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 Diana Vigil at dvigil1@uci.edu
| Grant Agency or Topic | Topic | Amount | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| AACR Minority Scholar Awards | Cancer Research | Varies | Please see website for more info |
| American Academy of Dermatology | Dermatology | Varies | Please see website for more info |
| American Academy of Neurology Summer Research | Neurology | Varies | Variable dates |
| American Society of Hematology Medical Student Award Program | Hematology | Varies | January 15/February 1, 2021 |
| Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association | Various | Varies | Summer awards are due annually between Jan and March |
| ASTS Presidential Student Mentorship Grants | Transplant Surgery | $3,500 | Must be under mentorship of an ASTS member; February 3, 2021 |
| Buckfire PC Medical School Diversity Scholarship | General | $2,000 | Please see website for more info |
| Chinese American Physicians Society (CAPS) Scholarship | General | $2,000 - $5,000 | Opens December 2020, Due March 2021 |
| Crohn's and Colitis Foundation | Crohn's and Colitis | $2,500 | March 15, 2021 |
| David E. Rogers Student Fellowship Award | General | $4,000 | January 15, 2021 |
| Fight for Sight Ophthalmology Research | Ophthalmology | $2,400 | Summer Student Fellowship due March 1 |
| Foundation for Anesthesia Research | Anesthesia | $400/week | January 31, 2021 |
| IDSA Education and Research Foundation Grants for Emerging Researchers/Clinicians Mentorship (G.E.R.M.) | Infectious Disease | $2,000 | Summer awards are due annually between January and March |
| Medical Education Scholarship (Only for women enrolled in medical school) | General | $500 | September 15, 2020/October 31, 2020 |
| National Medical Fellowships - General Scholarships and Awards | General | $2,000 - $7,500 | Please see website for more info |
| NMF Emergency Scholarship Fund | General | $5,000 | Please see website for more info |
| RPB Medical Student Eye Research Fellowships | Ophthalmology | $30,000 | Spring application due January 10 & Fall applications due July 1 |
| SAEM Emergency Medicine Interest Group Grant | Emergency Medicine | $500 | January 30, 2021 |
| Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research | Various | $1,000 - $5,000 | March 15 and October 1 annually |
| SIR Foundation Research | Interventional Radiology Research | Varies | January 15, 2021 |
| SPR Awards | Pediatrics | $1,000 | Please see website for more info |
| The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF) | Neurosurgery | $2,500 | February 1, 2021 |
| Wilderness and environmental medicine | Wilderness medicine | $5,000 | June 2021 |
| William B Bean Student Research Award | Medical History & Medical Humanities | $1,500 plus $750 travel | March 1, 2021 |