Medical Student Extramural Funding
Medical Student Extramural Funding
This page serves as a resource for discovering supplemental funding grants and award opportunities offered to medical students conducting research. The listings below give a brief award description listed in alphabetical order by Agency.
When you find an award that you may be eligible to receive, please go to that program's website to learn more about their application deadlines and procedures.
If you have questions regarding applying for funding, please contact Brooke Piercy at piercyb@hs.uci.edu.
| Grant Agency or Topic | Topic | Amount | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Anesthesia Research | Anesthesia | $400/week | See website for 2022 deadline |
| American Association for Cancer Research | Cancer Research | Varies | Please see website for more info |
| Crohn's and Colitis Foundation | Crohn's and Colitis | $2,500 | Spring 2022 |
| American Academy of Dermatology | Dermatology | Varies | Please see website for more info |
| American Skin Association | Dermatology | $7,000 | March 2022 |
| SAEM Emergency Medicine Interest Group Grant | Emergency Medicine | $500 | October 1, 2021 - January 30, 2022 |
| Gold Foundation | General | $4,000 | See website for 2022 deadline |
| American Medical Association | General | Varies | Please see website for all opportunities and info |
| Buckfire PC Medical School Diversity Scholarship | General | $2,000 | October 1, 2021 |
| Chinese American Physicians Society (CAPS) Scholarship | General | $3,000 - $5,000 | Opens December 2021, Due March 2022 |
| David E. Rogers Student Fellowship Award | General | $4,000 | See website for 2022 deadline |
| Medical Education Scholarship (Only for women enrolled in medical school) | General | $500 | September 15, 2021/October 31, 2021 |
| NMF Emergency Scholarship Fund | General | $2,000 - $5,000 | Please see website for more info |
| National Medical Fellowships - General Scholarships and Awards | General/Various | $2,000 - $7,500 | Please see website for more info |
| American Society of Hematology Medical Student Award Program | Hematology | Varies | February 2022 |
| IDSA Education and Research Foundation Grants for Emerging Researchers/Clinicians Mentorship (G.E.R.M.) | Infectious Disease | $2,000 | Application opens November 2021 |
| SIR Foundation Research | Interventional Radiology Research | Varies | Pre-review deadline: September 15, 2021, Final deadline: January 15, 2022 |
| William B Bean Student Research Award | Medical History & Medical Humanities | $1,500 plus $750 travel | March 1, 2022 |
| American Academy of Neurology Summer Research | Neurology | Varies | Variable dates |
| The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF) | Neurosurgery | $2,500 | Please see website for 2022 deadline |
| Fight for Sight Ophthalmology Research | Ophthalmology | $2,400 | Summer Student Fellowship due March 1 |
| RPB Medical Student Eye Research Fellowships | Ophthalmology | $30,000 | Spring application due January 10 & Fall applications due July 1 |
| SPR Awards | Pediatrics | $1,000 | Please see website for 2022 deadlines |
| ASTS Presidential Student Mentorship Grants | Transplant Surgery | $3,500 | Must be under mentorship of an ASTS member; February 2022 |
| Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association | Various | Varies | Summer awards are due annually between Jan and March |
| Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research | Various | $1,000 - $5,000 | March 15 and October 1 annually |
| Wilderness and environmental medicine | Wilderness medicine | $5,000 | October 1, 2021 |