Fellowships--Medicine
Kauffman Fellowship
Though the support of Michael G. Kauffman M.D., Ph.D. '85, the Kauffman Fellowship will award one student $3500.00 to support a 10-12 week summer research position in a biomedical laboratory pertinent to the student's interest. Amherst College labs are not eligible placements. The research should be in the area of modern biology relevant to medicine, i.e., molecular biology, cell biology, immunology, biochemistry, etc. First-year students, Sophomores, and Juniors are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to students with significant science coursework. Apply for the Kauffman Fellowship online through the Career Center's online Experience database site (Jobs & Internships | Internships | keyword: Kauffman). The deadline for submission of applications is in mid-January and applicants will be informed of the results by early March. Questions about the fellowship can be directed to Dean Carolyn Bassett, the Health Professions Advisor.
Deadline: mid-January, annually
The Howard
Hughes Medical Institute
The institute awards at least 80 five-year fellowships for full-time study toward
a Ph.D. or an Sc.D. degree in the biological sciences. The fellowships are intended
for students who have completed less than one year of graduate study toward an
M.S., a Ph.D., or an Sc.D. degree in the biological sciences. Students who hold
or are pursuing medical or dental degrees (M.D., D.O., D.V.M., D.D.S.) may also
be eligible to apply for fellowship support for study toward a Ph.D. or an Sc.D.
The program is open to both U.S. citizens and foreign citizens. Students with
U.S. citizenship may take the fellowship abroad. Non-U.S. citizens must study
in the United States.
Deadline: Mid-November, annually
Boston
Schweitzer Fellows Program
The Boston Schweitzer Fellows Program is a year long fellowship program open
to all Boston area students enrolled in a degree-granting health-related field.
Any student enrolled through March 2001 in a Boston area degree-granting program
in health-related field is welcomed to apply. Prior to applying interested
students should reflect on a range of unmet health-related needs in the greater
Boston area and on ways in which their own energies and talents might contribute,
to ameliorating some of these needs. For more information and applications
contact Kari Hannibal at 617-667-7028, or write to 330 Brookline Ave, LY-330,
Boston, MA 02215.
Deadline: Winter, exact date varies by location
Lambaréné Schweitzer
Fellows Program
The Lambaréné Schweitzer Fellows Program sends four medical students
each year to work for three month rotations at the Schweitzer Hospital in Gabon
in the fields of surgery, internal medicine, and pediatrics. Fellows work as
junior physicians, supervised by hospital medical staff. Fellows are eligible
for pediatrics, medicine, or surgery rotations. Third-year medical students
are eligible to apply. You must speak French.
Deadline: December
Stanford
Biodesign Innovation Fellowships
Provides medical students, interns, residents, fellows and postdocs, plus graduate-level
engineering and science students with an intensive, year-long, project-based
experience in biomedical technology invention. Successful applicants will be
awarded a named fellowship.
Deadline: Early December
Hartford
Hospital
Pre-medical students are offered an introduction to research methodology, patient
treatment, and ethical issues in medicine as well as exposure to a broad spectrum
of health care providers within a large community teaching hospital. The program
takes place from June - August. Eligibility: Pre-med students completing their
junior or senior year by the end of May. $2,500 stipend for ten weeks Contact
person: Marjorie Bingham, Program Director Department of Medical Education
(860)545-2536
Deadline: February
Matina
S. Horner, Ph.D. Summer Research Fellowships
in Eating Disorders
Ten-week summer research fellowships at Harvard Medical School and/or Massachusetts
General Hospital. Open to undergrads and grad students - Deadline: mid-March.
For application and more info, call (617) 236-7766.
Deadline: Contact office
American
Heart Association Undergraduate Student Research
Program
Program offers students to explore careers in heart or stroke research in cardiovascular
research laboratories in California, Nevada or Utah for 10 weeks during the
summer to work under the supervision of experienced scientists. Projects range
from basic molecular research to direct physiological studies. Some opportunities
for participation in more clinical investigations also available. This program
is open to students of Junior or Senior status enrolled in a college or university
at time of application, attend an institution in California, Nevada or Utah
or be a resident of one of these states. Must have completed a combined total
of at least four semesters of six quaters of biological sciences, physics or
chemistry. Must have completed at least one quarter of calculus, statistics,
computational methods or computer science. $4000 stipend for 10 weeks of summer
research.
Application information and forms available on web. For more information, contact:
American Heart Association, Western States Affiliate, Research Department,
1710 Gilbreth Road, Burlingame, CA, 94010-1317, (650) 259-6700, research@heart.org
Deadline: Usually early February
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