betty Lea
Stone
American
Cancer
Society
Research Fellowships
American
Cancer
Assoc.
1st yr
medical
student
enrolled in
a New England
Medical School
Minority
students
encouraged to
apply
10-week program Summer
$4500 stipend
 
Kathy O"Connor,
Director Cancer
Prevention
koconnor@cancer.org
1-800-952-7664 x4690
Feb 15Summer
Oncology
Research
Program
 
Roswell
Park
Cancer
Institute
medical/
dental student

8 week
summer
|program
6/14- 6/27
(can vary)
)$350/
week stipend

Arthur M. Michalek
, PhD,
Senior VP Dept of
Educational Affairs
Roswell Park Cancer
Institute
Carlton and Elms St.
Buffalo, NH 14263
716-845-2339
arthur.michalek
@roswellpark.org
 

Feb 15Creative
Writing
Contest
-The
Legible
Script
Univ of
S Florida
College of
Medicine
 submission
fee
publicatioon and case of prizes
$25,50 &
100
 
www.thelegiblescript.
com
 
Feb.15
Leah, J.
Dickstein,
MD
Award 
Assoc. of
Women
Psychiatrist
Female
medical
students with
superior
academic
achievement,
creativity and
leadership
Invitation to
Annual Mtg
with $1000
aoward
costs, etc

http://www.
womenpsych.org/
Dickstein/2006
AWPDickstein
Application.pdf

Feb. 15
Call for
abastracts- 
research
fellowship

ISCOMS
International
Student
Congress of
Medical
Sciences

Undergraduate
students,
graduate student
and post doc
scientists

ISCOMS
6/3-6/6/2008
@Univ.
Medical Ct
r Groningen, the Netherlands
for more
information visit
www.iscoms.com 
or via email at
iscoms@med.umcg.nl
Feb.17)

Summer
Research
Training
Program
in Diabetes,
Endo
crinology
& Metabolic
Disease

Vanderbilt
University
(funded by
the NIH)

Medical students
1st & 2nd year
Prior research not required 
 

summer
between
the 1st and 2nd
or
2nd to 3rd yrss
www.mc.vanderbilt
.edu/diabetestraining
Mar 1MAP
International Medical Fellowship 
Medical
Assistance
Programs
(MAP)
(www.map.org)
3rd & 4th yr
.Medical
students,
resident &
interns
provides 100%
of approved
round trip
airfare to one
destination

Medical Fellowship
Coordinator at
MAP International
50 Hunt Plaza
Suite 400
Atlanta, GA 30303
404-880-0540  - or -
www.map.org 
email @
mstevenson@map.org

Mar 10Experimental Training
program
(5 Days)
Betty Ford
Center,
Ranco Mirage,
CA
All Medical
Students
tuition,
limited
travel lodging,
materials
and on
campus meals
May22-
August 18,06
www.bettyfordcenter.org
/welcome/training
Mar 10Special
Olympics
Grant 
Special
Olympic
 
Info
including
eligibility see
web site
 
Project may
be funded up
to $3500/yr
to the institution
on behalf of
the student
grantee.

http://www.
specialolympics.org
/studentgrants
 

Mar 24David E.
Rogers
Fellowship
Program
The New
York
Academy
of Medicine
First Year 
medica
students
$3500
fellowships
summer 2006.
Focus on the
needs of
underserved
or disadv pts
 

www.nyam.org/
grants/rogers.shtml

Mar 31
)
Minority
Medical
Students
Psychiatry:
HIV/Aids Elective stipend 
American
Psychiatry
Association

Minority
Medical
Students
-
US citizens-
good academic
standing
4th year

stipends for
elective rotation
at one of
several sites
applications
www.psych.org/aids
Apr 7
Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarships AAMC2nd year
medical
students
entering
3rd year in
2006
$5000 http://www.aamc.org
/about/awards/
 
nickenssawards@aamc.org
any time Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Service Project Award Alpha
Omega
Alpha
(AOA)
Any medical
student or
group of
students
 
at a school
with an
active AOA chapter,
 
$1500/yr,
renewable

contact:
Ann Hill 650-329-0291
or
a.hill@alphaomegaalpha
org
 

April 13 Paul Ambrose Scholars Program 

ATPM
(Assoc.
of Teachers
of
Preventive
Medicine)

U.S. medical students.graduate nursing students,
graduate physicians assisants
 

travel
expenses
up to $250,
hotel, $200
stipend
 
www.atpm.org
 follow link to 
"Career
Development/
Training."
April 15 2006 Student Summer Research Fellowships The Gold
Foundation
Eligible nominees
Medical students from US schools of Medicine and osteopathy. Each school is invited to submit up to two nominees.
 
20-25 research fellowships
including a
$3000 stipend
for 10 wk
period
 
abruder@gold-
foundation.org
April 15
Minority Scholars Award AMA
Foundation
medical students from an underrepresented minority groups/US resident/1st or 2nd yer student $10,000
scholarship &
travel and
expenses
incurred to
attend AMA
Annual Mtg.
 
Dina Lindenberg
/AMA Foundation
515 North State St
Chicago, IL 60610
312/464-4193
scholarships
@ama-assn.
org
 
April 15
Student Summer Service Fellowship   Tthe Gold
Foundation
Medical students from US schools of Medicine and osteopathy 5-10 Service  fellowships including a $3000 stipend for 10 wk period (students school is encouraged to match @least $600  abruder@
gold-foundation.org
Apr 16
Humanism in Medicine "Faculty" Award AAMC/
Pfizer
Medical
Humanities
Initiative
ominees must be a medcial school faculty physician (MD or DO degree- nominated by the Organization of Student Representatives 

$5000 award winner
$1000 Institutions Organization of Student Reps
 

Ally Anderson
@ 202-828-0681
aanderson@
aamc.org
 

or
Denine Hales @
202-828-0681
dhales@aamc.org
April 28
Postdoctoral Fellowship Travel
Awards for Minorites
 
American
College
of Neuro-
psychop-harmacology
 

US Citizens of an Underrepresented ethnic minority
MD or PhD awarded w/in last 7yrs and engaged in biomedical research or teaching or is assisting in clinical trials 
 

 

round trip
airfare/hotel
paid meeting/
regfee/
ground
/transportation expenses

www.acnp.org 
May 31
Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarships AMA Foundation rising Seniors, chosen for the award durirg their 3rd yr of medical school and currently enrolled in an accredited US medical School.  Student must be nomited by their medical school dean or designate. $10,000 Dina Lindenberg/
AMA Foundation
515 North State Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312/464-4193
scholarships
@ama-assn.org
Jun 06

Stanley M. Kaplan
Medical Student
Essay
Contest

Universtiy of Cincinnati/Dept. of Psychiatry Medical Students $500/$250 

Leslie M.
Arnold, MD
lesley.arnold
@uc.edu

Dept. of Psychiatry
UC College of
Medicine
PO Box 670559
Cincinnati, OH
45267-0559

Jul 01The
Scholars Fund 
AMA Foundation Medical students based on academic excellend and/or financial need $1000 Dina Lindenberg/
AMA Foundation
515 North State St
Chicago, IL 60610
312/464-4193
scholarships
@ama-assn.org
 
Aug. 31
Worcester Distric Medical 
Society
Scholarship Fund 
 
  WDMS 

2nd, 3rd, 4th medical or osteopathic students legal residents of MA.(tuition obligation) 

scholarship amounts vary annually additional info
and applications
can be found @ 

www.wdms.org
Dec. 3
The CDC Experience Apllied Epidemiology FellowshipCDCrising 3rd and 4th rs medical students8 selected fellowsto spend 10-12 months at CDC, Atlanta GA.www.cdcfoundation
.org/thecdc
experience
Dec. 8Fogarty Interntl' Ctr/Ellison med
Foundatin Fellowships 
NIH/FIC in partnership with the Ellison Med Foundation etc. 

-strong interesting in international health activites and/or clinical research-advanced standing in US medical school-strong academic record-suppor of home instituation 

one year clinical research training experience in developing country for graduate level U.S student in the health profession www.aamc.org/
overseasfellowship
Dec.31
deadline date)
 
William
Carlos Williams
Poetry Contest 
Human Values in Medicine Program of NEOUCOM Student enrolled in programs leading to the M.D or D.O degree  $300,$200,$100 and invited to visit NEWUCOM on April 28 (exp paid) www.neoucom.edu 
or 330-325-6125 
Dec.31 Michael E. DeBakey Medical Student
Poetry Award 
Baylor College of Medicine Medical undergraduates currently enrolled in accredited US Medical schools  $1000, $500,$250   m assey@bcm.edu 
see siteMission Opportunities Trinity Mission Center Mission trips throughout the US, Mexico, Costa Rica dn Puerto Rico  www.TMC3.org 
or 1-800-272-8850
 
see site Clinical Information Technology Fellowship American Medical Student Association (AMSA) in collaboration with Perot Systems 

Medical Students
Sites in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Dallas...
May-August, flexible dates, 6 wees in duration

$2100 stipend and will assist with the arrangment of temporary housing www.amsa.
org/programs/CIT.aspx