Overview
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, piercyb@hs.uci.edu.
Grant Agency or Topic
Topic
Amount
Deadline
General
Annual stipend ($50,400) + moving costs + domestic conference travel
Dec. 2, 2024
General
$500
September 15, 2024/October 31, 2024
General
$7,500
Jan. 10, 2024
General/Various
$2,000 – $7,500
Please see website for more info
1 year commitment, must be MS2, MS3, or MS4
Annual stipend, housing, relocation allowance, travel funding
Dec. 2, 2024
Must be enrolled 50% in MD program
Monthly stipend (in accordance with NIH rates)
Opens Nov. 2023, due March 1, 2024
Hematology
Varies
Please see website for more info
Infectious Disease
$2,000
Feb. 2025
Interventional Radiology Research
Varies
Multiple; See website for more info
Medical History & Medical Humanities
$1,500 plus up to $2500 travel
Opens Nov. 1, 2024, Due March 1, 2025
Neurology
Varies
Variable dates (see website for more info)
Ophthalmology
$30,000
Spring application due January 10 & Fall applications due July 1
Oncology
$7,000 stipend
Opens December 4, 2024; Due February 2, 2025
Otolaryngology
$400/week stipend for 8 weeks
Check back in the fall regarding the Summer 2025 program
Radiation Oncology
$5,000
Please see website for more info
Radiation Oncology
$6,000
Applications open October 2024 and due February 2025
Transplant Surgery
$3,500 stipend and $1,500 to attend awards ceremony
Must be under mentorship of an ASTS member; see website for submission deadline
Urology
$40,000
Application open January 2024