External Research Opportunities
These external opportunities are primarily for medical students looking for funded research during the summer between their first and second years of medical school. If applicable outside of the M1 summer, it will be tagged as such. Students are encouraged to enter keywords into the search bar to find opportunities of interest.External Medical Student Research Opportunities
Sponsor(s): American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Break the Cycle Initiative Campaign for America's Kids
Application Deadline: March 3, 2025
Tags: Child psychiatry, Adolescent psychiatry, United States
Sponsor(s): Rheumatology Research Foundation
Application Deadline: February 1, 2025
Tags: Rheumatology, United States
Sponsor(s): Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Application Deadline: January 31, 2025
Tags: Cancer, Oncology, New York, United States
Sponsor(s): The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Application Deadline: December 2, 2024
Tags: Thoracic Surgery, United States
Sponsor(s): OhioHealth
Application Deadline: January 8, 2025
Tags: Quality improvement, Medical education, Professional development, United States
Sponsor(s): HIV Vaccine Trials Network, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the NIH
Application Deadline: March 3, 2025
Tags: HIV prevention, Vaccine research, United States
Sponsor(s): Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Application Deadline: January 6, 2025
Tags: Physical medicine, Rehabilitation, Acute disabilities, Chronic disabilities, Illinois, United States
Sponsor(s): Hospital for Special Surgery Medical Student Training
Application Deadline: Januar 10, 2025
Tags: Basic science, Translational, Clinical, Orthopaedics, United States
Sponsor(s): Kaiser Permanente
Application Deadline: January 26, 2025
Tags: Thoracic surgery, Northern California, United States
Sponsor(s): Kaiser Permanente
Application Deadline: January 26, 2025
Tags: Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Northern California, United States
Sponsor(s): Kaiser Permanente
Application Deadline: January 26, 2025
Tags: Obstetrics, Gynecology, Northern California, United States
Sponsor(s): Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology
Application Deadline: February 14, 2025
Tags: Ophthalmology, Massachusetts, United States
Sponsor(s): Nationwide Children's Hospital, Abigail Wexner Research Institute, NIH
Application Deadline: January 1, 2025
Tags: Nephrology, Urology, Ohio, United States
Sponsor(s): Nationwide Children's Hospital Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP)
Application Deadline: January 27, 2025
Tags: Injury research, Injury prevention, Virtual, United States
Sponsor(s): Vanderbilt University Medical Center, NIH
Application Deadline: January 5, 2025
Tags: Diabetes, Obesity, Kidney Disease, Digestive Disease, Tennessee, United States
Sponsor(s): Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Norris Comprehensive Care Center Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, NIH
Application Deadline: January 6, 2025
Tags: Biomedical engineering, Bioinformatics, Precision medicine, Population-based research, Survivorship, Cancer, Oncology, California, United States
Sponsor(s): The Global Health Project (a joint initiative of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard University)
Application Deadline: February 15, 2025
Tags: Global health, Healthcare delivery and outcomes, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Operations management, Virtual, United States
Sponsor(s): GE Foundation, National Medical Fellowships
Application Deadline: February 16, 2025
Tags: Primary care, Community health, California, United States
Sponsor(s): University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
Application Deadline: January 6, 2025
Tags: Value-based care, Surgery, Perioperative care, Texas, United States
Sponsor(s): Thomas Jefferson University
Application Deadline: February 14, 2025
Tags: Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia, United States
Sponsor(s): Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
Application Deadline: January 31, 2025
Tags: Anesthesiology, United States
Sponsor(s): Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Application Deadline: January 21, 2025
Tags: Epidemiology, Social science, Health services, Leadership, Professionalism, United States
Sponsor(s): Kennedy Krieger Institute
Application Deadline: January 31, 2025
Tags: Infectious diseases, Public health, Mental health, Maternal & child health, Health disparities, United States
Sponsor(s): Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Application Deadline: January 24, 2025
Tags: Pediatrics, Neonatology, Labor and delivery, Hospital medicine United States
Sponsor(s): University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Application Deadline: January 15, 2025
Tags: Quality improvement, Leadership, Colorado, United States
Sponsor(s): Columbia University Medical Center
Application Deadline: February 14, 2025
Tags: Biomedical research, New York, United States
Sponsor(s): American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Application Deadline: February 5, 2025
Tags: Transplant, United States
Sponsor(s): American Society for Radiation Oncology
American Society for Radiation Oncology Website
Application Deadline: February 13, 2025
Tags: Radiation oncology, United States
Sponsor(s): Emergency Medicine Foundation, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Application Deadline: January 10, 2025
Tags: Emergency medicine, United States
Sponsor(s): Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
Application Deadline: December 31, 2024
Tags: Clinical research, Missouri, United States
Sponsor(s): American Osler Society
Application Deadline: March 1, 2025
Tags: Medical history, Medical humanities, United States
Sponsor(s): NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education
NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education Website
Application Deadline: February 19, 2025
Tags: Biomedical, Behavioral, Social sciences, Translational science, United States
Sponsor(s): University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Website
Application Deadline: March 31, 2025
Tags: Orthopedics, M4 away rotation, United States
Sponsor(s): National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Application Deadline: January 29, 2025
Tags: Multiple sclerosis, United States
Sponsor(s): Case Wester Reserve University School of Medicine
Case Wester Reserve University School of Medicine Website
Application Deadline: March 15, 2025
Tags: Biomedical research, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, Hematology, Sleep disorders, Ohio, United States
Sponsor(s): Lupus Foundation of America
Application Deadline: February 27, 2025
Tags: Lupus, United States
Sponsor(s): American College of Radiology
American College of Radiology Website
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tags: Radiology, Radiation oncology, Virtual, United States
Sponsor(s): UNC School of Medicine, National Institute of Aging
UNC School of Medicine, National Institute of Aging Website
Application Deadline: January 20, 2025
Tags: Aging, Geriatrics, North Carolina, United States
Sponsor(s): Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery
Application Deadline: once the first 30 applications have been received or January 17, 2025
Tags: Neurosurgery, Oregon, United States
Sponsor(s): Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation
Application Deadline: January 8, 2025
Tags: Service, Clinical trials, Underserved communities, Public health, Community engagement, Leadership, United States
Sponsor(s): Penn State College of Medicine
Application Deadline: January 27, 2025
Tags: Cancer research, Oncology, Pennsylvania, United States
Sponsor(s): Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Department of Emergency Medicine
Application Deadline: March 1, 2025
Tags: Emergency Medicine, Emergency Care, Missouri, United States
Sponsor(s): Washington University in St Louis, Institute for Public Health
Application Deadline: January 17, 2025
Tags: Public health, Global health, Missouri, United States
Sponsor(s): Urology Care Foundation
Application Deadline: February 28, 2025
Tags: Urology, Humanitarian work, Public health, Quality improvement, Underserved population, Trinidad, Tobago, International
Sponsor(s): NYU Langone's Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue
Application Deadline: January 2, 2025
Tags: Ethics, Holocaust, International
Sponsor(s): American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Application Deadline: application opens February 2025
Tags: Tropical Medicine, International
Sponsor(s): University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, National Cancer Institute
Med Students SOAR Program Website
Application Deadline: January 20, 2025
Tags: Cancer, Oncology, Texas, United States
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Medical Student Research
Amy Thompson MD
Director, Office of Medical Student Research
Medical Sciences Building 4556C
231 Albert Sabin Way
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0526
Email: amy.thompson@uc.edu
Diana Mullenix
Program Director, Office of Medical Student Research
CARE/Crawley Building E870
3230 Eden Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0555
Email: diana.mullenix@uc.edu