External Research Opportunities For Students

*This list is a sampling of publicly available research opportunities and funding opportunities for medical students. The MSU College of Human Medicine has created this list as a courtesy to our medical students. MSU does not offer, sponsor, or administer these programs. We do not offer any endorsement of programs. This list is solely for informational purposes for medical students interested in investigating research opportunities.

**This list of opportunities is updated periodically. The list may not represent all potential opportunities available to medical students. Note that most applications are due in the mid-late fall through early Spring semester.

IMPORTANT: If the award you wish to apply for is a grant or scholarship for which funding will be routed through MSU (as indicated under certain opportunities), you must obtain approval from MSU via the process on this page:

HCRS Proposal Submission Information

You must apply for this approval several weeks before the application deadline

Proposal Timeline

Proposal Intake Form

Remember, this process should be started several weeks prior to the application deadline.

External Opportunities, Short-Term	Link
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) Program This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
Alpha Omega Alpha Kuckein Student Research Fellowship	View Opportunity
AFAR/Kalman Scholarships for the Biology of Aging	View Opportunity
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Summer Medical Student Fellowship This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
American Association of Physiatrists Medical Student Summer Clinical Externship (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Note: clinical experience, not a research experience	View opportunity
American Association for Thoracic Surgery Summer Intern Scholarships	View opportunity
American Brain Tumor Association Medical Student Summer Fellowship program This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
American Diabetes Association (check site; programs suspended in 2021)	View Opportunity
American Federation for Aging - MSTAR Program (Check site. Please be in touch directly with the National Training Centers to determine their availability and program deadlines.)	View Opportunity
American Heart Association - Student Scholarships in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View Opportunity
American Parkinson Disease Association Summer Student Fellowships	View opportunity
American Urological Association Summer Medical Student Fellowships This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View Opportunity
American Urological Association PROSPECT Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (due late January) (HFHS is a participating site)	View opportunity
American Society for Nutrition Clinical Nutrition Internship program (due date: check site in late Fall)	View opportunity
American Skin Association Medical Student Grants - Multiple (see website) This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View Opportunity
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Student Travel Fellowship in Tropical Medicine	View Opportunity
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Student Summer Fellowships for Community Health (Check site in late Fall) This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
ASTRO Medical Student Fellowship Award in Radiation Oncology (due date: check site in Fall) This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
Betty Ford Summer Institute for Medical Students (SIMS) - Dynamics of addiction and process of healing	View Opportunity
Boston Children's Hospital Summer Student Research Program in Neonatology (Check site in Fall)	View opportunity
Campagna Scholarship in Neurological Surgery (Neurosurgery)	View opportunity
Carolinas Healthcare/Atrium Health Summer Research Scholars Program	View opportunity
CDC Epidemiology Elective Program (Public Health, Global Health)	View opportunity
CDC Fellowships, Internships and Learning Opportunities for Medical Students (check site: variable application deadlines)	View Opportunity
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles/USC Summer Oncology Fellowship	View opportunity
Children's Mercy Kansas City Summer Scholarships in Pediatric Orthopedics	View opportunity
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CSNS/CNS) Medical Student Summer Fellowship in Socioeconomic research (neurosurgery) This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
Cleveland Clinic Center for Reproductive Medicine Summer Internship Program (volunteer opportunity, student must have own funding)	View Opportunity
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Student Research Awards This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
David E. Rogers Student Fellowship Award for research on community health or needs of disadvantaged or underserved populations This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
Endocrine Society Research Experiences for Graduate and Medical Students	View opportunity
Ferdinand C. Valentine Medical Student Research Grants in Urology Note: research much be conducted in greater New York City area	View opportunity
Fight for Sight Summer Student Award (ophthalmology)	View opportunity
Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship (MSARF)	View opportunity
Glorney-Raisbeck Medical Student Grants in Cardiovascular Research Note: research much be conducted in greater New York City area	View opportunity
Graduate Experience for Multicultural Students for Health Professionals - in Colorado	View opportunity
Harvard Catalyst Medical Student Visiting Research Internship Program	View opportunity
Harvard-Longwood Short-Term Research Training in Vascular Surgery	View Opportunity
Heart, Lung and Blood Summer Research Program at Case Western Reserve University	View opportunity
HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) Research and Mentorship Program (RAMP) Scholar Program for African American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Islander Medical students (Due dates: Contact mentors, Fall; application: January 2, 2024)	View opportunity
Hospital for Special Surgery Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship	View opportunity
Infectious Diseases Society G.E.R.M. Program This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
Kaiser Permanente Summer Clinical Otolaryngology OR Ob/Gyn Research Program (SCORE)	View opportunity
Leah Menshouse Springer Summer Program in Cancer Research - Washington Univ in St. Louis	View opportunity
Lupus Foundation Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowship Program Check Site in January. This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Summer Research Program	View opportunity
Margaret E. Mahoney Fellowships in Health Policy (due date: see site) Note: research must be conducted in greater New York City area	View opportunity
Massachusetts General Hospital Summer Research Training Program for students Underrepresented in Medicine (URM)	View opportunity
Mayo Clinic Summer Fellowship in patient-oriented research (Early applications are encouraged)	View opportunity
Dermatology opportunity: Melanoma Research Foundation Medical Student Research Grant This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View Opportunity
Medical Student Opportunities at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center	View Opportunity
Occupational Health Internship Program	View Opportunity
MD Anderson Cancer Center Summer Research Program for Medical Students	View Opportunity
National Eye Institute Summer Intern Program	View Opportunity
NIH Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research (SIP)	View Opportunity
NIH Clinical Center Summer Internships	View Opportunity
NIH/NIDDK Medical Student Research Program in Diabetes and Obesity	View Opportunity
National Medical Student Injury Research Training Program	View Opportunity
Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View Opportunity
NYU Summer Externship in Orthopaedics	View opportunity
Rehabilitation Research Experience for Medical Students (RREMS) (check site in Fall) This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View Opportunity
Roswell Park Summer Research Program in Oncology - Two different programs: Clinical Research: Oncology, Radiation Medicine, Urology Scientific Research: Cancer biophysics, biostatistics, experimental therapeutics, cancer prevention, tumor immunology, etc.	View Opportunity
Silberstein Pediatric Orthopaedic Research Fellowship at Hopkins	View opportunity
Simon Kramer Summer Externship in Radiation Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University	View opportunity
Society for Vascular Surgery Foundation Student Research Fellowship	View opportunity
St. Jude Pediatric Oncology Education Program	View opportunity
University at Buffalo Summer Research Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, & Immunology	View Opportunity
University of Maryland Summer Program in Obesity and Nutrition Research Training (SPORT)	View opportunity
Winn CIPP Diversity in Clinical Trials (Robert A. Winn Clinical Investigator Pipeline Program)	View opportunity
Women’s Health Fellowship Award (due date: check site first quarter of year)	View Opportunity
Vanderbilt Student Research Program in Diabetes and Obesity, Kidney Disease and Digestive Disease	View Opportunity
Virginia Commonwealth Univ JACK's Summer Scholars Program in Pediatrics and Neonatal Medicine	View opportunity
Year-off Opportunities
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship (check site)	View Opportunity
Center for Human Appearance Clinical Research Fellowship in Adult Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (check site in Fall)	View opportunity
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Orthopaedic Research - Year off fellowship (check site in Fall; early applications recommended)	View Opportunity
Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellowship for Medical Students (Program discontinued)	N/A
Doris Duke Clinical Research Mentorship (Program discontinued)	N/A
George Washington Univ. Department of Dermatology Fellowship Program (due date: Check site)	View opportunity
Global Health - Tina and Richard V. Carolan Rwanda Research Fellowship (International; due date: check site)	View opportunity
HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) Research and Mentorship Program (RAMP) Scholar Program for African-American and Latinx Medical students (see 9-12 month opportunities; contact mentors starts December)	View opportunity
NIH Medical Research Scholars Program	View Opportunity
Northwestern University Clinical Research Fellow in Dermatology (due date: Currently accepting applications)	View opportunity
Pauletta and Denzel Washington Family Gifted Scholars Program in Neuroscience (Program discontinued)	N/A
PhRMA Foundation (Pharmacology) Predoctoral Fellowship in Health Outcomes Research (up to 2 year stipend; targeting PhD students, medical students should inquire with program about eligibility)	View opportunity
Poggi Pediatric Orthopaedic Research Fellowship at Hopkins	View opportunity
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship (due date: Nomination forms due December and June; full application due January and July) Note: Awards for research conducted through RPB institutional grantees - LINK	View opportunity
Rockefeller University Year-off Training Program for Medical Students (due date: check site)	View opportunity
Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Fellowship Program – Research Training for Medical Students (Year-long) (due date: check site)	View Opportunity
The Phyllis Torda Health Care Quality Fellowship (due date: Feb/March)	View opportunity
University of Pennsylvania Dermatology Oncology Center Clinical Research Fellowship (due date: March/April)	View opportunity

Grants, Travel and Other Funding
IMPORTANT: If the award you wish to apply for is a grant or scholarship for which funding will be routed through MSU, you must obtain approval from MSU via the process on the link to the right. Note that this process should be started several weeks prior to the actual application deadline.	View Proposal Timeline (see "As soon as possible" at top of page)
American Head and Neck Society Pilot Grant (head and neck oncology) (letter of intent due date: late Fall) Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
American Otological Society Fellowship Grant (for ear disorders) (due date: letter of intent due Oct/Nov) This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
American Skin Association Medical Student Grants - ASA J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation Medical Student Grants Targeting Melanoma and Skin Cancer (due date: Fall) This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
American Society of Hematology (ASH) Honors Award Program for summer or 3-12 month research This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.!	View opportunity
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) $10,000 Graduate Student Award (due date: Letter of Intent - early Fall) (Final application by invitation only) This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
Gerber Foundation Novice Research Grants (Concept paper due dates: May and Nov of each year). $20K award. Larger grants available for institutions. Pediatric research with priority given to projects related to infants/young children first year before birth to 3 years of age. This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View Opportunity
G.E.R.M.; Grants for Emerging Researchers/Clinicians Mentorship (infectious disease). This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Chrysalis Project - special medical student program at AAAAI Annual Meeting in March, 2018 (due date: 10/26/2018) This is a GRANT. SFunding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View Opportunity
American Gastroenterological Society Student Abstract Award (for travel to Digestive Disease Week in Washington, D.C., June 2018) This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Dream Mentored Travel Award to Nutrition 2019/FASEB conference This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
Radiological Society of North America Research Medical Student Grant This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) Travel Awards (to support travel to IAMSE Annual Meeting (http://www.iamse.org/annual-conference/) This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) Scholar Rx Student Education Research Grants This is a GRANT. SFunding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.	View opportunity
Other Lists of Medical Student Opportunities
American Association of Medical Colleges Summer Undergraduate Research Programs (multiple opportunities - check site)	View Site
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School List of Research and Clinical Opportunities	View Site
UNC School of Medicine List of Short-Term Opportunities	View Site

This is a GRANT. Funding goes through MSU and applications must be started several weeks before the deadline. See "IMPORTANT" at top of this page.