Extramural Student Research Programs and Funding Sources

Research Programs

AMA Foundation Seed Grant Research Program

The American Medical Association Foundation provides grants for medical students and residents to conduct small projects in the following fields:

• Animal Use in Research Education
• Arthritis and Rheumatism
• Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Diseases
• HIV/AIDS
• Neoplastic Diseases
  
  

AMSA Summer Programs and Electives

Internships, electives and programs are from the American Medical Student Association (more geared toward training than research). Search the main site for internships for links in specific topic areas, such as health policy, psychiatry, surgery, etc.

Greater Philadelphia Bioinformatics Alliance (GPBA) Graduate Level Internship Program

The program is designed to provide opportunities to take part in real-world bioinformatics projects in academic and industrial environments. Jefferson is a participant.

NIH Training Awards

Background information and an online application are available for NIH's Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP)

The Howard Hughes Institute Research Fellowship for Medical Students

The Medical Fellows Program supports a year of full-time biomedical research training for medical and dental students.

Funding Sources

Community of Science Funding Opportunities

TJU subscribes to the Community of Science Funding Opportunities database, the most comprehensive source of funding information available on the Web. It provides leads on programs that fund training, research, travel, and conferences.

Search the entire database, or choose the appropriate link to:

• find U.S. graduate and medical student opportunities in the health sciences
  
  

To further narrow these focused searches, choose Refine Your Query and enter additional search terms after All Fields:

• "summer" for summer opportunities
  

 

GrantsNet

Databases of undergraduate and graduate opportunities in the biomedical sciences, supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Requires free registration.

Additional Support

Grants Information Service

Through its Grants Information Service, Scott Memorial Library can help TJU students search for funding to support their research efforts and provide links to additional resources. To make an appointment for a consultation, call the Information Desk at 215-503-8150, or use the Ask a Librarian electronic reference service.

Links to Other Programs

• AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship
• American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
  AAAAI offers summer fellowships and its Chrysalis Project provides travel support to attend the annual AAAAI conference.
• American Academy of Neurology Summer Research Fellowship
• American Association for the History of Medicine Osler Medal Essay Contest
• American College of Legal Medicine's Annual Student Writing Competition
• American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)
• American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES) Student Opportunities
• American Medical Student Association Annual Poster Session
• American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research, Student Research Lab Directory
• American Psychiatric Association Minority Medical Student Summer Fellowship Program
• American Society for Microbiology - Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship
  For minority groups who are underrepresented in the microbiological sciences.
• Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
• Betty Ford Center Summer Institute for Medical Students
• Center for Pediatric Research Summer Research Programs
• CDC Foundation Applied Epidemiology Fellowship
• Child Family Health International Opportunities for Medical & Pre-Medical Students
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles/University of Southern California Summer Oncology Research Fellowship
• Clarkson University - Research Experience for Undergraduates
• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Watson School of Biological Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
• Directory of International Grants and Fellowships in the Health Sciences
• Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship Program
• Eastern Student Research Forum
• Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research’s (FAER) Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship (MSARF) Program
• Gateways to the Laboratory Program, NIDDK Honors Research Program
• Graduate Record Examination
• Harvard School of Public Health Research Ethics Fellowship Program
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grants and Fellowships
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students
• Howard Hughes Scholars Program
• International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) Research Exchange Programs
• International Scholarships
• International Youth Leadership Conference
• Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications Medical Informatics Training Program
• Lupus Foundation of American Inc. Research Programs
• Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT)
• Medical Ethics in Israel for Medical and Dental Students
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration Research Opportunities
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)
• National Health Service Corps
• National Hispanic Medical Association
• National Institute on Aging Research Programs
• National Medical Fellowships
• National Student Research Forum
• NIEHS Summer of Discovery Program
• NIH Clinical Elective in Medical Informatics for Medical and Dental Students
• NIH Student Research Programs
• NYC Health Research Training Program
• Office of Behavioral & Social Sciences Research
• Pennsylvania State University Graduate Fellowships
• Pfizer Health Literacy Initiative
• Pre-College Summer Enrichment Programs
• Research in Science and Engineering (RISE) for undergraduates at Rutgers/UMDNJ
• David E. Rogers Fellowship Program
• Roswell Park Cancer Institute Summer Research Program
• Rutgers University Center for Alcohol Studies Fellowships
• Rutgers University Undergraduate Research Program
  • Rutgers University Summer Research Program
• Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native Americans (SACNAS)
• South Texas Environmental Education and Research (STEER)
• Student National Medical Association Research Programs
• Summer Program at Baylor College of Medicine
• Summer Program at Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering
• Summer Program at Johns Hopkins University
• Summer Programs in "Big Ten" Schools
• Summer Programs in the Neurological Sciences
• UM, Baltimore Women's Health Research Group (WHRG)
• UNCF/Merck Science Initiative
• Union Memorial Summer Clinical Research Fellowships
• University of California at San Diego Summer Training Academy for Research in the Sciences (STARS)
• University of Maryland Dental School Summer Research Program
• University of Miami Undergraduate Research Programs
• University of Minnesota Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
• University of Missouri-Columbia Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Program
• University of Oregon Summer Research Programs
• University of Pittsburgh/Dr. Thomas Detre Senior Medical Student Award in Psychiatry
• University of Pittsburgh Undergraduate Fellowship in Mental Health Research
• University of Pittsburgh Senior Medical Student Travel Award for Annual Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference
• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Summer Research Programs
• University of Texas Summer Undergraduate Research Program
• Vanderbilt University Medical Student Research Training Program
• Vanderbilt Minority Student Summer Research Training Program

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