External Research Opportunities
| Location | Type | Specialty/Topic | Institution | Program | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | Mentorship | Child and adolescent psychiatry | American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | AACAP Life Members Mentorship Grants | July 13, 2020 |
| Overseas | Summer Fellowship | Tropical medicine and hygiene | American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene | Ben Keene Travel Fellowship in Tropical Medicine | March 10, 2021 |
| Chicago, IL | 12-month Research | Dermatology predoctoral research fellowship | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Dermatology | ongoing | |
| Bethesda, MD | Education | Clinical training programs | NIH Office of Clinical Research Training & Medical Education | Graduate Medical Education: Training Programs | ongoing |
| Bethesda, MD | Education | Clinical electives (4-12 weeks) | NIH Office of Clinical Research Training & Medical Education | Clinical Electives Programs | ongoing |
| USA | Education | Enhance research skills in NIH environment | NIH Office of Clinical Research Training & Medical Education | Postdoctoral Research Training Awards | ongoing |
| USA | Distance Learning | Core Curriculum in Clinical Research | NIH Office of Clinical Research Training & Medical Education | Core Curriculum in Clinical Research | ongoing |
| USA | Archive* 2012 to present | Various | Various | 3 yrs Archive research opps | TBD |
| USA | Careers in Medicine | Medical students access summer and year round clinical and research opportunities, scholarships, and grants from US and abroad | AAMC | Careers in Medicine Type 'Research' in the search box and sign in | Requires sign in |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Symposium | Leadership | University Scholars Leadership Symposium Humanitarian Affairs | University Scholar Leadership Symposium (USLS) 2021 | July 21-26, 2021 |
| USA | 12-month Research | Clinical or laboratory-based research projects focused on prevention, biology, treatment of melanoma (cutaneous, ocular, mucosal, pediatric, etc.) | Melanoma Research Foundation | MRF Medical Student Research Award | November 9, 2020 |
| Atlanta, GA | Preceptorship | Rheumatic disease | Rheumatology Research Foundation | Medical and Graduate School Preceptorship | December 1, 2020 |
| Bethesda, MD | Education | Dissertation research, NIH intramural research program | NIH Office of Clinical Research Training & Medical Education | Graduate Partnerships Program | ongoing |
| New York, NY | Summer Research | Oncology and/or related biomedical sciences | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship Program | December 11, 2020 |
| Ohio | Medical Student Scholarly Paper Award | Psychiatry | Ohio Psychiatric Physicians Foundation | OPPF Annual Research Awards | December 31, 2020 |
| USA | Summer Internship | Cardiothoracic surgery | American Association of Thoracic Surgery (ATTS) Foundation | AATS Foundation Summer Internship Program | December 1, 2020 |
| Baltimore, MD | Mentored Summer Research | Obesity, diabetes, nutrition | University of Maryland School of Medicine | SPORT program | January 3, 2021 |
| Columbus, OH | Summer Research | Clinical research and quality improvement | OhioHealth | January 5, 2021 | |
| USA | Summer Research | HIV Research for self-identified African American or Latinx | HIV Vaccine Trials Network | HVTN Research and Mentorship Program (RAMP) | January 4, 2021 |
| Chicago, IL | Summer Externship | Physical medicine and rehabilitation | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | PM&R Summer Extern Experience | March 5, 2021 |
| USA | Summer Research | Basic, clinical, and translational science in orthopaedics | Hospital for Special Surgery | Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship | January 15, 2021 |
| Bethesda, MD | 12-month Research | Clinical, basic, translational, health disparity, and population health | National Institutes of Health | Medical Research Scholars Program | January 18, 2021 |
| Oakland, CA | Summer Research | Otolaryngology-head & neck and obstetrics & gynecology | Kaiser Permanente | Summer SCORE Programs | January 10, 2021 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | Summer Research | Ophthalmology | Kellogg Eye Center / University of Michigan | 2021 Health Equity Ophthalmology Summer Program | January 11, 2021 |
| Columbus, OH | Summer Research | Injury research | Nationwide Children's Hospital | National Student Injury Research Training Program | January 11, 2021 |
| Nashville, TN | Summer Research | Diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, digestive disease | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Vanderbilt Medical Student Research Training Program (SRTP) | January 18, 2021 |
| Los Angeles, CA | Summer Research | Oncology and oncology-related fields | Children's Hospital Los Angeles/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, USC | Summer Oncology Research Fellowship (SORF) | January 15, 2021 |
| USA | Summer Research | Hematology | American Society of Hematology (ASH) | ASH Minority Medical Student Award | January 15, 2021 |
| Boston, MA | Summer Intensive | Global health | Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health | Global Health Delivery Intensive (GHDI) | February 1, 2021 |
| Boston MA | Summer Intensive | Clinical & translational research | Harvard Medical School | Visiting Research Internship Program | December 21, 2020 |
| USA | Summer Fellowship | Primary care | NMF Primary Care Leadership | NMF Primary Care Leadership Program | early decision December 31, 2021 all others February 5, 2021 |
| USA | 12-month Research | Cardiovascular research | Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation | Sarnoff Medical Student Research Fellowship Award | January 12, 2021 |
| USA | Summer Research | Diabetes and obesity | NIDDK-Funded Diabetes Centers | NIDDK Medical Student Research Program in Diabetes and Obesity | January 20, 2020 |
| Austin, TX | Summer Research | Surgery, perioperative care, value-based care delivery | University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School | Value-based Health Care Summer Research Internship | January 18, 2021 |
| Baltimore,MD & Indianapolis,IN | Summer Research | Oncology lab-based research | Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Johns Hopkins | CUPID Summer Translational Oncology Program | February 10, 2021 |
| Baltimore, MD | 12-month Fellowship | Pediatric orthopaedics | Johns Hopkins University | Poggi Pediatric Orthopaedics Research Fellowship | January 31, 2021 |
| Philadelphia, PA | Summer Externship | Radiation oncology | Thomas Jefferson University | Simon Kramer Summer Externship | January 30, 2020 |
| USA | Summer Research | Anesthesia | Foundation for Anesthesia Education & Research | Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship (MSARF) | January 31, 2021 |
| USA | Student Research Fellowship | Foster the development of the next generation of medical researchers | Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) | Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship | February 2, 2021 |
| USA | Summer Fellowship Program | Infectious diseases, public health, mental health, maternal & child health, health disparities research | Kennedy Krieger Institute | James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases RISE Fellowship Program | January 31, 2021 |
| Austin, TX | 12-month Fellowship | Orthopaedic value-based health care delivery and payment models; clinical and/or health services research | University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School | Orthopaedic Value-based Health Care Fellowship | January 25, 2021 |
| USA | Summer Grant | Hospital medicine- quality improvement, patient safety, clinical research, hospital operations | Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) | Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant | January 2021 |
| Richmond, VA | Summer Research | Pediatric and neonatal medicine | Virginia Commonwealth University Dept of Pediatrics | JACK's Summer Scholar Program | February 1, 2021 |
| Denver, CO | Summer Training Program | Didactic sessions in quality improvement, patient safety, system redesign & leadership | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | Health Innovations Scholars Program | March 2021 |
| New York, NY | Summer Research | Medicine and biomedical research | Columbia University Medical Center | Summer Program for Under-Represented Students | February 3, 2020 |
| Washington, DC | Abstract Submission | Women's health or sex/gender differences, research policy | National Institutes of Health | ORWH Science Policy Scholar Travel Award | February 3, 2020 |
| USA | Summer Research | Transplant-related clinical or basic science | American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) Foundation | ASTS Presidential Student Mentor Grant | February1, 2021 |
| USA | Summer Research | Radiation oncology | American Society for Radiation Oncology | ASTRO Minority Summer Fellowship Award | February 5, 2021 |
| USA | 12-month Research | Emergency medicine | Emergency Medicine Foundation | EMF/SAEMF Medical Student Research Grant | February 5, 2021 |
| USA | Summer Research | Socioeconomic issues impacting neurosurgical practices | Congress of Neurological Surgeons/Council of state Neurolgical societies | CNS/CSNS Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship | February 7, 2020 |
| USA | Diversity Grant | Head and neck surgery away rotation | American Academy of Otolaryngology | Diversity Endowment URM Away Rotation Grant | Application Opens 2/15/2021 |
| St Louis, MO | Summer/1-yr Intensive/2-yr Standard Research | Clinical and translational research | Washington University School of Medicine | Predoctoral Clinical Research Program | February 20, 2021 |
| USA | Research Award | Medical history and medical humanities research | The American Osler Society | William B. Bean Student Research Award | March 1, 2021 |
| Bethesda, MD | Summer Research | Biomedical research | NIH Office of Clinical Research Training & Medical Education | Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research (SIP) | March 1, 2021 |
| Iowa City, IA | 4-week Rotation (medical students completed 3rd year) | Orthopedics & rehabilitation | University of Iowa Healthcare, Carver College of Medicine, Dept of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation | Ruth Jackson-Steindler Orthopedic Clerkship | March 1, 2020 |
| USA | 4-week Summer Mentorship | Multiple sclerosis | National Multiple Sclerosis Society | MS Clinical Mentorship for Medical Students | March 15, 2021 |
| Cleveland, OH | Summer Research | Biomedical research in cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematological, and sleep disorders | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | Heart, Lung, and Blood Summer Research Program | March 15, 2021 |
| Washington DC/USA | 4th-year Elective: 2-day Intensive & 4-week Clinical/Research Experience | HIV medicine & psychiatry | American Psychiatric Association | Medical Student Elective in HIV Psychiatry | April 1, 2021 |
| USA | Summer Fellowship | Basic, clinical, translational, epidemiological, or behavioral research relevant to lupus | Lupus Foundation of America | Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowship Program | Application opens January 2021 |
| USA | Summer Grant | Mental health and substance use disorder project focusing on underserved minority communities | American Psychiatric Association Foundation | Helping Hands Grants Program | May 31, 2021 |
| Germany/Poland | 2-week Summer Intensive | Medical professional ethics and ethical leadership | Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics | FASPE Medical Intensive | January 27, 2021 |
| Rochester, NY | Summer Research Fellowship | Improving health status of diverse patient populations via patient care, research and/or teaching | University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry | SURF-URMC | February 8, 2021 |
Contact Us
Amy Thompson MD
Director of Medical Student Research Initiatives
Medical Sciences Building 4556C
231 Albert Sabin Way
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0526
Email: amy.thompson@uc.edu
Diana Mullenix
Program Director
CARE/Crawley Building E870
3290 Eden Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0555
Email: diana.mullenix@uc.edu