External Programs- Minority Groups
*Important Note about External Funding*
If you are considering applying for any external funding (listed here or otherwise),
your grant proposal MUST go through the Office of Medical Student Research.
This will ensure that your grant money will be handled properly and without delay.
Contact us at mssrf@med.wayne.edu or ggilchri@med.wayne.edu
American Medical Association Joan F Giambalvo Memorial Scholarship
https://www.ama-assn.org/giambalvo-fund
Program Description
This fund provides scholarships of up to $10,000 to support research related to women in the medical profession. The first award was granted in 2006. To date, 21 research awards have been granted.
Research topics supported through the Giambalvo Fund have included flexible work options, gender differences in the practice patterns of obstetricians and gynecologists, and promotion and retention of diversity in medical education.
Chinese American Medical Society- Summer Research Fellowship Program
http://chineseamericanmedicalsociety.cloverpad.org/fellowship
Program Description
The Chinese American Medical Society (CAMS) offers scholarships for medical students working on summer research projects. The research can be basic science or clinical in nature but must be completed in a ten week time frame. Preferences will be given to proposals studying problems related to health problems of the Chinese. At the conclusion of the project, a written report is expected.
Applicants that are selected to receive a CAMS Summer Research Fellowship Scholarship Award are required to submit an abstract of their work and they are expected to make a 10 minute presentation at the CAMS Annual Scientific Meeting in New York City. This year's meeting will be held Saturday November 4, 2017 at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers.
David E Rogers Fellowship Program
https://nyam.org/grants/rogers.html/
Program Description
The David E. Rogers Student Fellowship Award is meant to enrich the educational experiences of medical and dental students through projects that bear on medicine and dentistry as they contribute to the health of communities, and to address the human needs of underserved or disadvantaged patients or populations. The content of the Fellowship might include clinical investigation, public health/epidemiology, health policy analysis, activities linking biomedicine, the social infrastructure and human or community need.
Prerequisites
Competition is open to candidates attending medical or dental school in the United States. Funding will be provided for research projects lasting between ten (10) and twelve (12) weeks in the summer of the application year, between the applicant's first and second years of medical/dental school. Students are encouraged to pursue research projects that extend beyond the startup period. Students enrolled in combined MD/PhD programs are not eligible for this program. Additionally, eligible candidates are required to be a US citizen, permanent resident of the US, or authorized to work in the US for the period of time covered by this proposed award.
New Jersey DHSS- Cook / Rutledge Fellowship
http://www.state.nj.us/health/ommh/index.shtml
Program Description
The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), Office of Minority and Multicultural Health (OMMH) is the sponsor of the Cook/Rutledge Fellowship. To qualify students must be enrolled in a graduate school program of Medicine, Nursing, Law, or Public Health (preferably with a focus on research design although not a requirement).
Prerequisites
Students who are residents of New Jersey and currently enrolled in either a New Jersey university/college or, attending an
out of state university/college are eligible to apply for the Fellowship. Out-of-state students attending a New Jersey
university/college and residing in New Jersey temporarily during the academic year may also apply.
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology- Minority Summer Fellowship Award
Program Description
The ASTRO Minority Summer Fellowship Award introduces medical students from backgrounds that are under-represented in medicine to the discipline of radiation oncology early in their medical education. Medical students in all years are encouraged to apply; preference will be given to first- and second-year students. In an effort to promote radiation oncology as a career choice, the fellowship will provide medical students with an experience designed to expose students to clinical, basic and translational research questions in radiation oncology. Members of ASTRO's Committee on Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion are assigned as liaisons to past and present Minority Summer Fellowship awardees to check in periodically throughout the year, gain feedback on the fellowship experience and help provide a mentorship opportunity as awardees advance in their training and enter into radiation oncology.
Prerequisites
The following requirements must be met for a trainee to be considered for the grant:
Applicant must be enrolled in a U.S. medical school and be in good standing at the time the application is submitted
Applicant must be able to identify a mentor with a successful record of research productivity (more information is in the application) .
Either the primary mentor or co-mentor should be an ASTRO member.
Research must be initiated at a North American institution during the summer of 2017.
The selected institution must have an established research and clinical program and an ACGME-accredited radiation oncology residency program with clinical faculty available to serve as mentors.
Letters of commitment from both the mentor and the department chair at the selected institution must accompany the application. The letter of commitment from the mentor should ensure the institution is able to fund the project.
American Society of Hematology Minority Medical Student Award Program
http://www.hematology.org/Awards/Medical-Student/383.aspx
Program Description
Are you a minority medical student who has an interest in research and is thinking about specializing in hematology? The ASH Minority Medical Student Award Program (MMSAP) is your chance to learn about the field of hematology, gain first-hand research experience, and get valuable guidance from both a research and career development mentor.
Prerequisites
For the purposes of this program, minority is defined as a group of people from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in health-related sciences in the United States and Canada. This includes American Indians or Alaska Natives, Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders, African Canadians, Inuit, and First Nation Peoples. Applicants are asked to self-identify, and participants are drawn from this pool.
Applicants must be in enrolled in a MD, DO, or MD/PhD medical school program and be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada. Applicants who are within their first or second year of medical school may apply as summer research students, while those within their first, second, or third year of medical school have the option of applying as flexible research students.
All research projects must be conducted in the contiguous United States or Canada.
Conquer Cancer Foundation of The American Society of Clinical Oncology- Medical Student Rotation
https://www.conquer.org/medical-student-rotation-award-underrepresented-populations
Program Description
The Medical Student Rotation (MSR) provides financial support for U.S. medical students from populations underrepresented in medicine and who are interested in oncology as a career to experience a 8-to 12-week clinical or clinical research rotation. The oncology rotation can take place in a private practice, hospital or academic setting, with a focus on either direct patient care or research, provided that the research is clinically-oriented.
Each participant will be paired with a mentor for the rotation. The role of the mentor is to oversee the student in his or her rotation as well as to provide ongoing academic and career guidance following the rotation experience. Participants may preselect a mentor for their rotation or ask for assistance in arranging a mentoring partnership with an ASCO member. Following the rotation, recipients will have the opportunity to attend the ASCO Annual Meeting where they can interact with oncology professionals.
The Medical Student Rotation award includes a $5,000 stipend for the rotation plus $1,500 for travel to the ASCO Annual Meeting. An additional $2,000 will be provided to support the student's mentor. The number of Medical Student Rotation Awards in each funding cycle is not predetermined by the Conquer Cancer Foundation. Awards are given based on individual merit and availability of funds.
Prerequisites
Applicants must meet the following criteria to qualify for the Medical Student Rotation:
Be enrolled in a DO or MD program at a U.S. medical school.
Be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or permanent resident. Be of an underrepresented population. For the purposes of this program, underrepresented population is defined according to the Association of American Medical Colleges definition, currently specified as those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the field of medicine relative to their numbers in the general population. Races/ethnicities that have been identified include but are not limited to: American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander .
Have a record of good academic standing.
Mayo Clinic Summer Research Fellowship
Program Description
The Summer Research Fellowship was created to address the need for clinical investigators from diverse backgrounds. Health needs of U.S. minority populations have been studied inadequately, due in part to the shortage of clinical investigators belonging to underrepresented groups.
Although the number of clinicians belonging to underrepresented groups has increased, there has not been a corresponding increase in clinical investigators. Students often believe the choice between clinical medicine and research is an "either/or" decision. This unfortunate misperception is not true for patient-oriented clinical research.
Prerequisites
Eligible for the Summer Research Fellowship are individuals who are: U.S. citizens or permanent residents enrolled in a United States medical school that is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education,
Between the first and second years of medical school, Members of groups that Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science considers underrepresented:
Black/African-America n
Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Navtie
Native Hawaiian or U.S. Pacific Islander,
People with life-altering disabilitie, s
Other racial and ethnic groups considered to be underrepresented in medicine and biomedical research.
NIH Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research for Underrepresented Minority Students
https://www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/Mechanisms/Pages/PromoteDiversity.aspx
Program Description
The DSP is designed for individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical sciences, including racial and ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities and individuals from economically and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds that have inhibited their ability to pursue a career in health-related research. Candidates must be American citizens or permanent residents in order to be eligible for diversity supplement support.
Prerequisites
Principal investigators holding NIGMS research grants may request supplemental funds to improve the diversity of the biomedical research workforce by supporting and recruiting students and postdoctoral fellows from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in health-related sciences on a national basis (see the most recent report on Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering Link to external Web site. The following racial and ethnic groups have been shown to be underrepresented in biomedical research: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
American Medical Women's Association Overseas Assistance Grants
https://www.amwa-doc.org/our-work/american-womens-hospital-services/overseas-assistance-grants/
Program Description
The AWHS Overseas Assistance Grant program provides travel grants for medical students and residents working in clinics around the world. Students have traveled to a number of countries ranging from Uganda, Peru, India, Nepal, South Africa.
Hispanic Serving Health Professions Association
Program Description
The HSHPS Graduate Fellowship Training Program Overview (GFTP) provides paid and unpaid training opportunities for graduate and doctoral students, and recent graduates, interested in working on Hispanic health research. Fellows are placed throughout the United States and Latin America within government agencies and academic institutions.
MHIRT California State University
http://biology.fullerton.edu/mtolmasky/MHIRT%20website/index.html
Program Description
The objectives of the program are:
to increase the numbers of students belonging to health disparities populations or underrepresented minorities that pursue advanced degrees in basic sciences, biomedical or clinical research fields
to make these students aware of minority and international health problems and to seek novel approaches
to address them to inculcate in these students the importance and opportunities of international collaboration in research to address health disparities from a global health perspective
Prerequisites
The program will give undergraduate students priority by selecting approximately 75% undergraduate students as participants per year. It is strongly preferred that all undergraduate participants have completed at least two years of coursework in a major related to biomedical science, a minimum GPA of 3.0, and have demonstrated evidence of exceptional scientific research interest and talent, such as previous undergraduate research experience. Approximately 25% of the student participants may be graduate or health professions students in each budget.
During the trainee selection process priority will be given to students who are interested in research pertinent to reducing and/or eliminating health disparities. A degree of priority is given to applicants from within the CSU consortium.
A priority of the program is to offer international research training opportunities to qualified undergraduate, graduate and health professions students who are from groups underrepresented in biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences research.
MHIRT- Hampton University
http://science.hamptonu.edu/chem/programs/mhirt/
Program Description
Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Minority Health International Research Training (MHIRT) program is a carefully structured activity that takes a group of selected students to research sites abroad to participate in on-going research programs in natural products and environmental health. Three sites have been established for this program on the continent of Africa: the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Egerton University in Njoro, Kenya, and University of Benin in Benin City, Nigeria.
MHIRT University of Virginia
https://globalhealth.virginia.edu/mhirt
Program Description
The UVa MHIRT Program is an international research assistant training program for current undergraduate minority students that begins in late-January, upon acceptance, and lasts approximately one year even though the summer research experience is only 8 weeks in-country. The program includes a weekend research retreat at UVa in the spring, a 3-5 day pre-departure week at UVa before you travel to your international partner site, 8 weeks, full time (40+ hours per week), participating in a mentored summer research experience at one of our international partner sites, followed by a debrief back at UVa with an intensive week of data analysis, writing, and presentations. After the summer concludes, you will continue to work with faculty and your team on analyzing data, drafting papers, and submitting posters and abstracts to present at local and national conferences.
Prerequisites
Applications are encouraged from students from both UVa and outside of UVa. Current undergraduate students who meet ALL of the following requirements are eligible to apply:
Citizens or a non-citizen national of the United States, or have been lawfully admitted to the US for permanent residence (i.e., possess a currently valid Alien Registration Receipt Card I-551, or other legal verification of such status). Non-citizen nationals are generally persons born in outlying possessions of the US (e.g., American Somoa).
Undergraduate students must be enrolled as a full time undergraduate student in the fall semester following the summer of program participation (i.e. Fall 2017).
The student trainee must be a member of a health disparity population underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, or social sciences. This includes racial and ethnic minorities (African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders), individuals from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds, and individuals from rural areas. Those from rural backgrounds, please see Am I Rural? for more information. To qualify as a rural applicant, you must be classified as "micropolitan" or "rural".
Please note that individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible to participate in the MHIRT Program.
NIH Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP)
https://cc.nih.gov/training/mrsp/index.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Program Description
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP) is a comprehensive, year-long research enrichment program designed to attract the most creative, research-oriented medical, dental, and veterinary students to the NIH intramural campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Student scholars engage in a closely mentored research project that matches their research interests and career goals. The application cycle for the 20192020 program will be October 1, 2018 to January 11, 2019. The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities is proud to participate with other NIH Institutes and Centers in the MRSP. Our goal is to introduce the MRSP to students from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and encourage them to consider biomedical research as a career.
Prerequisites
The 12 month program is designed for students who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have a strong interest in conduction basic, clinical, translational, population health research and are currently enrolled in their 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year at an accredited medical, dental, or veterinary program.